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Meghalaya News and Articles
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Shillong couple's hunger strike against attacks on non-tribals
Shillong, Jan 24 (IANS) A middle-aged couple from Shillong on Sunday started their 'indefinite hunger strike till death' in protest against the alleged atrocities committed against the people belonging to non-tribal communities in Meghalaya.
2022-01-24
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Human Interest/Society,Politics
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Amid rising Covid cases, anti-vaccine protesters rally in Meghalaya
Shillong, Jan 23 (IANS) Amid the surge of Covid-19 cases in Meghalaya, anti-vaccination protesters organised a rally in the capital city Shillong against the alleged mandatory inoculation drive by the state government.
2022-01-23
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Health/Medicine,Politics
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Meghalaya's message to the world of protecting nature, eco-sustainability: PM
Shillong, Jan 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Meghalaya has given the message of protecting nature, progress, conservation and eco-sustainability to the world.
2022-01-21
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Meghalaya CM test positive for Covid-19
Shillong, Jan 21 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, a day after he and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on the inter-state border disputes.
2022-01-21
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Health/Medicine,Politics
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Meghalaya extends upper age limit for job aspirants by 5 yrs
Shillong, Jan 19 (IANS) The Meghalaya government on Wednesday extended the upper age limit of government job aspirants from 27 years to 32 years for non-tribals and the upper age limit for the job seekers belonging to the tribals would be 37 years, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said.
2022-01-19
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Song is Over: Shillong Chamber Choir founder 'Uncle Neil' passes away
Shillong, Jan 5 (IANS) Padma Shri awardee and founder of Shillong Chamber Choir, Neil Nongkynrih, breathed his last on Wednesday evening at a hospital in Mumbai after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 51.
2022-01-05
Category: India, Meghalaya,Cinema/Showbiz,Betting Central
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After Manipur, Omicron cases detected in Meghalaya
Shillong, Jan 4 (IANS) After one case in Manipur, five cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were detected in Meghalaya on Tuesday, health officials said.
2022-01-04
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Health/Medicine
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Meghalaya Assembly Speaker recognises 12 Cong members' merger with TMC
Shillong, Dec 23 (IANS) Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Thursday recognised the merger of 12 Congress members with the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a month after the legislators led by former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma switched their alliance. The Speaker also rejected a petition by the Congress to disqualify the lawmakers.
2021-12-23
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Powerful IEDs detected in Meghalaya, defused
Shillong, Dec 21 (IANS) Two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing over 11 kg, a live grenade and other live ammunitions were recovered during separate anti-insurgency operations in Meghalaya, officials said on Tuesday.
2021-12-21
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Terrorism
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Mukul Sangma slams Cong move to support NPP-led MDA govt
Shillong, Dec 18 (IANS) Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Saturday criticised the Congress' decision to support the National People's Party (NPP) which leads the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, and urged the Congress MLAs and leaders in the state to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
2021-12-18
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Higher education very vital for NE's future, says IGNOU VC
Shillong, Dec 15 (IANS) The importance of higher education for the future of the northeast region and the rest of India can hardly be overstated, IGNOU Vice Chancellor Prof Nageshwar Rao said on Wednesday.
2021-12-15
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Education
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NHRC holds public hearing on human rights complaints from 3 NE states
Shillong, Dec 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday began its two-day public hearing here on the complaints related to the human rights violations in three Northeastern states -- Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura, officials said.
2021-12-14
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Immigration/Law/Rights,Politics
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NHRC holds public hearing on human rights complaints from 3 NE states
Shillong, Dec 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday began its two-day public hearing here on the complaints related to the human rights violations in three Northeastern states -- Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura, officials said.
2021-12-14
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Immigration/Law/Rights,Politics
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BSF, BGB celebrate Golden Jubilee of 1971 B'desh war victory
Shillong/Agartala, Dec 13 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have been jointly organising a series of events to mark the 50th Year of Independence of Bangladesh and to showcase BSF's contribution in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
2021-12-13
Category: India, Meghalaya,National
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Scientists discover snail species in M'laya cave, conduct study on mollusc across NE
Shillong/Agartala, Nov 28 (IANS) The scientists, who recently discovered a new micro snail species with less than 2 mm in length (adult) in a Meghalaya cave, are conducting a study on mollusc across northeast under a mega project funded by the Department of Biotechnology under the Central government.
2021-11-28
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Science/Tech
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Trinamool to be an effective opposition party: Mukul Sangma
Shillong, Nov 25 (IANS) Opposition leader Mukul Sangma, who along with 11 Congress MLAs joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday night, on Thursday said that the Congress has failed as an effective opposition party in the country and the TMC would be a pan-India viable alternative opposition party. Reliable sources said that political strategist Prashant Kishor and his team members, who have been camping in Shillong for the past two months, apparently engineered the defections.
2021-11-25
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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3-day Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off in Shillong
Shillong, Nov 25 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma, and Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki, on Thursday inaugurated the three-day Cherry Blossom Festival at the Polo 5th Ground here.
