Meghalaya

Govt notifies officials entitled for name boards on vehicles

Shillong, May 27: In a bid to check “VIP culture”, the state government has decided to regulate the use of name boards on official vehicles by approving a list...

After 35 years, forest body now able to use state funds

Shillong, May 27: The state government has decided to effect an administrative amendment to the Meghalaya Forest Authority...

Dr Nonglait cautions about ‘propaganda’ against Govt  

NPP candidate for Shillong LS bypoll addresses campaign meet at Jowai   I fear that if another government takes over,...

Silence, Fear and Alleged Cover Up: Meghalaya Women’s Cricket in Crisis

By Prarthana Hazarika A sexual harassment controversy involving members of the Meghalaya Under-23 women’s cricket team has snowballed into...

Southern Meghalaya emerges as NE’s geological hotspot

Southern Meghalaya stood out as the only area categorised under “very high geodiversity” though it covers just 0.53%...
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‘Bio-weaver’ Hally War honoured with Padma Shri

The 69-year-old environmentalist has spent more than five decades nurturing Living Root Bridges, locally known as Jingkieng Jri. Shillong, May 25: Hally War, a pioneer...

CM Conrad tells Pradhan about strategy to improve education sector in Meghalaya

Shillong, May 25: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday outlined before Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan a comprehensive reform strategy to improve...

JJM, key water supply projects reviewed by PHE minister

Shillong, May 25: Meghalaya Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister Marcuise N. Marak on Sunday chaired a state-level review meeting on the implementation of the...

CM seeks early appointment of NEHU Vice Chancellor, pushes for higher education projects

Delhi, May 25: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, during his Monday meeting with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed gratitude for initiating the process...

Shillong researchers develop bioplastic from banana peels

Banana peels were boiled, dried and crushed into a smooth paste before being processed into bioplastic using hydrochloric acid, glycerol and sodium hydroxide. The...

Rain-rich Mawsynram draws attention for sustaining biodiversity

The constantly moist environment sustains diverse species, including hoolock gibbons, clouded leopards, endemic frogs, orchids, ferns, and numerous invertebrates. Roopak Goswami Shillong, May 24: Mawsynram, one...

CM attends 100 year celebration of Tura Natya Samity  

From ‘Rock Capital’, Shillong emerging as ‘Music Capital’: CM Conrad Tura, May 24: Shillong, once known as the “Rock Capital of India,” is now emerging...

‘Missing’ for 3 years, youth reunited with kin by CM Connect  

CM Conrad receives youth from Ichamati at LGBI Airport, Guwahati   Shillong, May 24: In a heartwarming gesture, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has personally received...

CM Connect offices to be set up in 56 blocks: CM  

Foundation laid for three major development projects in Tura   Shillong, May 22: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday announced that CM Connect Offices will...

MLA Connect at Matchikolgre, Tura:  CM orders regular garbage collection from Tura locality

Tura, May 22: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has ordered the Tura Municipal Board (TMB) to explore temporary solutions to ensure uninterrupted garbage collection...

Police alert against growing drug threat in Garo Hills: DGP

Meghalaya at one point of time was just a transit route. Now we are becoming more and more of a consumer state. - Idashisha Nongrang,...

Govt forms district panels to support farmers under MSP

Shillong, May 21: The Meghalaya government has already fixed a minimum support price for broom grass cultivators to cushion them against price crashes, and...
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