Meghalaya CM visits dilapidated AMPT road; sanctions Rs 50 cr for construction

The more than 140 km road which starts from Tura and ends at Sign Board near the border of Assam lays neglected for a long time.

Protests over removal of GHADC CEM intensifies in Garo Hills

The demand for the removal of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council Chief Executive Member (CEM) continues to escalate with protesters being held in various parts of Garo hills today. Amid this reports are doing rounds that CEM Rakesh Sangma, who has been accused by pressure groups of not following Garo customs, will put down papers […]

Garo Hills CEM Row: CM Conrad Sangma shown black flags at Ampati

The row over the appointment of Rakesh Sangma as the CEM of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council is getting bigger by the day with even Chief Minister Conrad Sangma now facing the heat over the issue. In fact CM Conrad Sangma was shown black flags today by a group of protesters comprising pressure group members […]

Garo Hills CEM Row: MDCs fail to turn up for meeting with Pressure Groups

Amid the demand by Garo Hills based pressure groups calling for the ouster of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council CEM Rakesh Sangma, the West Garo Hills district administration today called a meeting of the pressure group leaders and MDCs. However, the meeting ended on an inconclusive note after none of the MDCs turned up for […]

Meghalaya: Primary school teachers stage protest demanding regularisation of service

In an effort to put pressure on the Meghalaya State Government to take steps to look after primary education in the Garo Hills, the All Garo Hills Primary School Teachers’ Association on Monday staged a sit-in dharna at the under-construction PA Sangma Stadium at Dakopgre in Meghalaya’s Tura. As per reports, the main demands of […]

Meghalaya : Police recovers IEDs, live grenade from West Garo Hills

10 Kilograms of Improvised Explosive Device or IED and a Hand Grenade were recovered during separate Counter Insurgency Operations conducted in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills yesterday. In the first operation conducted at Rechangre village near Dollongre, Garo Hills, two suspected IEDs hid in a green bag under a Pipe Culvert were recovered. One of the […]

Power outage thwart teenage girl’s suicide bid in Meghalaya

In a bizarre incident reported from Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills, a teenager attempted to commit suicide by climbing onto a high-tension electric post at her village but she survived unscathed as there was power outage in the area. Most villages in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills often encounter long hours of power cuts, but this is probably […]

Chennai returnee test positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya

One person from Meghalaya’s Garo Hills have tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The Covid patient apparently came back from Chennai in the second batch of returnees. “One of the persons from Garo Hills, who came back from Chennai in the second batch has tested positive for Covid-19. the person is asymptomatic and has been […]

Meghalaya govt mulls mass vaccination amid Japanese Encephalitis outbreak in Garo Hills

In the wake of the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis cases in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills area, the state government is planning to conduct mass vaccination in the entire Garo Hills region. Informing this on Friday, State Health Minister, AL Hek said that the vaccination will be carried out only in the Garo Hills region as of […]