2021-11-25
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Diplomacy,Politics
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Trinamool to be an effective opposition party: Mukul Sangma (Ld)
Shillong, Nov 25 (IANS) Meghalaya opposition leader Mukul Sangma, who along with 11 Congress MLAs joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday night, said on Thursday that the Congress has failed as an effective opposition in the country and the TMC would be a pan-India viable alternative opposition party.
2021-11-25
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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NE India's 1st private varsity gets NAAC accreditation
Shillong, Nov 6 (IANS) The University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), the first private varsity in the northeastern region, has been awarded the accreditation rating of "A Grade" by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), officials have said.
2021-11-06
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Education
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Ruling NPP, UDP candidates lead in 2 of 3 Meghalaya Assembly seats (Ld)
Shillong, Nov 2 (IANS) The ruling National People's Party (NPP) candidate Pyniaid Sing Syiem and the United Democratic Party nominee Eugeneson Lyngdoh are leading over their Congress opponents in the Mawryngkneng and the Mawphlang Assembly seats of Meghalaya.
2021-11-02
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Meghalaya's ruling NPP, ally UDP wins all 3 bypolls (2nd Lead)
Shillong, Nov 2 (IANS) Meghalaya's National People's Party (NPP) and ally United Democratic Party (UDP) won all the three Assembly seats where bypolls were held on Saturday.
2021-11-02
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Voting for bypoll to 3 Assembly seats in Meghalaya begins
Shillong, Oct 30 (IANS) Voting for the by-elections in three Assembly seats in Meghalaya began on Saturday morning amid heavy security deployment and following Covid-19 protocols, officials said.
2021-10-30
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Ahead of bypolls, demands to split Meghalaya on ethnic lines crop up
Shillong, Oct 13 (IANS) Nearly 50 years after it was carved out of Assam as a full-fledged state in 1972, the demand to further bifurcate Meghlaya on ethnic lines has surfaced with two local parties forming a coordination committee for this purpose, ahead of the bye-elections to three Assembly seats on October 30.
2021-10-13
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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New Chief Justices of Meghalaya, Sikkim HCs sworn-in
Shillong/Gangtok, Oct 12 (IANS) The new Chief Justices of the Meghalaya and Sikkim High Courts were sworn-in at separate functions in the respective state capitals on Tuesday.
2021-10-12
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Immigration/Law/Rights
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V-P lays foundation of road project to boost tourism, trade with B'desh
Shillong, Oct 4 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday laid the foundation for upgrading the 64.21 km road that connects Meghalaya capital with Dawki border town, along the India-Bangladesh border.
2021-10-04
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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5 dead, 16 injured as Meghalaya bus plunges into swollen river
Shillong, Sep 30 (IANS) At least five people died and 16 others were injured when a Meghalaya state transport corporation passenger bus plunged into the Ringdi River in the wee hours of Thursday, police said.
2021-09-30
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Top NE academician, politician B.B. Dutta dies at 86
Shillong, Sep 28 (IANS) One of the most renowned academicians of the Northeastern region, and former Rajya Sabha member Bidhu Bhusan Dutta died in Shillong on Monday after a brief illness. He was 86.
2021-09-28
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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'Knife surrender' rally in Shillong to protest ex-militant leader's killing
Shillong, Sep 6 (IANS) Protesters from 11 local organisations on Monday organised a unique 'pyndem tari' (knife surrender) rally in Shillong to protest the government's failure in suspending police personnel responsible for the killing of a former militant leader on August 13.
2021-09-06
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Snatched Meghalaya Police weapons found in Shillong river
Shillong, Aug 23 (IANS) Meghalaya Fire and Emergency Services personnel recovered three weapons on Monday, nine days after "masked agitators" snatched them from police during violence triggered by a former militant leader's killing in an "encounter", officials said.
2021-08-23
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Meghalaya leads the way in harnessing faith for climate action
Shillong, Aug 18 (IANS) After initiating a grassroots-level movement with Climate Change Chapaul -- which involved roping in traditional leaders of Meghalaya to spread the awareness of climate change -- Meghalaya is starting to use another social innovation to drive a change in people's behaviour and attitude towards climate change.
2021-08-18
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Environment/Wildlife
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Shillong violence: Judicial panel to probe ex-militant's 'killing'
Shillong, Aug 16 (IANS) The Meghalaya government on Monday decided to order a judicial inquiry into a former militant leader's "killing", which triggered violence, including stone-pelting and arson in Shillong on Sunday, officials said.
2021-08-16
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics,Defence/Security
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Shillong violence: Judicial panel to probe ex-militant's 'killing'
Shillong, Aug 16 (IANS) The Meghalaya government on Monday ordered a judicial inquiry into a former militant leader's "killing", which triggered violence, including stone-pelting and arson in Shillong on Sunday, officials said.
2021-08-16
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics,Defence/Security
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Curfew, no net in 4 Meghalaya districts after Shillong violence
Shillong, Aug 15 (IANS) Curfew was clamped for 33 hours in Shillong and its outskirts, and internet services suspended in four Meghalaya districts after violence, including setting afire a police vehicle, on Sunday, following the "killing" of a former militant leader on Friday, officials said.
