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  • prime minister narendra modi promotes northeast as tourist

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi promotes northeast as tourist destination

    Politics | December 14, 2014 17:24 IST

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday sought to promote India`s northeast as a tourist destination and urged people to visit the region if they wanted to see the beauty of nature.Modi said the northeast

  • modi flags off 1st train connecting meghalaya

    Modi flags off 1st train connecting Meghalaya

    India | November 29, 2014 22:07 IST

    Guwahati: Meghalaya today came on the country's rail map more than six decades after independence, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the first train to the northeastern state and favouring privatisation of railway stations.“Railway

  • meghalaya s most wanted militant arrested in tirupur

    Meghalaya's most wanted militant arrested in Tirupur

    India | November 26, 2014 12:33 IST

    Shillong: A most wanted ANCA militant, who escaped from police lock—up about three months ago, was arrested along with his aide in Tamil Nadu, police said today.William A Sangma, a self-styled commander of the Achik

  • meghalaya to pardon 400 anvc militants

    Meghalaya to pardon 400 ANVC militants

    India | November 21, 2014 14:52 IST

    Shillong: More than 400 armed Garo militants of Meghalaya will recieve pardon for their crimes, an official peace pact tabled by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said.  “Criminal cases registered against members of Achik National

  • meghalaya home minister quits

    Meghalaya home minister quits

    Politics | November 21, 2014 10:28 IST

    Shillong: Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri has resigned from the ruling Congress-led government, a party official said Friday.Warjri, the first woman home minister, submitted her resignation to Chief Minister Mukul Sangma late Thursday."I have resigned

  • sushma swaraj in shillong tomorrow

    Sushma Swaraj in Shillong tomorrow

    Politics | November 13, 2014 15:53 IST

    Shillong: Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Meghalaya tomorrow to inaugurate a passport Seva Kendra here.Official sources said the seva kendra, set up by the MEA, will make passprt services more efficient, transparent,

  • meghalaya govt aims to make shillong a digital city mukul

    Meghalaya govt aims to make Shillong a digital city: Mukul Sangma

    Politics | November 05, 2014 16:26 IST

    Shillong:  Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said his government aims at making Shillong a ‘digital city' besides being on the job to provide accessible Wi-Fi to all schools.“Shillong will soon be privileged of getting

  • meghalaya to take organic route

    Meghalaya to take organic route

    India | October 31, 2014 12:53 IST

    Kolkata:  Following in the footsteps of Sikkim, Nagaland and Mizoram which decided to go 100 organic, the Meghalaya government is set to initiate a process to get its horticultural and agricultural produce certified as “organically

  • rajnath singh to visit assam meghalaya early october

    Rajnath Singh to visit Assam, Meghalaya early October

    India | September 25, 2014 19:45 IST

    New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Assam and Meghalaya early next month to take stock of rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit states.  Singh has sent Minister of State for Home Kiren

  • meghalaya taking al qaeda threat seriously

    Meghalaya taking al-Qaeda threat seriously

    India | September 09, 2014 11:25 IST

    Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Monday said it has taken "seriously" the announcement by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on the creation of a terror wing in the Indian subcontinent."We are taking the threat very seriously

  • 4 dead as bus falls into gorge in meghalaya

    4 dead as bus falls into gorge in Meghalaya

    India | August 29, 2014 10:15 IST

    Shillong: Four persons were killed and 30 others injured after a bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, police said today.The Shillong-bound bus left the district

  • meghalaya to formulate plan to help farmers

    Meghalaya to formulate plan to help farmers

    India | August 13, 2014 7:52 IST

    Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma yesterday said the state government would formulate a comprehensive action plan to help farmers who were facing a drought like situation.“A comprehensive action plan will be formulated keeping in

  • meghalaya congress leaders tell sonia gandhi about dissent

    Meghalaya Congress leaders tell Sonia Gandhi about dissent

    Politics | August 06, 2014 11:18 IST

    Shillong: Two Congress legislators from Meghalaya Tuesday met party chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and apprised her about the growing dissent within the party in the state.Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee chief D.D. Lapang and

  • will not spare any one in the custodial death case sangma

    Will not spare any one in the custodial death case: Sangma

    India | May 22, 2014 22:31 IST

    Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said his government will not spare any one involved in the the custodial death of Balsan S Marak, one of the accused in the infamous moral policing case

  • five militants killed terror plot foiled in meghalaya

    Five militants killed, terror plot foiled in Meghalaya

    India | May 20, 2014 14:09 IST

    Shillong: Five UALA rebels were killed and a police officer was injured in a gun battle Tuesday, even as security forces foiled a terror plot in Meghalaya, a police officer said.A police spokesperson said three

  • meghalaya has the highest percentage of voters pushing nota

    Meghalaya has the highest percentage of voters pushing NOTA

    India | May 16, 2014 18:26 IST

    Shillong: Meghalaya emerged with the highest percentage of voters who chose the NOTA option available with the EVMs introduced for the first time, an election official said today.As many as 2.8 per cent of the

  • meghalaya to count votes under cctv surveillance

    Meghalaya to count votes under CCTV surveillance

    India | May 14, 2014 15:58 IST

    Shillong: Counting of votes for Meghalaya's two Lok Sabha seats will be done under CCTV surveillance, an election official said Wednesday.Over 69 percent (10,80,845) of the 15.67 lakh-strong electorate cast their votes for the two

  • corpus fund for power in meghalaya

    Corpus fund for power in Meghalaya

    May 03, 2014 18:38 IST

    Shillong: The state government has decided to form a corpus fund for the power corporation to pay them and have steady supply of power.“A corpus will be formed to deal with emergency situation like the

  • ec tunes in to music to create poll awareness in meghalaya

    EC tunes in to music to create poll awareness in Meghalaya

    India | March 25, 2014 11:11 IST

    Shillong:  Music is stirring voters in the Himalayan state of Meghalaya where the EC has roped in top musicians as well as some sportspersons to create awareness about voting rights ahead of the April 9

  • six including p.a. sangma file nominations in meghalaya

    Six, including P.A. Sangma, file nominations in Meghalaya

    India | March 22, 2014 9:11 IST

    Shillong : Six candidates, including former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma and union minister Vincent H. Pala filed nomination papers Friday for the Lok Sabha elections in Meghalaya, an Election Commission official said.Meghalaya has

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