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Row over Meghalaya guv ‘East Bengal Club’ tweet

Tathagata Roy

Updated on Aug 1, 2019, 1:28 AM IST

Meghalaya speaker Donkupar Roy dies at 64 after brief illness

Meghalaya Assembly speaker Donkupar Roy passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Gurgaon following a brief illness.

Published on Jul 29, 2019, 1:29 AM IST

Flood death toll reaches 204 in Assam and Bihar

Heavy rainfall triggered flood in Bihar’s Darbhanga district on Thursday.

Updated on Jul 27, 2019, 1:24 PM IST

Average monsoon rain is going down, but extreme flooding is increasing

As compared to 30 deaths this year, 45 people died in floods in 2018, 85 in 2017 and 38 people in 2016, according to Assam government data.

Updated on Jul 19, 2019, 7:03 AM IST

Meghalaya Cabinet approves draft water policy

The Umngot river in Dawki before it flows into Bangladesh. Meghalaya’s draft state water policy seeks to protect and improve management of water resources.

Updated on Jul 14, 2019, 10:06 AM IST

Assam villagers grow pepper to save crops, keep away wild elephants

Martin Rabha of Diya Foundation claims cultivating pepper, which is a climber, has led to nearly 30% to 40% increase in income of around 200 farmers in Assam.

Updated on Jul 7, 2019, 6:53 PM IST

Meghalaya pulled up over illegal mining

Last year in December, 15 miners were trapped in a mine after the illegal coal mine they were digging got flooded in the coal-rich East Jaintia Hills, an area where illegal mining was rife despite a National Green Tribunal ban on such activities.

Updated on Jul 3, 2019, 11:58 PM IST

Monsoon to slow down till June 30, says IMD

Umbrellas being sold in Jaipur, Rajasthan, ahead of monsoon. (Photo ANI)

Updated on Jun 27, 2019, 7:40 AM IST

Scuffle over water supply leads to arrest of US aid worker in Shillong

Meghalaya Police arrested an American aid worker in Shillong after he allegedly molested a judicial magistrate during a scuffle that broke out over supply of water, officials said on Sunday.

Updated on Jun 23, 2019, 8:38 PM IST

Punjab govt to send delegation to Meghalaya over Sikh settlers issue

The development comes after the Meghalaya government had on Thursday submitted its report to the Ministry of Home Affairs “assuring the safety” of Punjabi settlers in Shillong.

Updated on Jun 15, 2019, 11:01 PM IST

NPP becomes the 1st national party from north-east

NPP is the largest party in Meghalaya with 20 MLAs in the state assembly. It has four MLAs in Manipur, and three in Nagaland. All these states have 60-member assemblies.

Updated on Jun 8, 2019, 7:12 AM IST

Meghalaya mine: Rescue suspended due to rains, flood

In this file photo taken on December 29, 2018, Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel gather around a crane as Indian Navy divers are lifted with a pulley during rescue operations to help 15 miners trapped by flooding in an illegal coal mine in Ksan village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.

Published on Jun 8, 2019, 12:24 AM IST

Meghalayans plant 1.5 million saplings across the state

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma planting a sapling at Langkyrdem village.

Updated on Jun 6, 2019, 10:23 AM IST

No rain yet for one of India’s wettest places

A woman walks with an umbrella in an open field during sudden rain in New Delhi

Updated on Jun 2, 2019, 7:28 AM IST

Agatha Sangma, Rameswar Teli, Kiren Rijiju to join PM Narendra Modi’s ministry

PM Narendra Modi will take oath as Prime Minister on Thursday evening.

Published on May 30, 2019, 5:31 PM IST

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

Lisa Ray, Kaifi Azmi and the Khasis on our reading list this week!

Updated on May 25, 2019, 10:01 AM IST

Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP, regional parties win; Congress tally down

In Meghalaya, Congress has won one of the two seats, while the National People’s Party was leading in the second.

Updated on May 24, 2019, 1:15 AM IST

Shillong’s NEIGRIHMS director must go: Khasi Students’ Union demands after patient death

Khasi Students Union (KSU) on Tuesday reiterated its demand for the immediate removal of the director of NEIGRIHMS.

Updated on May 14, 2019, 3:08 PM IST

MBOSE HSSLC Meghalaya 12th result 2019: St Anthony’s HS School, Shillong continues its topping streak

MBOSE HSSLC Meghalaya 12th result 2019 declared

Published on May 8, 2019, 3:48 PM IST

MBOSE HSSLC Meghalaya class 12th result 2019 declared, check direct link here

MBOSE HSSLC Meghalaya class 12th result 2019 declared

Updated on May 8, 2019, 6:18 PM IST

Meghalaya miners’ families agree to call off operations to retrieve bodies

With family members from Garo Hills region informing the district administration through their MLA, Azad Zaman, all families have now agreed to discontinue the operations.

Updated on May 2, 2019, 1:31 AM IST

High turnout amid malfunction claims in Northeast

In Outer Manipur constituency, 78.2% polling was recorded. In Nagaland, 78.3% votes were polled. The polling percentage was 69% at 9 pm in Sikkim.

Published on Apr 11, 2019, 11:17 PM IST

Interesting facts about phase I of Lok Sabha polls

52 per cent voters in Meghalaya are women.

Published on Apr 11, 2019, 5:04 PM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: NPP, Congress fight it out on 2 Meghalaya seats

The ruling National People’s Party (NPP) and the Congress are in a direct contest in the two parliamentary constituencies of Shillong and Tura.

Updated on Apr 11, 2019, 2:55 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Mukul Sangma, the Congress’ s face in Meghalaya

Mukul Sangma , the face of the Congress party in Meghalaya, was first elected to the Meghalaya assembly from Ampati constituency as an Independent candidate in 1993. He was then re-elected to the assembly in 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 on a Congress ticket.

Updated on Apr 9, 2019, 11:26 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Will NPP retain Meghalaya’s Tura constituency?

Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya will vote on April 11 and results will be declared on May 23.

Updated on Apr 11, 2019, 10:22 AM IST

Meghalaya’s community-managed forests protect endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon

A female Hoolock Gibbon. It is estimated that only about 3,000 Western Hoolock gibbons are left in northeast India today.

Published on Mar 25, 2019, 3:05 PM IST

BJP releases lists of 37 candidates for Lok Sabha polls, Sambit Patra to contest from Puri

The BJP’s 2nd list was nnounced late on Friday night.

Updated on Mar 23, 2019, 8:32 AM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: Meghalaya polling schedule

Voters are processed prior to casting their ballots at a polling station in Harleybagan village, Meghalaya.

Updated on Mar 27, 2019, 7:00 PM IST

India’s deepest shaft cave discovered in Meghalaya

India’s deepest shaft cave discovered in Meghalaya

Published on Mar 21, 2019, 11:09 AM IST

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