Meghalaya
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Meghalaya: Notice to school for playing a political party’s song on Teachers’ Day
Shillong: The Meghalaya government has served a showcause notice to a school principal for playing a song that was used in the election campaign of a local political party, during the Teachers’…
- India
Earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hits Meghalaya, parts of Bangladesh
Shillong: An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude hit Meghalaya and the northern region of Bangladesh on Monday evening, officials said here. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage…
- India
Bharat Jodo Yatra phase 2: Rahul to walk from Gujarat to Meghalaya
Mumbai: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will embark on a fresh padayatra (foot march) from Gujarat to Meghalaya and during that period leaders and workers of the party’s Maharashtra unit would criss-cross the…
- India
Mob attacks Meghalaya CM’s office, 5 injured, curfew imposed
Guwahati: Five security personnel were injured during a mob attack at the office of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma in Tura on Monday night, police sources said. The Chief Minister is not…
- India
UCC risks interference with unique matrilineal societies in Meghalaya: Sanbor Shullai
Shillong: Senior Meghalaya BJP leader Sanbor Shullai on Monday said the Uniform Civil Code “risks interference” with the unique matrilineal societies of the state and appealed to the Law Commission not to…
- India
Uniform Civil Code against idea of India: Meghalaya CM
Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday claimed that the “Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in its present form” is against the idea of India. Addressing a press conference here, the National…
- India
Congress making issue of TMC contesting other states: Mamata
Kolkata” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the Congress is unnecessarily making an issue out of her Trinamool Congress’s decision to contest Assembly polls in other states like Tripura,…
- India
Meghalaya oppn party chief on hunger strike seeking review of unfair’ job reservation policy
Shillong: To put pressure on the Meghalaya government to review the 1972 reservation policy, opposition Voice of the People’s Party (VPP) chief Ardent Basaiawmoit started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, claiming…
- India
Manipur violence: Situation under control, says Indian Army
Imphal: In the wake of clashes in parts of Manipur, the Indian Army said that the situation in Moreh and Kangpokpi areas was brought under control and is stable. The Indian Army…
- India
Coal mining to resume in Meghalaya after 9 years: CM
Shillong: Coal mining is set to resume in Meghalaya after nine years, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Wednesday. He said the Union Ministry of Coal has provided approval for mining…
- India
Two Mehgalayan pastors attacked in Bihar, UCFNEI express concern
Two pastors from Meghalaya belonging to the Laitumkhrah Presbyterian Church were harassed by Bajrang Dal members while they were on a congregation mission to meet evangelists close to Patna in Bihar. The…
- India
Christian-majority Meghalaya celebrates Easter with religious fervour
Shillong: Christian-majority Meghalaya celebrated Easter with religious fervour on Sunday. The Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Church of God and the Baptist Church, besides other Christian denominations, organised special programmes such as…
- India
Meghalaya gets its first electric train: Northeast Frontier Railway
Guwahati: Meghalaya has got the electric train for the first time after the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has commissioned the 22.82 km track of Dudhnai-Mendipathar railway line, officials said on Friday. Sabysaschi…
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Assembly poll results in three northeastern states encouraging for BJP
The just released Assembly poll results in three northeastern states – Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura are seen as semi-finals before next year’s parliamentary elections when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a…
- India
Meghalaya: In a new twist, Conrad Sangma gets support of UDP, PDF
Shillong: In a big jolt to the Trinamool Congress and the Congress, which were looking for avenues for an alternate formation to keep Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) out of power…
