Meghalaya

CAA does not trample on rights of any citizen: Union MoS Home

Shillong: Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra on Saturday said that the Citizen’s Amendment Act (CAA) does not trample on the rights of any citizen, but a mere  amendment to provide citizenship rights to minorities residing in...

Meghalaya police arrest owner of illegal coal mine

Shillong: Meghalaya police have arrested the owner of an illegal coal mine in West Khasi Hills district, where one miner was killed and the other was injured on Thursday after a mine collapsed, police said on Saturday.Hubath R Sangma,...

Meghalaya CM claims education system and economic situation improved

Tura: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday said that in the last four and half years our education system and over-all economic situation improved in the state. But Sangma admitted that education has been a big challenging sector as...

One coal miner died, one injured in Meghalaya

Shillong: A coal miner was killed and another is seriously injured in a coal mine accident in Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills district, a police official said on Friday. The mine accident occurred on Thursday in a remote Urak village under...

NESO demands repeal of CAA and implementation of ILP in NE states

Shillong: The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), an apex student's body of the indigenous student groups across the seven Northeastern states, staged sit-in protests in Meghalaya on Wednesday, demanding the repeal of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).The Khasi Students' Union...

Meghalaya Assembly session begins from September 9

Shillong: The autumn session of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly would begin from September 9 and would have six business days, an assembly official said on Wednesday.Three days have been reserved equally for government and Private Members’ business, Commissioner and...

Meghalaya provides boiled eggs for first time for mother, children

Shillong: The Meghalaya Early Childhood Development Mission in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Meghalaya State Rural Livelihood Society introduced boiled eggs to the existing Supplementary Nutrition Programme on the just celebrated Independence Day in 250 Model...

Meghalaya: NEHU awaits Union Ministry of Education to regularise contractual workers

Shillong: North Eastern Hills University (NEHU) Vice Chancellor, Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla on Wednesday said that the university is awaiting the decision of the Union Ministry of Education on whether to regularise its 700 odd contractual workers."We have communicated...

Four Meghalaya Karatekas to take part in Thailand Open Karate-Do Championship

Shillong: The All Meghalaya Karate-Do Association (AMKA) on Tuesday announced that four of its young karatekas will take part in the prestigious Thailand Open Karate-Do Championship in Phuket from August 19.The four – Ferdinand S Rani, Gregorwilson Makdoh, Saralin...

Maternal deaths dip over 35pc in Meghalaya

Tura (Meghalaya): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has revealed that maternal deaths in the state have come down by over 35 percent in the last six months compared to the previous year.“The Infant mortality is at 29...

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Seva Setu Abhiyan held at Salungpham, Thoubal

Thoubal: The District Administration, Thoubal, successfully organized the Seva Setu Abhiyan (Go to Village) in connection with the Seva...