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TURA: Garo Hills-ni dingtang dingtang NGO-rang, chong·motan GSU, ASWA, GSMC aro iandakgipa dingtang dingtang dolrangni nangrime bikotskagipa All Garo Hills Joint Action Committee (AGHJAC)-ni gita, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Tura campus-ni Pro-Vice Chancellor G Singaiah-ko ra·galchina dab...
Central-leaders-to-decide-BJP-role-in-MDA MLAs
SHILLONG, June 2: Amid the growing mudslinging between the National People’s Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the two BJP legislators of the state on Thursday said it is up to the party’s central leadership to decide whether or not to pull out of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) gove...
Pala-equates-MDA-with-humpty-dumpty-awaiting-great-fall
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief on Wednesday slammed the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) alleging that the government has accumulated money through corrupt means and in the run-up to the 2023 elections, all their misdeeds will be exposed. Referring to the MDA as “Hu...
Workers-apprehensive-about-change-in MeECL-leadership
SHILLONG, June 1: Expressing apprehensions about the state government’s purported intention to effect a change in the management of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL), the Meghalaya Power Workers’ Union has petitioned Chief Minister Conrad Sangma seeking the retention of DP Wahlang...
Poor-show-by-Govt-of-Meghalaya
Editor As a retired government employee who has worked with Mr MS Rao even before he became Chief Secretary of Meghalaya I can vouch for his sincerity to promote the State of Meghalaya. And he did that when he was posted at Delhi in the Department of Information Technology as President and CEO Natio...
State-BJP to-take-call-on-pulling-out-of MDA
SHILLONG, May 31: Citing corruption and irregularities as major factors and reiterating their commitment to zero tolerance against corruption, State BJP president Ernest Mawrie on Tuesday said the party will shortly take a call on whether to pull out of the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance or r...
Move-to-constitute-minority-board-in
The Meghalaya Linguistic Minority Development Forum (MLMDF) will present a charter of demands to the State government for formation of
Tribal-research-institute-replaces-GHADC-Museum-in-North-Tura
TURA, May 30: In yet another absolute shocker, an RTI by Tura MDC, Bernard Marak has shown that the Tribal Research Institute (TRI) is currently coming up over what was supposed to be the GHADC museum. The museum, which was supposed to have been built using funds provided by the Centre, was apparent...
Restriction-imposed-to-regulate-movement-of-heavy-vehicles-on-umiam-bridge
Nongpoh, May 30: The District Magistrate, Ri Bhoi District, Nongpoh in an order issued on Monday, has imposed a prohibitory order under Section 144 CrPC prohibiting the plying of vehicles weighing in excess of 10 MT over the Umiam bridge and plying of two heavy vehicles at the same time over the bri...
Trouble-brewing-within-alliance
SHILLONG, May 29: The delicate cord of kinship among the constituents of the National People’s Party-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) seems to be tearing at the seams thanks to the litany of allegations revolving around corruption and misgovernance against the ruling side. Pressure is signi...
Is-James-Sangma-behind-GH-coal-racket
SHILLONG, May 27: The shocking story of clever manipulation of system, relating to siphoning off Meghalaya’s coal resources to Bangladesh, has resurfaced. Thanks to a TV channel of Assam that has followed up an expose by The Shillong Times, bringing astounding details of the modus operandi and eve...
Groups-allege-illegal-detention-call-for-transfer-of-WGH
TURA, May 27: Four organisations from Tura have asked Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui to transfer West Garo Hills Superintendant of Police Vivekanand Singh Rathore from the district, a day after they were detained by the police, reportedly at the behest of the SP, for conducting raids on shops. While t...
Church-leaders-meet-politicians-Call-for-a-corruption-free-Govt
SHILLONG, May 26: In what is the first instance of its kind in Meghalaya, church leaders have nudged the political leadership about ensuring a corruption-free government in the state. Viewed in the context of various charges of corruption against those in the corridors of power, the move comes as a....
High Court stops-export-of-coal-through-Gasuapara-after-complaint
Tura, May 26: The Meghalaya High Court has once again come into matters of illegal coal and its transport after a petition was filed by an exporter, Maikel T Sangma over the legality of the transport of coal that is being exported into Bangladesh through the Gasuapara Land Custom Station. The HC ord...
Dome-an-alien-element-for-Meghalaya-a-symbol-of-power-architects-forum
SHILLONG, May 24: The collapse of the central dome of the under-construction Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang has stirred up a hornet’s nest. Senior architect and president of Meghalaya Architect’s Forum, Aiban Mawkhroh spoke of the dome as an alien concept for a society that believes in the t...
Third-party-to-investigate-assembly-domes-collapse
SHILLONG, May 24: The ongoing work for the construction of the main Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang in New Shillong Township will remain suspended pending the report of a third party audit on the dome’s collapse. The decision was made by the High-Powered Committee (HPC) of the state Assembly on...
SHILLONG, May 23: Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh said he will ask the High-Powered Committee (HPC) to institute an independent probe for finding out why the recently-installed central dome of the new Assembly building in Mawdiangdiang collapsed on Sunday. “I will propose this in the HPC meeting t...
