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M’laya registers 305 fresh cases, six deaths
SHILLONG, June 13: Meghalaya on Sunday recorded 305 fresh Covid cases, the lowest in the last one week, while also recording 547 recoveries.
Six fatalities in the last 24 hours pushed the death toll to 733.
East Khasi Hills reported 144…
Boost school infra in state, govt told
SHILLONG, June 13: After the recent report of Performance Grading Index (PGI) for 2019-20 placed Meghalaya at the bottom, teachers and educationists in the state want the state government to improve the infrastructure of government schools…
NEIGRIHMS doctors remove 3-ft rod from 11-yr-old’s chest
SHILLONG, June 13: In a rare medical feat, the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) of NEIGRIHMS successfully removed a three-foot long iron rod which had punctured the right chest of an 11-year-old child from Jaintia…
New House may be ready before Autumn session 2022
SHILLONG, June 13: The construction of new Assembly building at New Shillong Township is set to be delayed In view of the Covid-19 situation.
According to an official source, if there is no further disruption, the government will be able…
Chennai firm to execute prefab work
SHILLONG, June 13: A Chennai-based firm has been issued a work order for setting up the two prefabricated COVID care centres with 100 beds each in Shillong and Tura.
The Health Engineering wing of the Health Department assigned Modulus…
Seizure of FCI rice in Assam: Shylla blames suppliers
SHILLONG, June 13: The plot involving the seizure of one lakh bags of rice of FCI Shillong from a private godown in Assam seems to be getting murkier with Social Welfare Minister, Kyrmen Shylla on Sunday dismissing the department’s…
Appointment of Lokayukta
SHILLONG, June 13: The Search Committee constituted under the Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014 has invited applications for filling up the post of chairperson of the Lokayukta.
The notification states that the chairperson has to be a person…
Villagers share ration with less fortunate families
SHILLONG, June 13: At a time when citizens of the state are facing hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the government machinery looking the other way, a village in West Khasi Hills has set an example on how to reach out to their less…
Shillong Jottings
Elusive summer
Last week when lockdown was lifted and people rushed to the nearest market place for picking up the bare essentials for their subsistence, at Laban Batti Bazar two senior citizens were caught in a sudden downpour. As they…
Group accuses govt of overlooking Assam intrusion
Shillong, June 13: The Hynniewtrep Border Dispute Redressal Forum (HBDRF) has urged the government to form a Boundary Commission to look into issues of border disputes and provide a specific time frame to complete the task.
In a petition…