Surrendered chairman of the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) Julius Dorphang has been arrested and released on bail in an assault case.
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel posted in Meghalaya were long suspected to have had a hand in smuggling timber to Bangladesh. Last Sunday, forest officials in this northeastern state caught some of them taking out freshly-cut Sal trees out of Baghmara Reserve Forest.
Forty years after border trade between West Bengal and East Pakistan stopped in the event of the birth of Bangladesh, two of the historic border markets are set to reopen soon.
A heavy exchange of fire was reported between security forces and suspected Garo militants who apparently targeted a police outpost in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, police said today.
A traditional village council in Meghalaya has ostracised seventeen families for filing an RTI questioning the village authorities why they were denied of their right to avail food grains supplied by the government in the village.
Three persons including a cook employed at the Indian Institute of Management in Shilong were today arrested for allegedly having links with a militant group.
The Army court, which had awarded a sentence of two-year loss of seniority to Lt Gen P K Rath in the Sukna land scam, will reassemble on Monday to look afresh at the charges levelled against him.
A military court has found no voids in the court martial proceedings against lieutenant general PK Rath, accused in the Sukna land scam.
Suspected Garo militants shot at and injured a village head in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, the police said today.
Four rebels, including a top commander of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), were killed and a police officer wounded in a gunbattle in Meghalaya today, police said.
A senior Garo militant surrendered to the police and deposited an AK rifle and ammunition today.
Suspected Garo militants have abducted a government contractor in the state's West Garo Hills, police said today.
The Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) government won a no-trust motion 43-13 in the 60-member House on Wednesday.
A cache of AK series rifles meant for rebel groups in Assam were seized and three persons from Mizoram, believed to be arms smugglers, were arrested on the outskirts of the capital city, police said today.
Meghalaya will set up an agency to ensure there is no delay in payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).