RICE SCAM. POWER SCAM. EDUCATION SCAM. DEMOCRACY SCAM.
We've had ENOUGH of the MEGHALAYA DISASTER ALLIANCE!
Groups-seek-timely-completion-of-road
TURA, May 22: Combined organisations from Pedaldoba in West Garo Hills including the AYWO, AHAM, GSU and the GSMC has sought the intervention of the Deputy Commissioner on a pending road project in the region fearing that it will not be completed in time. The road project in question according to th...
KSU workers-union-hold-protest-outside-NEHU gate
Shillong, May 21: A large group of protesters gathered outside the main gate of NEHU campus here on Saturday morning to protest before the Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Education Minister Lahkmen Rynbui, who visited the varsity to take part in the XXVII Convocation. The protestors were holding pl...
PWD-to-address-ISBT-shortcomings-Conrad
SHILLONG, May 20: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday donned the mantle of a firefighter as he attempted to douse the growing anger among citizens against the tardy construction of the Rs 48-crore Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at Mawiong. He asserted that any shortcomings in the construction of...
Governor's-nod-to-village-town-development Council-act
SHILLONG, May 19: Decks have been cleared for direct central funding to the Dorbar Shnong with Governor Satya Pal Malik giving his assent to the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Village and Town Development Council) Act, 2021. The direct funding will be enabled through creation of village and town d...
Rising-pocso-cases-in-state-matter-of-concern-mos-law-and-justice
SHILLONG: Rising cases of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) in the state is a matter of grave concern that is affecting the social fabric of Meghalaya, observed Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Professor S P Singh Baghel, on May 18. On a two-day visit to Shillong, the Un...
Govt-under-pressure-to-shelve-gambling-idea
SHILLONG/NEW DELHI, May 18: Pressure is mounting on the state government to shelve its idea of making Meghalaya a gambling hub. Political parties, church leaders and pressure groups have expressed their opposition to the move. BJP state president, Ernest Mawrie said the party does not endorse the go...
Mukul urges people to vote against corrupt politicians
SHILLONG: Leader of opposition Mukul Sangma has called upon the public to punish ‘corrupt politicians’ by voting against them in the upcoming 2023 polls. “Only by punishing them you will make the corrupt politician realise that they need to change their ways of serving the people and must be h...
Many sitting MLAs will lose irrespective of party lines-said Dr. Mukul Sangma
Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Dr. Mukul Sangma on Tuesday asked the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) not to expect that all the MLAs will
Women's-panel-asks-police-to-file-suo-moto-case-against-those-involved-in-tying-woman-to-pole
The Meghalaya State Commission for Women today asked police to register a suo moto case against those involved in heckling
Anti-to***co-rally-by-madrassa-students-in-West-Garo-hills
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Our special correspondent Tura: Bhaitbari Secondary Madrassa school students took out an awareness rally highlighting the ill effects of to***co in the West Garo Hills district on May 17. The rally that started from the school campus passed through different roads. The participants in the rally were...
Sunapur-huroi-bridge-collapses-due-to-heavy-rain
Jowai, May 17: The bridge that connect Sunapur village with other villages close to the Indo-Bangladesh border including Huroi, Hingaria and Borghat in East Jaintia Hills reportedly collapsed due heavy rainfall on Monday night. The collapse of the bridge has completely disconnected the Huroi and ...
Surprise-raid-unearths-cache-of-liquor-in-city
SHILLONG, May 15: A cache of country-made liquor and Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) was unearthed from certain households located in the vicinity of old home guard ground in Lumshatsngi Kench’s Trace after a surprise raid by Dorbar Shnong Lumshatsngi Kench’s Trace and the Excise department of...
Disconnect-between-MLAs-and-parties-over-border-MoU-HYC
SHILLONG: Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) president, Robertjune Kharjahrin, said that all parties except a few independents and National Congress Party (NCP) in the MDA have agreed from day one to the MoU signed between Meghalaya and Assam to resolve the boundary dispute, since the other parties hav...
Govt-doubtful-about-completing-shillong-dawki-road-on-time-2
SHILLONG: The government is doubtful if the 95 kilometers Shillong-Dawki Road project will be completed within the stipulated period of time. “Very doubtful as in Meghalaya, the working season is hardly for six or seven months and then monsoon continues for the next four-five months. During monsoo...
Rains-cause-widespread-havoc-in-state-two-dead
SHILLONG, May 13: Heavy rainfall claimed the lives of two persons and caused massive destructions in Shillong and other parts of the state during the last 24 hours. A tree fell on an auto rickshaw at Panitola, Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district on Friday morning, killing a minor. There were three occupant...
NE-dealers-defer-plan-to-impose-indefinite-fuel-depot-shutdown-by-a-week
Guwahati, May 13: The North East India Petroleum Dealers’ Association (Greater Guwahati Unit) has conditionally agreed to defer its plan to indefinitely close all petrol depots within its jurisdiction by a week, following a request by the Kamrup Metro district administration during an emergent ...
Nativity school-emerges-champion-at-inter-school-athletic-meet
Nativity Higher Secondary School emerged as the overall champions at the 8th South West Khasi Hills district level inter-school athletic
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