Meghalaya
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Exit Polls: BJP to retain Tripura, Meghalaya sees four-cornered contest
New Delhi: With voting for the assembly polls in Meghalaya and Nagaland ending on Monday amid tight security, all eyes are now on the results. In Meghalaya, polling was held at 3,419…
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Countdown begins for Meghalaya Assembly polls, battle for Shillong in focus
Shillong: After the high-pitched election campaigning, Meghalaya is all set to decide its political fate in the Assembly polls that are to be held on Monday. Polling will be held at 3,419…
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‘I eat beef and I am in BJP, I see no problem in it’, says Meghalaya BJP chief
Guwahati: The political situation in poll-bound Meghalaya is both interesting and confusing. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s top leaders are training their guns on their former coalition partner Conrad Sangma and his National…
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Meghalaya man arrested for sharing video of EVM that showed all votes go to BJP
Shillong: A man was arrested in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district for allegedly sharing a video on social media which purportedly showed that any button pressed on an EVM leads to a…
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20-fold increase in seizures in Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday said that seizures of over Rs 147 crore have been recorded so far in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, marking a 20 times increase as compared…
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North East hit by 3.9 magnitude earthquake
Guwahati: An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hit Meghalaya on Thursday, the third such incident in the northeast in a span of a week. A report by the National Center for Seismology report…
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Matrilineal but still patriarchal: Meghalaya women yearn for control in politics
Shillong: Children get their mother’s last name, husbands move into their wives homes and youngest daughters inherit family property. But with only four women legislators in a house of 60, the empowerment…
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EC to announce poll schedule of Nagaland, Meghalaya Tripura today
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for Assembly elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura on Wednesday. The announcement would be made at a press conference by…
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Mamata to address a rally in Meghalaya on Jan 18
Shillong: Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would visit Meghalaya on January 18 to address an election rally in North Garo Hills district, party sources said on Sunday.…
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PAN not linked with Aadhaar by end of March 2023 to be rendered inoperative: I-T Dept
New Delhi: The Income Tax department Saturday issued an advisory that those permanent account numbers (PAN) which are not linked with Aadhaar by the end of March next year will be rendered…
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Khasi Mandarin oranges from Meghalaya exported to UAE
Shillong: A group of orange farmers in Meghalaya’s South West Khasi Hills district on Friday exported 2,000 kg of the citrus fruit to Doha and Bahrain in the UAE, an official said.…
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Meghalaya govt files defamation case against TMC’s Saket Gokhale
Shillong: The Meghalaya government has filed a criminal defamation suit against TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale for making “deliberate, derogatory and malicious” claims that a state-owned tourism firm misappropriated over Rs 630 crore…
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Meghalaya govt took Rs 1,500 cr loan to distribute to farmers ahead of elections: BJP
Shillong: The BJP on Friday accused Meghalaya’s National People’s Party (NPP)-led government of availing a loan of Rs 1,500 crore to distribute to farmers under a scheme ahead of the assembly elections…
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India to take over UNSC presidency at time of acute crisis
United Nations: India will take over the presidency of the Security Council on Thursday at a time of an acute international crisis that will call upon its diplomatic skills in the UN’s…
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Meghalaya to set up border posts at sensitive areas: CM Conrad
Shillong: Following last week’s violence at Mukroh which led to the killing of six persons, the Meghalaya government on Monday decided to set up border outposts in sensitive areas along the inter-state border,…
