On this episode of India Positive we bring you the stories of the real life heroes who inspire others. ...
09:59 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Shillong: The support for PA Sangma, who is contesting the Presidential election, is increasing day by day, claimed his son and Leader of the Opposition in the Meghalaya Assembly Conrad K Sangma in Shillong on Saturday. Conrad, an influential leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Meghalaya, told reporters at an official meeting of the party that "PA Sangma's vote share is increasing and now it is at 30-32 per...
09:49 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Shillong: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday said that the resignation of PA Sangma won't have any impact on the party in Meghalaya. "Sangma has resigned from the primary membership of the NCP and as a legislator in his personal capacity and personal reasons and it does not have anything to do with the NCP Meghalaya unit," Leader of Opposition and NCP legislator Conrad K Sangma said. "One of our...
11:22 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Jaintia Hills: Today, let us turn to Shillong where Hasina Kharbhih, a braveheart who has forced the world to turn its attention to Meghalaya's rat holes. Hasina and her team at Impulse NGO are fighting the coal mafia and saving the lives of millions of children who are being trafficked from Nepal, Assam and Bangladesh to work as bonded labourers in Jaintia Hills. Safiqul is one of the hundreds of...
09:45 AM, Jun 19, 2012
New Delhi: Under pressure from its allies, the Opposition and the public over the steep hike in petrol price, the Congress has asked all its state governments to cut taxes on fuel prices. The move comes after the Opposition made it clear that it would launch nation-wide protests over Wednesday's Rs 7.50 hike in petrol price. If the Congress-ruled states follow the diktat, the states that are likely to benefit...
11:55 AM, May 24, 2012
In a city such as Delhi, your air conditioners should be all-weather but not if you happen to be transferred to Cherrapunjee. You may not ...
01:51 PM, May 22, 2012
Shillong: Meghalaya's Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Arts) examinations results were declared on Sunday with the overall pass percentage in the class X is 50.56 per cent and that of XII (Arts) at 52.62 per cent. A total of 19688 (13999 from regular and 5689 from private) students were declared successful out of 38942 (17267 from regular and 21675 from private) who appeared for...
06:58 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Mild tremors measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale were on Friday felt in north eastern states of Assam and Meghalaya, and West Bengal. The tremors were primarily felt in Guwahati, Shillong and Kolkata. The tremors were also felt in Malda, Baharampur and Jiaganj in West Bengal. According to R S Dattatreya of MET Department, the epicentre of the earthquake was in Tezpur in Assam. The quake was felt...
06:30 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: A 22-year-old MBA student from Meghalaya, and state Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's niece Diana Silva was found dead in her hostel room on Tuesday night in Gurgaon. The first year MBA student at Amity University allegedly committed suicide after having an argument with a teacher. Diana's friends say a teacher accused her of cheating during an exam and when she protested, the teacher tore up her answer sheet....
07:16 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Shillong: A Congress MLA in Meghalaya allegedly brutally assaulted a journalist in the state Assembly on Monday. The photo journalist Walton Lytan is reportedly seriously injured, after he was beaten up by the MLA Founder Strong Cajee in the Assembly corridor. Cajee was upset after a local newspaper published a photo taken by Lytan showing him sleeping while the Assembly proceedings were on. Opposition leader Conrad Sangma visited him at...
09:23 AM, Mar 20, 2012
Shillong: Bertha Dkhar's free school in Meghalaya helps hundreds of poor visually impaired students have a vision for the future. Thanks to her invention of introducing the local Khasi language in Braille, hundreds of her students can read and write in their mother tongue. A student Pynskhemlang said, "We don't care whoever takes care of us because our headmistress Bertha is there to look after us." Bertha is more than...
10:05 AM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: A latest report prepared by the civil aviation ministry has made some startling revelations. The report indicates that a mere 14 per cent of scheduled flights which operate in the country cater to a mammoth 55 per cent of the nation's total population. The report states that Haryana, Sikkim, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have almost zero connectivity, while 11 states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,...
09:31 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Shillong: Three women and three children were on Saturday charred to death in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district when their house caught fire, police said. Among those who died is a 28 year old woman and three of her children, and the other two women are her sisters, they said. According to the police, the incident took place at Umkynsier village at around 3 am on Saturday when their thatched house caught...
11:00 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Agartala: Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya could soon get their own high courts that would help in quicker disposal of cases, save litigants time and money, and fulfil a long-standing demand of these states. All the eight northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court situated in Assam. It has benches in several northeastern states. Sikkim has a separate high court. "All necessary infrastructure for the...
07:40 PM, Nov 28, 2011
CJ Agnes exposes how benefits of PDS, NREGA and other govt schemes do not reach villagers because of corruption. ...
12:38 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: Three days after the devastating earthquake, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi was in Sikkim on Wednesday. Gandhi headed to affected areas across Gangtok to meet victims and their families. He was scheduled to make a trip to Meghalaya on Wednesday for a public meeting of Youth Congress membership but changed his plan to include this visit. Gandhi visited Gangtok on Wednesday morning before attending the scheduled Youth Congress...
07:04 AM, Sep 21, 2011
Shillong: Welcoming the decision of the Supreme Court allowing it to mine limestone in Meghalaya, French cement giant Lafarge on Wednesday said it would resume its operation on the basis of the details of the judgement delivered. "he decision will not only help us put our mining quarry at Nongtrai in Meghalaya back on track, but also secure livelihoods of thousands of people on both sides of the border," Lafarge...
06:06 PM, Jul 06, 2011
New Delhi: In a relief for Lafarge the Supreme Court has allowed the French cement giant to continue mining in the Khasi hills of Meghalaya. In a ruling, the apex court on Wednesday cleared the revised environmental clearance given to Lafarge by the Ministry of Environment in April 2010. The apex court in 2010 had stopped Lafarge from carrying out limestone mining in Meghalaya for its cement plant, saying mining...
12:30 PM, Jul 06, 2011
Shillong: A slight intensity quake, measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale, shook Meghalaya on Tuesday morning. The tremor was felt for seconds at 8.44 am with its epicentre located somewhere in north-eastern parts of Meghalaya along the Assam border, Indian Meteorological Department sources said. There was no report of any damage or casualty, they said. ...
01:16 PM, May 24, 2011
Shillong: Two top NDFB militants, arrested along with three other cadres and a sympathizer in Meghalaya, have admitted their involvement in a number of killings and blasts in Assam, besides links with smaller militant groups, police said. Lachit Boro alias Langana confessed to have killed 26 people, including those in the serial strikes that the outfit carried out in western Assam districts, mainly in Sonitpur, killing more than 20 people...
02:41 PM, Feb 13, 2011
