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Fish will not be part of diet for now
SHILLONG, June 9: It looks like fish is off the menu for citizens of the state, at least for the next few weeks or months.
A day after Meghalaya health authorities found the presence of formalin in imported fish samples collected from the…
Illegal coke plant operators mostly based in Assam: DGP tells HC
SHILLONG, June 9: In pursuance of the order directing it to find out the persons behind the setting up of illegal coke oven plants in Shallang area of West Khasi Hills, the State police has told the High Court of Meghalaya that the…
Showers bring hopes and some despair
SHILLONG, June 9: People across the state heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday after a heavy dose of rainfall led to the increase in the water level of Umiam.
The rains ignited hopes of the power crisis easing.
Power Minister AT Mondal…
GH man gets 20 years in jail for minor’s rape
TURA, June 9: The Special Judge of the POCSO Court of West Garo Hills has convicted one Ramjan Ali and awarded him 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl.
As per information from WGH Police, Ali, who is a resident of…
Debate over ‘faulty’ job quota policy
SHILLONG, June 9: UDP vice president, Allantry Franklin Dkhar has said a certain section has claimed that the reservation policy is flawed but it based its demand on that very faulty policy.
“We are of the opinion that the strength and the…
FKJGP questions penalties to straphanger-carrying vehicles
TURA, June 9: In the wake of a video showing schoolchildren being denied bus services in a line bus in the districts of West Garo Hills and South West Garo Hills going viral, the FKJGP Garo Hills zone has moved West Garo Hills Deputy…
Woman’s body exhumed after uxoricide charges
JOWAI, June 9: A body of a 44-year-old woman has been exhumed and a case has been registered after a duo said that she might have been murdered.
P. Samaiang and Ribiang Langstang had appeared at the Phramer Traffic Cell of West Jaintia…
DRI seizes drugs worth over Rs 27 cr; one held
SHILLONG, June 9: In a major operation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against organised drug syndicates operating in the Northeast, heroin estimated at whopping Rs 27.94 crore, which was smuggled through the Indo-Myanmar…
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Programme
The Office of the State Mission Director, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), Meghalaya, will organise ‘ABDM scan and share implementation programme’ at 10:30 am on Saturday at NEIGRIHMS. Following the programme, which will…
FACES, SBUK sign pact to revive state’s performing arts, theatre
SHILLONG, June 9: Newly-formed Fraternity Art Cine Entertainment Shillong (FACES) and well-known theatre group Seng Biria U Khasi (SBUK) on Friday came together by signing an agreement to revive the state’s moribund performing arts and…