Meghalaya

Shillong, Aug 28: Deputy Chief Minister in-charge PWD (Roads), Prestone Tynsong, on Wednesday said the Centre has set a target for Meghalaya to construct over 1250 kilometers of road under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)…

Tura, Aug 28: When one thinks of India’s freedom struggle, names like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Subhas Chandra Bose immediately come to mind. However, one would be surprised to know that a man from the remote Garo Hills was…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating a case of poliomyelitis (polio) detected in a two-year-old child from Meghalaya’s Tikrikilla which is situated in West Garo Hills district.The case, detected nearly two weeks ago, has put…

Shillong, Aug 27: Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday informed that the unemployment rates in Meghalaya has decreased over the seven-year period from 2017 to 2024, with unemployment rate at a high of 8.8% in 2017-2018 and…

In a major concern for India’s national security, the caretaker government of Bangladesh on Monday (Aug 26) released the chief of an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist outfit. Jashimuddin Rahmani, the chief of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT),…

Shillong, Aug 27: The state government has proposed an additional amount of Rs 5 crore for conducting the LiDAR Aerial Survey of the six remaining areas of difference between Meghalaya and Assam. This was proposed in the List of…

Shillong, Aug 27: The state government is proposing to implement the Meghalaya Journalist Welfare Scheme 2024. This was informed by the Minister incharge Information and Public Relations, Ampareen Lyngdoh, while replying to a query raised…

Paris Olympics are in the horizon and it is now the turn of Paralympics in the French capital. At the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago, India won their record number of medals - 19 (five gold, eight silver, six bronze). With that in mind,…

Guwahati, Aug 27: The PRIME startup hub of Meghalaya could have an Austrian connection. In a significant step towards enhancing international cooperation in entrepreneurship, PRIME Startup Hub Meghalaya organized a roundtable discussion on…

SHILLONG, Aug 27: The Meghalaya Reservation for Non-Creamy Layer of Scheduled Tribes (in State Reservation Policy) Bill, 2024 proposed by the opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) legislator from North Shillong, Adelbert Nongrum, was…