2021-08-15
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics,Defence/Security
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Curfew, net cut in 4 M'laya districts after Shillong violence, Home Min quits
Shillong, Aug 15 (IANS) Violence, including stone-pelting and setting a police vehicle afire, rocked Shillong on Sunday, following the "killing" of a former militant leader on Friday, leading the authorities to enforce curfew and suspend internet services in four Meghalaya districts, officials said.
2021-08-15
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Politics
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2 injured in Shillong blast, militant outfit claims responsibility
Shillong, Aug 10 (IANS) At least two persons, including a woman, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Meghalaya capital on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
2021-08-10
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Terrorism
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Assam Rifles to carry mega plantation at Cherrapunji: Amit Shah
Shillong, July 25 (IANS) Meghalaya's Cherrapunji, once credited as the wettest place on Earth, would be adopted by Assam Rifles for an ambitious plantation drive to restore the lost greenery in the world-famous spot, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.
2021-07-25
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Environment/Wildlife,Politics
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PM set target to provide drinking water to all household: Shah
Shillong, July 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the target of providing pure drinking water to every household in the country before the completion of 75 years of Independence.
2021-07-25
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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1st CM-level meet held to resolve Assam-Meghalaya border troubles
Shillong, July 24 (IANS) The first Chief Minister-level meeting to resolve inter-state border troubles between Assam and Meghalaya was held here on Friday with both sides deciding to remove the disputes in the 12 bordering locations in a phased manner.
2021-07-24
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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All NE state capitals to be linked by air, rail by 2023-24: Amit Shah
Shillong, July 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Saturday that the northeastern region would be the countrys growth destination and all the state capitals of the eight states of the region would be connected by air and railway network by 2023-24.
2021-07-24
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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'Space technology dealing issues, challenges in NE states'
Shillong, July 24 (IANS) The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), a joint venture of the Department of Space and the North Eastern Council (NEC), has facilitated the northeastern states to address issues and challenges of the region with the support of space technology, Union DoNER Minister G. Kishan Reddy said on Saturday.
2021-07-24
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Shah to meet all NE CMs in Shillong, discuss law & order, Covid
Shillong/Agartala, July 23 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will meet the Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of all the eight northeastern states in Shillong on Saturday and discuss various issues, including law and order, and the Covid-19 situation, officials said.
2021-07-23
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Politics
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Meghalaya mulling action against doctor for refusing to treat rape victim
Shillong, July 21 (IANS) Taking a "serious note" of the matter, the Social Welfare Department of Meghalaya is contemplating action against a doctor who had refused to treat a minor gang-rape victim on the ground that the place of the incident was beyond his jurisdiction, officials said here on Wednesday.
2021-07-21
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Politics
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Meghalaya woman hides inside bank for 3 nights, held for robbery bid
Shillong, June 30 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, the Meghalaya police have arrested a 40-year-old woman on charges of attempting to rob a local bank after she hid herself inside the bank for three nights, police said on Wednesday.
2021-06-30
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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3rd trapped worker's body retrieved from Meghalaya mine
Shillong, June 25 (IANS) With one more body getting retrieved on Friday, so far three bodies from among the five trapped miners have been recovered from a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, where they were trapped 26 days ago, officials said.
2021-06-25
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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2nd trapped miner's body retrieved from Meghalaya mine
Shillong, June 24 (IANS) With one more body retrieved on Thursday, so far two bodies from among the five trapped miners have been recovered from a flooded coal pit in Meghalayas East Jaintia Hills, where they were trapped in the mine 26 days ago, officials said.
2021-06-24
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Human Interest/Society,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Forced vaccination violates fundamental right: Meghalaya HC
Shillong, June 24 (IANS) The Meghalaya High Court has held that administration of vaccine by way of coercive methods vitiates the fundamental purpose of welfare attached to vaccination, and ordered that the vaccination orders issued by the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of the districts should be seen as "persuasive advisory", a court official said on Thursday.
2021-06-24
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Health/Medicine,Immigration/Law/Rights
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8 oxygen plants being set up in 3 NE states with Japan, UNDP support
Shillong/Agartala, June 22 (IANS) Eight oxygen generation plants are being installed in the three northeast states -- Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura -- with the help of the Japanese government and UNDP, officials said on Tuesday.
2021-06-22
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Health/Medicine
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Over 5,000 children test Covid positive in Meghalaya, 17 die
Shillong, June 17 (IANS) Over 5,000 children under the age of 14 in Meghalaya have tested Covid-19 positive and 17 of them died, health officials said on Thursday.
2021-06-17
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Health/Medicine
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Body of one of the trapped workers retrieved from Meghalaya mine
Shillong, June 16 (IANS) The body of one of the five trapped miners was retrieved from a flooded coal pit in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills on Wednesday, 18 days after they were trapped, officials said.
2021-06-16
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Navy, NDRF operations on as 5 miners trapped in Meghalaya mine
Shillong, June 14 (IANS) An Indian Navy team joined the non-stop rescue operations for five miners trapped in a coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya for two weeks, said top officials on Monday.
2021-06-14
Category: India, Meghalaya,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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