Altogether 113 candidates of the total 341 candidates in fray for the February 23 Assembly elections in Meghalaya have property worth over Rs one crore, according to an working for electoral reforms. The ruling Congress fielded 35 crorepati candidates including four women, second only to the 38 others who joined the 2013 poll battle as independents, said the Meghalaya Election Watch (MEW). ...
07:13 PM, Feb 12, 2013
The people of Meghalaya reveal what their expectations are from their leaders. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 10, 2013
As many as 357 candidates from the 60 constituencies in the state filed their papers till the last-day for filing of nominations for the February 23 state Assembly elections. ...
01:26 AM, Feb 07, 2013
More than 800 rapes have been reported from Meghalaya in the past 10 years. Meghalaya's matrilineal society seems to be hardly safeguarding women. On December 13, 2012, an 18-year-old girl was gangraped by a group of 16 in Williamnagar. ...
08:53 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Gearing up for Assembly polls in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said its leaders are in talks with political parties to look for possible alliances in the three northeastern states. The lists of candidates have almost been finalised by party's election committee, BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. ...
07:25 PM, Jan 20, 2013
BJP on Saturday approved the list of nine candidates out of 30 names sent for central leadership's approval for the February 23 elections in Meghalaya, officials said Shillong. "Chaired by Nitin Gadkari, the Central Election Committee of the party which met today in the national capital approved the names of nine candidates," state BJP Secretary D Chakraborty said. ...
02:55 AM, Jan 20, 2013
The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the dates for polling in the three north eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Polling will be held in Tripura on February 14, while in Meghalaya and Nagaland, the polling will be held on February 23. ...
04:11 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and some of his Cabinet colleagues are in the list of 60 candidates announced by the Congress for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state. Elections for the 60-member state Assembly are expected soon. ...
02:15 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Shillong: India will have its first glass mosque - in the country's northeast. Madina Masjid, an imposing and resplendent structure of glass dome and glass minarets, will formally open doors to the devotees on Thursday in Meghalaya's capital. "It is an architectural marvel," Congress legislator Sayeedullah Nongrum, who helped in the mosque's construction, told IANS. "It took us one and a half years to complete the only glass mosque in...
01:23 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Shillong: A 5.1-magnitude quake jolted the northeastern states early Wednesday, authorities here said. The quake occurred at 12.08 a.m. The epicentre was in Assam's Sonitpur district bordering Arunachal Pradesh, the regional seismological centre said. The tremor was felt in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. There was no immediate report of damage or casualty. India's northeastern region is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world. ...
01:59 AM, Oct 03, 2012
On this week's episode, we bring to you stories of courage, goodwill and strong determination despite all odds. The story of a bunch of few courageous men who dive in the cold waters of the Chenab to rescue those drowning, a philanthropist who started an English medium school and provides education absolutely free of cost, an NGO that works to rescue children working in mines in Meghalaya - all these ...
10:59 AM, Sep 30, 2012
Shillong: Despite opposition from several quarters fearing influx of outsiders, Meghalaya is set to be included in the country's railway map with the Centre sanctioning at least two projects for the state. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma would lay the foundation stone for the state's first railway station at Mendipathar in Garo Hills region on Saturday, while the assembly was informed about a railway head connecting Shillong with Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi...
07:44 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Shillong: The NCP in Meghalaya on Friday merged with National People's Party (NPP), a newly-formed outfit formed by PA Sangma. Sangma, who had resigned from NCP as its General Secretary and unsuccessfully contested the Presidential poll against Pranab Mukherjee last month, would be NPP's president. Altogether 13 out of 14 NCP legislators, including two of Sangma s sons Conrad (leader of opposition) and James Sangma, backed their father. However, Sangma's...
09:34 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Shillong: Fresh tension erupted at a disputed village at the Assam-Meghalaya border when Karbi and Khasi villagers clashed with each other injuring several youths, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place at around 7 pm last evening at Moosakhia Lumpyrdi locality of Khanduli area falling under West Jaintia Hills district when Khasi villagers opposed a move made by the Karbi settlers to erect electricity posts in the village without...
11:24 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Shillong: A Meghalaya Police battalion instructor was removed from duty after he made two recruit constables drink the urine of fellow trainees, police here said. The state government on Saturday said strong action will be taken against the accused, if found guilty. "This kind of inhuman punishment is not allowed to be taken by anyone whether in the police force or anywhere," Meghalaya Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh said. On Sunday,...
02:57 AM, Aug 12, 2012
Shillong: Thirty-one people were killed and 27 were injured in a bus mishap in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills. The mishap happened when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge. The incident happened between 3 am and 5 am on Wednesday at the Tamseng village near the Meghalaya-Assam border. The bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati when it fell into the 80-feet deep gorge. ...
04:10 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Shillong: At least 22 people were killed and several others critically injured when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district in the wee hours on Wednesday. The incident took place sometime between 3 AM and 5 AM at Tamseng village near Meghalaya-Aassam border. The bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati when it fell into the 80-feet deep gorge. "We have...
11:58 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Shillong: Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma on Sunday is the second tribal leader from Meghalaya who failed to win the presidential election after the late George Gilbert Swell. Backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and National Front in the 1992 presidential election, Swell lost to Congress' Shankar Dayal Sharma, securing only 346,485 votes against his opponent's 675,864 votes. Swell, a tribal Khasi from eastern Meghalaya, had been deputy...
12:39 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Shillong: Operations to rescue 15 trapped miners from a private coal pit in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya were on Friday officially called off after 14 hours of intense search failed to yield results and as the mission posed a threat to the rescuers. "The National Disaster and Rescue Force (NDRF) have called off their mission to rescue any trapped miners and they have submitted a report citing that...
02:40 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Jaintia Hills: In South Garo hills in Meghalaya, 15 labourers have managed to escape after being trapped in a coal mine since July 6. But another 15 are still trapped. Official sources said that over 30 miners had gone down to the 100 m pit at Nengkhol village in Nongalbibra area and accidentally punctured the wall of an abandoned mine full of highly acidic water on Friday evening. As the...
06:47 PM, Jul 12, 2012
