Meghalaya Monitor

25/06/2025

CM opens revamped Williamson Sangma Meghalaya State Museum in city

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the revamped Williamson Sangma Meghalaya State Museum on the premises of the U Soso Tham Auditorium, here. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Minister for Arts and Culture, Paul Lyngdoh, and Power Minister Abu Taher Mondal.The museum has been...

25/06/2025

Govt holds meet on West-Jaintia Hills-Karbi Anglong border

Chef Secretary DP Wahlang and Director General of Police Idashisha Nongrang jointly met Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Home Prestone Tynsong to discuss Lapangap border issue.Locals uprooted plantations and destroyed temporary structures set up by Assam in Lapangap, West Jaintia Hills border, on Wed...

25/06/2025

Police recover pistol & cash from co-accused in Raja murder case

The Special Investigation Team(SIT) on Wednesday recovered a pistol, ammunition and cash from Silom James, a co-accused in Raja Raghuvanshi case. In a statement, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem said that on Wednesday afternoon, on the leading of the accused James, a country made pistol with two maga...

24/06/2025

Police downplay query on Tomar-Sonam relationship

The question on whether, Lokendra Tomar, the landlord of the flat in Indore where the murder accused Sonam Raghuvanshi stayed for days, had any relationship with Sonam, remains unansweredSpeaking to reporters on Tuesday, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem termed the question as irrelevant.The last arre...

24/06/2025

Raj Kushwaha and Sonam Raghuvanshi had their companies to run business, claims EKH SP

Meghalaya police have claimed that Raj Kushwaha, the alleged lover of Sonam Raghuvanshi, had his own company besides Sonam.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem said the police have ascertained that Sonam and her lover Raj were in a relationship and have their own compani...

23/06/2025

Prestone reviews major road projects in state

Shillong,June 23: Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, in-charge of Public Works Department (Roads), reviewed road projects implemented by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) in Meghalaya. The projects were the Shillong-Dawki road project, Shillong We...

23/06/2025

Four held for robbing Mumbai tourists

Four persons were arrested for robbing tourists from Mumbai. In a statement issued on Monday, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem said on Sunday around 8 pm Jay Nand Kishore Joshi and family along with another newly-wed couple who are tourists from Mumbai , parked their Innova near Mahindra Showroom , M...

23/06/2025

Landlord held in Sonam case

Shillong, June 24: Gwalior police arrested one Lokendra Singh Tomar, a resident of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh following a request from SIT in connection with the murder case of Raja Raghuvanshi. In a statement issued, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem said the arrest was made on June 23 afternoon.Adverti...

23/06/2025

Rakkam allays fears over scholarship delay

Education Minister Rakkam Sangma has said the disbursement of scholarship for ST students is being done in instalments to ensure equal distribution among all beneficiaries. The ministry has released the first instalment, and the amount will be credited to the bank accounts of eligible students in ph...

23/06/2025

BJP wants govt to address hawkers' issue in Laitumkhrah

The BJP wanted the state government's attention on Laitumkhrah following measures taken by the government on hawkers' relocation at Khyndailad.Wankitbok Pohshna, the BJP state general Secretary congratulated the state government for its proactive approach in addressing the long-standing challenge of...

23/06/2025

Tura Mother's Union spearheads community participation in rural education

22/06/2025

No arrest yet in mob lynching incident in Rajabala