North Garo Hills News

11/06/2022

Out of 57,371 students who appeared for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination, 32,678 came out with flying colours

09/06/2022

  Tura, June 9: Heavy rain induced landslides have created havoc in Garo Hills areas where four persons have been killed while another one was critically injured in two separate incidents since last night. The administrative machinery in the district have swung into action by launching rescue and r...

04/06/2022

Tura, Jun 3: The All Garo Hills Joint Action Committee (AGHJAC), comprising of various NGOs including the GSU, ASWA, GSMC among others have demanded the immediate removal of the NEHU – Tura PVC, G Singhiah failing which it has decided to begin an agitation. Earlier in October last year, the AGHJAC...

27/05/2022

Laban Bengalee Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Shillong and St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong bagged the top positions in the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examinations in the science and commerce streams respectively. The results were declared by the Meghalaya ...

26/05/2022

TURA, May 24: The results of the HSSLC Examinations, 2022 for the Science, Commerce & Vocational streams conducted by the Meghalaya Board of School Education, Tura will be declared on May 26 during office hours. A notification issued by MBoSE Controller of Examinations, TR Laloo said the results boo...

25/05/2022

Shillong, May 26: Meghalaya Board Of Secondary Education (MBOSE) will declare results of HSSLC Examination , 2022 ( Science, Commerce and Vocational streams) during the official hours on May 26. The whole result booklet can be downloaded from the MBOSE official website www.mbose.in. No result will b...

23/05/2022

RICE SCAM. POWER SCAM. EDUCATION SCAM. DEMOCRACY SCAM.

We've had ENOUGH of the MEGHALAYA DISASTER ALLIANCE!

23/05/2022

SHILLONG, May 22: The dome which was recently installed at the new Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang, New Shillong Township collapsed on Sunday at around 12.30am. But fortunately there was no casualty in the incident. While speaking to reporters, PWD (Building) Executive Engineer, Ransom Sutnga sai...

21/05/2022

Shillong, May 20: Reliance Jio has announced complimentary four-day unlimited plan – with unlimited free calls within its network and data services upto 1.5 gb per day, along with 100 SMS per day for a period of four days to its customers in the natural-calamities affected states of North East, ac...

20/05/2022

Jowai, May 19: Social Welfare minister, Kyrmen Shylla today urged students to stay away from drugs as these substances shorten one’s life. “I feel so bad to see our youths taking to drugs. This world is so beautiful and we shouldn’t die young. So please stay away from drugs”, the minister sa...

19/05/2022

Tura, May 18: Former MLA of the Congress from the Rongjeng constituency in East Garo Hills (EGH), Sengman Marak, today, joined the ranks of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in a induction ceremony held in Williamnagar this afternoon. Sengman won from the Rongjeng constituency in 2013 and his....

18/05/2022

The A'chik Holistic Awakening Movement (AHAM) has petitioned President Ram Nath Kovind for a referendum on the border deal signed

16/05/2022

SHILLONG, May 15: Meghalaya is likely to face more spells of inclement weather till May 19, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Shillong. In a press statement issued here on Sunday, the IMD said, “Moisture incursion is very likely to occur due to strong lower level Southerly/So...

12/05/2022

Tura, May 11: The Sweets and Confectionaries Association in Tura has raised prices of snack items to almost double the previous prices. Consider this, the rate of one samosa, which till a few days ago was Rs 10, has been raised to Rs 20. Similar, has been the case for parathas which now sell for [.....

11/05/2022

Construction on a 100-bed hospital in Resubelpara has been at a halt since last year due to the non-release of

11/05/2022

SHILLONG, May 9: Members of the Federation of All School Teachers of Meghalaya (FASTOM) were left exasperated on Monday after failing to get an audience with Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma since he was in Delhi. FASTOM had sought an appointment with the CM on May 1 to find out the status of their d...

10/05/2022

SHILLONG, May 9: With the opposition to legalised gambling in Meghalaya gaining strength, the state Cabinet will now take a call on whether to continue with the proposal or stall it. Deputy Chief Minister, Prestone Tynsong on Monday acknowledged the protests against the government’s move to legali...

