Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a reply in the assembly said the disputed Mukroh village falls under the state's jurisdiction. Reacting to it, Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Monday said the village is very much a…
At least 13 people were arrested in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district for allegedly setting the house of a former village head on fire, police said on Friday. Two days ago, the house of the former chief of Rymbai Iawpynsin…
Ruling NPP legislator from North Tura constituency, Thomas A Sangma, was on Thursday elected unopposed as the new speaker of the Meghalaya assembly. “I hope that as the speaker, I will be able to give a free and fair chance…
The district administration of West Jaintia Hills on Thursday imposed a curfew in Meghalaya's Sahsniang village till further orders. According to an official notification, the curfew was imposed following reports of violence from some areas after election results in the…
An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale hit Meghalaya's Tura early on Tuesday morning. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremours were felt at 6.57am, 59km north of Tura. The depth of the earthquake was…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged voters in Meghalaya and Nagaland to cast their votes in record numbers. Assembly polls are being held in the two northeast states on Monday. PM Modi tweeted, "Urging the people of Meghalaya and…
Six people, including three women, died when their vehicle collided with a cement-laden truck in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district on Sunday, police said. The incident took place at 2.30 pm at Umbang village, they said. The "speeding" truck, which was headed…
Chesan Marak, was traveling with other polling officials to Photamati when they were injured in an accident near Tikrikilla in the West Garo Hills. Marak was a Tura resident who worked as a Technical Assistant for MGNREGA in the Gambegre…
An outward calm prevails in Mukroh village along the disputed Assam-Meghalaya inter-state boundary, with residents engaging in dance and merrymaking in election rallies as parties try to woo them ahead of the February 27 assembly polls. B Lamare, an elderly…
The Election Commission on Friday ordered sealing of Meghalaya’s international border with Bangladesh and state border with Assam till the day of counting of votes, which is on March 2. Meghalaya shares a 445-km and a 885-km border with Bangladesh…