Meghalaya

5 injured as mob attacks Meghalaya chief minister's office

The Meghalaya Chief Minister's Office stated that although the situation is under control, it is tense. Sangma was reportedly speaking to the demonstrators when some people in the crowd started throwing stones

'Keep calm': Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma assures safety of citizens in Manipur, evacuation process underway

As of Friday noon, more than 25 citizens are on the way to Meghalaya via Guwahati through different flights. Along with flights, special buses are bringing over 60 students to Meghalaya

Amid buzz of opposition unity, Rahul Gandhi slams TMC in poll-bound Meghalaya

The remarks by Gandhi at his first election rally in Shillong came against the backdrop of the latest comments by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge that his party was in talks with other opposition parties and would lead an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to come to power at the Centre

NPP, UDP fooled people in Meghalaya in last 5 years: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

Banerjee, who was addressing a poll rally at Mylliem in the outskirts of Shillong, urged the people to vote for Trinamool Congress in the 27 February assembly election as by doing so they will help the north eastern state reach greater heights and ensure that it is not deprived of its dues

BJP ignored implementation of ILP, inclusion of Khasi, Garo in 8th Schedule, says Meghalaya Deputy CM

Meghalaya Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong said Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma had led delegations to meet PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on several occasions urging them to consider the two demands specific to Meghalaya

Meghalaya speaker richest candidate, assets soared to Rs 146 crore in 5 years: Report

Meghalaya assembly speaker Metbah Lyngdoh the chief of the United Democratic Party (UDP) who is re-contesting the February 27 polls from the Mairang seat, had declared assets of Rs 87.26 crore in the 2018 elections. His assets increased by 68 per cent to Rs 146.31 crore in the last five years

Meghalaya to set up posts at sensitive areas along inter-state border: CM Conrad Sangma

This comes after the firing incident at Mukroh in which 5 local villagers and a forest guard from Assam lost their lives

Post Assam-Meghalaya border row, protesters burn effigies of Amit Shah, CM Sangma in Shillong

The members of the Hynniewtrep Youth Council and other social organisations got involved in a scuffle with the police in front of the CM's residence after the policemen did not allow them to hold the demonstration there

Shillong in flames: Curse of being 'Dkhar' in Meghalaya

Dkhar is a word which, over decades, has been loaded with hatred, and is now casually thrown around at all non-tribals in Meghalaya, especially in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills. Around 10 people were injured in the mindless violence of Thursday evening, that continued well into the night

In fresh violence in Meghalaya’s Shillong, police vehicles torched and 4 cops injured

Petrol bombs were hurled at a police bus and jeep, setting them on fire, while a traffic police kiosk was brought down, and stones and petrol bombs were hurled at police at Barik point, barely metres from the place where a candlelight vigil and sit-in protest was held by different organisations