Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma urged people to collect plastic waste which will be used by Dalmia Cements as fuel for producing clinkers as fuel instead of coal. read more

The directions come amid media reports that the Punjabis settled in Meghlaya have received “threats” from local terrorist organisations which warned them of dire consequences if they resisted the state government’s attempts to evict them. read more

The party fulfilled the criteria by being a state party in four states — Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and in a recent entry, Arunachal Pradesh read more

460 villages across the 46 community and rural development blocks planted 1,000 saplings each. A million saplings were also planted in 306 spring sheds and catchment areas across the state. read more

Aboh, the MLA from Khonsa West, was contesting against Phawang Lowang from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly polls. read more

Tirong Aboh, the MLA from Khonsa West constituency, was seeking re-election from the seat. read more

PA Sangma’s son Conrad Sangma of the National People’s Party contested the by-poll in 2016 after his father’s death and defeated Congress party’s Dikkanchi D Shira. It fell vacant after Conrad Sangma became the chief minister of Meghalaya in 2018. read more

BJP’s key ally, the Janta Dal (United) has said that the alliance will suffer if the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which is facing stiff opposition from several outfits and organisations in the Northeast, is passed in Rajya Sabha. read more

A month after 15 coal miners were trapped by sudden flooding in an illegal rathole mine at Khloo Ryngksan in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, the state government is now considering ceasing the rescue operation. read more

For someone who began his political journey by collecting bamboos which were then used to set up a stage for his father Purno Agitok Sangma in the late nineties, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma has come a long way. read more

Now 14 days after the accident, scathing criticism has done what the miners’ plight failed to do : stir the state government to ask for help from the Center. The air force, the navy, the NDMA and a plethora of sophisticated equipment are now on their... read more

Meghalaya miners rescue LIVE updates: The Meghalaya government has said it will not call off the rescue operation to evacuate the 15 miners trapped inside a coal pit for the last 15 days. read more

After receiving the request to help the trappped miners, Coal India is mobilising pumps, pipes, assistance for survey and other technical assistance as sought by the Meghalaya government read more

The miners were trapped after water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into the illegal rat-hole mine at Ksan area in Lumthari village. read more

The Centre will be sending professional divers and equipment to Meghalaya to help trace and retrieve miners trapped inside a coal mine in Ksan village while ace diver Jaswant Gill from Amritsar has agreed to volunteer. read more