Meghalaya

Shillong: Droupadi Murmu on Thursday scripted history by becoming the first tribal to be elected as the President after two tribal leaders from the Northeastern state of Meghalaya had failed to make it to occupy the Raisina Hills.Murmu, a...

Shillong: The Khasi Students' Union (KSU) on Wednesday filed an FIR against the authors of a school textbook for claiming that the official spoken languages of Meghalaya are Bengali, Nepali and Marathi instead of the indigenous Khasi or Garo.The...

Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Wednesday made wearing of masks mandatory in public places in the wake of the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the State.On Wednesday, Meghalaya reported 102 new Covid-19 infections, the highest daily...

Shillong: Meghalaya Education Minister, Lahkmen Rymbui on Wednesday warned the agitating Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers to either join duty or be ready to face action for depriving students of their rights to education.Hundreds of SSA teachers under the...

Shillong: The Meghalaya and Central government granted a safe passage to militant leaders of the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), who are to initiate peace talks, the outfit representative said on Tuesday.The safe passage to the HNLC leaders,...

Shillong: The Hynñiewtrep Youth Council (HYC), a pressure group in Meghalaya on Tuesday urged Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to intervene and direct the Conrad Sangma-led government to give consent and initiate for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe...

Tura: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Tuesday said that Meghalaya has the potential to develop Jackfruit into a Rs. 1000 crore industry which would directly benefit 50,000 farmer families in the State."Meghalaya produces Rs. 400 crore worth of...

Shillong: Four legislators in the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly abstained from voting in Monday’s presidential election, an election official said.Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Frederick Roy Kharkongor said Health and Family Welfare Minister James Sangma, the elder brother of Chief Minister...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Sunday said he expects cross-voting from opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators in the State on Monday in favour of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.“All legislators of the MDA...

Tura: Floral tributes were paid to the memory of the brave Garo men who had gone to France to help the Allied Forces during the First World War on occasion of the Garo Labor Corps Day here at the...