Shillong: Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Friday said the government is committed to promoting scientific and secure coal mining in the state in line with direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). “The government has framed the guidelines for coal mining and an action plan has been prepared in consultation[Read More…]
After the Asom Gana Parishad, another party of the north-east has shown its lack of confidence in the government. On a question if pulling out of NDA is an option, Conrad Sangma the current Chief Minister of Meghalaya and president of the National People’s Party said, “we will when the situation[Read More…]
By Anup Sharma Bhangnamari (Assam): Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya’s illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of this village in western Assam’s Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in[Read More…]
Ksan (Meghalaya): A 15-member team of Indian Navy divers and 21 firefighters from Odisha have Meghalaya’s Ksan village on Saturday to assist the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescuers in evacuating 15 miners who are trapped inside a flooded illegal coal pit for over two weeks now. The district administration[Read More…]
Shillong: The Central government on Friday rushed an additional National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team to Meghalaya to assist the state in evacuating 15 miners who are trapped inside an illegal coal mine for 16 days now. Coal India Limited (CIL) officials have rushed to the site in remote Ksan[Read More…]
New Delhi: While 15 miners continue to remain trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya for a fortnight now, the issue on Wednesday led to a political slugfest with Rahul Gandhi targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centres ruling BJP accusing the Congress President of politicising a tragedy.[Read More…]
As the rescue operations to save 15 trapped miners got hampered with the lack of high power pumps, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘meanwhile’ strutting about the ‘Bogibeel Bridge posing for cameras’. Gandhi further accused the Modi government of refusing to[Read More…]
Shillong: Thirteen miners, who were trapped inside a coal pit filled with gallons of water in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, were yet to be reached or rescued, the district police chief said on Friday. Officials had already said their chances of survival were bleak. “We are yet to recover[Read More…]
In what could turn out to be a controversial observation, the Meghalaya High Court on Monday noted that since Pakistan had declared themselves an Islamic nation after Independence, India should also have been declared a Hindu country. “Even today, in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians,[Read More…]
Shillong, Nov 23 (IANS) A 38-year-old coal merchant, wanted in the murder attempt on Meghalaya’s frontline women’s rights activist Agnes Kharshiing and her aide, was arrested from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Assam on Friday, police said. “The special team of Meghalaya Police picked up Showmewell B. Kyndait from[Read More…]
Shillong, School students who refuse to go for Measles-Rubella vaccination will not receive their annual examination report cards in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district, an official said on Thursday. The vaccination programme was launched in the state on September 24 amid apprehension among many parents that the injection would make[Read More…]
India‘s version of the Cherry Blossom Festival is nothing short of an exquisite collection of events and scenic views. For the third time in a row now, the capital city of Shillong hosts a fun-filled experience for the lovers of nature. First of these festivals of blossoms happened in the[Read More…]
The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot, announced the creation of an international standard sports stadium for the differently-abled people in Meghalaya. The stadium is said to be created ahead of the National Games 2022, which the state will host. While speaking during the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir[Read More…]
Shillong: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot on Thursday announced the construction of an international standard sports stadium for the differently-abled in Meghalaya’s capital city. The stadium, to cost Rs 200 crore, is one of five such facilities that the government proposes to establish in five states,[Read More…]
Paris: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Sunday said Meghalaya is looking at options for technology and machinery to build an efficient supply chain as well on development of product and branding to establish its unique identity. Sangma was speaking at the SIAL (Salon International de l’alimentation) Paris 2018, one[Read More…]
Shillong: Separatist movements have not succeeded in India because most people have not supported them, Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy said on Saturday. He said such a movement succeeded in Pakistan with the separation of East Pakistan and led to the formation of Bangladesh. “The failure of the separatist movement in[Read More…]
Shillong: The Leader of Opposition in the Meghalaya Assembly, Mukul Sangma, on Tuesday voiced confidence that the Modi government will be ousted in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls because of the “anti-people” agenda of the BJP and the NDA government. “People thought that the BJP was an alternative but now[Read More…]
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday won the South Tura seat, from where he was contesting as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) candidate. The counting of votes for the South Tura and Ranikor Assembly by-elections in Meghalaya began on Monday morning at 8 AM. The South Tura assembly[Read More…]
The stage is set for Thursday’s twin assembly by-elections to South Tura and Ranikor in Meghalaya with four companies of Central armed forces being deployed in both the constituencies. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who is also the national chief of the National People’s Party (NPP), is contesting the by-election and[Read More…]
Shillong: Internet services on mobile telephones was restored on Wednesday in the Meghalaya capital as normalcy returned, an official said. Meanwhile, curfew will be relaxed for 15 hours – from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday in in 13-tension hit areas of the city, while night curfew in the[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma called up Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to assure him of the safety of the Sikh community and their religious institutions in the state following communal clashes, an official said here on Saturday. Sangma called up the Punjab Chief Minister to apprise him of[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who returned after a weekend trip to Italy, on Monday attacked the BJP, saying it has “usurped power in Meghalaya through a proxy” and called it “demonetisation of democracy”. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was “obsessed with grabbing power using big money to[Read More…]
Shillong: Meghalaya’s ruling Congress has promised that it would create three lakh new jobs, besides promising to enhance Rs 5 lakh health insurance cover announced by the Central government, if it returns to power in the state. “It shall be our endeavour to create three lakh new jobs, and provide one[Read More…]
Williamnagar: Special Force (SF-10) commandos in Meghalaya on Saturday killed in a gunfight a top Garo rebel leader wanted for his alleged involvement in several killings and bombings in the state. Acting on a tip off, the commandos raided Sudugre area in East Garo Hills district and shot dead Sohan[Read More…]
