Meghalaya

Meghalaya Police's Tweet On Drug Peddlers Selling Rasna Has Twitter In Splits

Offbeat | Friday August 16, 2019

On Thursday, Meghalaya Police tweeted about Shillong drug peddlers selling a powdered fruit drink instead of narcotics and urging anyone who had been ripped off by them to come forward and report it.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Praises Supreme Court Verdict On Coal Mining

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 15, 2019

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday praised as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and said the verdict has upheld the rights of indigenous people on land and mineral deposits.

Ex-Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Dismisses Reports Of Joining BJP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday August 11, 2019

Former Meghalaya Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Dr. Mukul Sangma on Saturday dismissed media report of his joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

14-Year-Old Meghalaya Girl Raped In Gurgaon, 3 Arrested: Cops

Gurgaon News | ANI | Saturday August 10, 2019

The police have arrested two men for raping her in Gurgaon and a woman has also been arrested for conspiring in the case.

3 Siblings In Meghalaya Donate Rs 50,000 From Allowance For Flood Victims

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 8, 2019

Three siblings in Meghalaya became the unlikely donors of the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to help the over 1.65 lakh people affected by floods in the state. The siblings, all students, donated Rs 50,000 that they had saved from their allowance over the last two years.

14-Year-Old Girl From Meghalaya Gang-Raped In Gurgaon: Police

Gurgaon News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 8, 2019

A 14-year-old girl from Meghalaya has been gang raped by four persons in Haryana here, Gurugram police PRO Subhash Bokan said on Thursday.

How BJP Paid Its Debt To Founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee With Kashmir Move

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Monday August 5, 2019

By scrapping the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir, the ruling BJP has fulfilled the dream of its founder, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, whose slogan was: "Ek desh mein do vidhaan, do nishaan, do pradhaan nahin chalega". These words, which translate to "In one country, there can't two law codes, two prime ministers and two national symbols", were...

Ex-Chief Minister And Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Donkupar Roy Dies At 64

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Niharika Banerjee | Sunday July 28, 2019

Meghalaya Assembly Speaker and former Chief Minister of the state Donkupar Roy died today in Gurgaon. He was 64.

Bangladeshi Border Personnel Intrude Into Meghalaya Village

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 22, 2019

Armed personnel of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) intruded into Meghalaya's Muktapur village and threatened Indian villagers to stop construction of an internal road, locals said on Monday.

Meghalaya Minister Turns Student At 'Happiness Class' In Delhi Government School

Education | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 17, 2019

Mr Rymbui said he has come to the national capital to learn about the Delhi's government's "Happiness Curriculum".

Supreme Court Allows Meghalaya To Call Off Operations In Mine Tragedy

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 12, 2019

Seven months after 15 people were trapped in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, the Supreme Court today allowed the state government's plea seeking its permission to call off the ongoing operation to retrieve the bodies.

Northeast Braces For More Rain And Floods, 3 Killed In Assam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Wednesday July 10, 2019

Massive landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall since the past two days have affected thousands of people in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Assam. Four people have died in the region, including three in Assam where over two lakh people are marooned in 11 districts.

After Amartya Sen's Remarks On "Jai Shri Ram", Meghalaya Governor's Reply

India News | ANI | Monday July 8, 2019

Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Sunday slammed Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over his remark that "Jai Shri Ram" sloganis used nowadays to beat up people across the country and it has no association with Bengali culture.

Meghalaya Education Job Scam: CBI Report To Be Examined By Panel Led By Additional Chief Secretary

Education | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 7, 2019

The court has also granted six months' extension to the committee for taking a final decision on the CBI report.

Meghalaya Ordered To Pay 100 Crore Fine, Allowed To Restart Coal Mining

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhary, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday July 3, 2019

Meghalaya has been ordered to deposit Rs 100 crore in fines, imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), for failing to curb illegal coal mining in the state