09/05/2022

Shillong, May 9: Members of the Federation of All School Teachers of Meghalaya (FASTOM) are staging a protest near the Main Secretariat here on Monday to seek an appointment with Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma to find out the status of their demands. The CM is currently camping in Delhi and it is m...

07/05/2022

In another blight on the already under-fire Meghalaya Games 2022, several runners in the athletics events did not receive their

06/05/2022

TURA, May 5: Garo Hills continues to be plagued by the extremely poor road connectivity between major towns in all the five districts that form the region. While the national highways (51, 44 and a part of 62) provide roads that still give your body a rest, travel through the other parts of Garo Hil...

05/05/2022

The incomplete road projects in many parts of Garo Hills have attracted the ire of residents of the areas as they complained about many stretches of roads ha...

04/05/2022

Shillong, May 4: Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui refused to comment on the government’s decision on the demands made by the Federation of All School Teachers Of Meghalaya (FASTOM) for a salary hike and an upgrade from an ad hoc to a deficit system. Rymbui maintained that the government would ref...

02/05/2022

30/04/2022

Tura, April 30: The Garo Hills region continued to suffer the wrath of nature with another cyclonic storm last night causing major damages to houses and plantations in the district of North Garo Hills (NGH). As per locals, the hail storm occurred 7 PM last evening and lasted for about three hours ca...

29/04/2022

Amid the tactical firing at the security forces' camps in Chhattisgarh since the last 10 days, the intelligence agencies have sounded an alert that the Maoists may execute a bigger attack in the state.

29/04/2022

Guwahati, April 29 : In a much-needed boost to adventure tourism in Meghalaya, the first National Paragliding Accuracy Championship in the state got under way at Kharkutta in North Garo Hills district, about 100 km from here, on Friday. Around 100 competitors from across the country are taking part....

28/04/2022

Shillong, April 2: Suspended Congress MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh has said that she and four of her suspended colleagues will take a collective decision on their future course of action, following the decision of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to suspend them for three years. Lyngdoh and four othe...

28/04/2022

Tura, April 28: The golden jubilee celebration of Meghalaya’s 50th Statehood day was celebrated at Resubelpara Mini Stadium in North Garo Hills on Wednesday. The occasion which was held annually on January 21 in the state was celebrated belatedly at the district level here in Resubelpara due to pr...

27/04/2022

Guwahati, April 27: Former Meghalaya chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Mukul Sangma on Wednesday said the AITC’s strategy, going into the 2023 Assembly elections in Meghalaya, would be to stay connected with the people at the grassroots, be well prepared to take on the ...

26/04/2022

Maikhuli is sending out the message LOUD and CLEAR, if only CM Conrad K Sangma would care to hear.

25/04/2022

Such a big difference could only be made possible by our honorable CM Conrad Sangma!

CM Conrad K Sangma has indeed made a 'DIFFERENCE' to OUR LIVES!

23/04/2022

Conrad please speak up!!

22/04/2022

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SHILLONG, April 21: State Congress president, Vincent H Pala said he is not in favour of tying up with the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) or any other political party for the upcoming 2023 Assembly polls. “We will reach nowhere if we are looking for a pre-poll alliance with any party. We have...

13/04/2022

The state government has scrapped its agreement, signed with Kolkata-based Kali Pradip
Chaudhuri (KPC) Group for the construction of the Shillong Medical College under public-private-partnership (PPP) mode.

SHILLONG, April 12: The state government has scrapped its agreement, signed with Kolkata-based Kali Pradip Chaudhuri (KPC) Group for the construction of the Shillong Medical College under public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Confirming this, Principal Secretary of the Health department, Sampath Ku...

04/04/2022

Its very important to have a digital detox since we all are always busy on digital devices these days.

By IANSlife Technology has connected us in ways we never anticipated and made our lives more convenient. While technology definitely comes with numerous positive benefits, there are negative sides to it as well that can lead to physical and psychological issues. A 2017 study by the American Journal....

25/03/2022

25/03/2022