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25 per cent hike in budget to boost women’s welfare

During 2023-24, state increased its gender budget by 19%,...

Fear of influx fuels anti-rail rant in GH

From Our Correspondent BAGHMARA, March 8: The call for expansion...

Govt constitutes panel to design new Secretariat building in NST

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, March 8: The Meghalaya government has...

Monitoring cell, two committees tackling price rise in state

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, March 8: The state government has...

‘TMC has missed a trick in M’laya’

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, March 8: Inconsistent commitment, poor strategic...

Marten chokes as govt struggles to find landfill site

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, March 8: With the landfill site...
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Of human strength, frailties and achievements

Patricia Mukhim Meghalaya lost two veteran politicians in the first week of March. Ms Miriam D Shira passed away on March 2 and PA Sangma...

Family bids last farewell to British kayaker Beth Hume

SHILLONG: Beth Hume the internationally famed kayaker achieved her last great feat on November 5 last year when she excitedly jumped with her kayak...

A last bow to a political icon

 THE sudden demise of PA Sangma, Meghalaya’s veteran politician and MP of Tura Lok Sabha constituency for nine terms has created a void that...

A political legend passes on

By Patricia Mukhim Purno Agitok Sangma         whose name every         citizen of Meghalaya is familiar with is no more. This icon of...

Development in Assam

The run-up to the assembly poll in Assam has taken a sudden turn. Until recently, it was thought that the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)...

Are we sending kids to school or reformatories?

By Patricia Mukhim A letter to the editor by a very concerned parent published in these columns and agonising about the homework burden of her...