On Friday, a 16-year-old boy was killed by lightning while walking home from school in Mawten Village, Mawkyrwat, South West Khasi Hills District. According to reports, the 16-year-old boy, identified as Aiborlang Marwei, a class 10 student at Mawten Secondary…
Locals from both sides used bows and arrows and catapults to attack each other in a disputed village along the Assam-Meghalaya inter-State boundary on September 27, officials said. However, no injuries were reported in the September 26 incident in Lapangap…
Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh informed the Assembly today that Meghalaya has 1,500 uncovered villages that are eligible for main and mini anganwadi centres. Lyngdoh informed opposition MLA Miani D Shira, who raised the issue, that these 1,500 or so…
Personnel from the Dalu Police Station in West Garo Hills apprehended four Bangladeshi nationals who had crossed the border and were moving around in Dalugao village on Monday. When questioned, the four individuals stated that they were on their way…
On Saturday, a pregnant woman was forced to deliver her baby inside a tourist vehicle after becoming stuck in traffic on her way to a hospital in Shillong. The infant died before receiving medical care. The woman, from Mawthawniaw village…
Two drug peddlers were apprehended on Tuesday night in Umpling here by an Anti Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) team assisted by locals. Wantei Manbha Lyngdoh (24) and Freddy Bantei Dhar (29), the drug dealers, have been identified. They were found…
A woman in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district claimed on Monday that she discovered nails inside antibiotic tablets prescribed by doctors at Pomlum Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) for her 12-year-old daughter, prompting authorities to launch an investigation. They said the…
The Meghalaya College Teachers' Association (MCTA) plans to carry on with their strike after talks with University Vice Chancellor Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla failed. Despite Shukla's request that they withdraw from the agitation, the Vice Chancellor stated that the university…
Leading BJP leader in Meghalaya H. M. Shangpliang announced his resignation from the party on Wednesday, blaming "nepotism" among party members ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year. In his letter of resignation to Ernest Mawrie, president of the Meghalaya…
After police used tear gas and baton charges to disperse Hynniewtrep Integrated Territorial Organisation (HITO) members who were forced to march towards the State Secretariat on Monday, tension continued in Meghalaya. According to a police official, Deputy Superintendent of Police…