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
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
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
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
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
Shillong: Meghalaya government today said it would repeal the Lokayukta Act, 2013 and introduce a new legislation following the passage of the Lokpal Bill by Parliament in December 2013."Since the Parliament has passed the Lokpal
Shillong: The railways will be returning to what is now Meghalaya with the first train scheduled to chug into Mendipathar station in North Garo Hills on April 1, an official said Friday. Trains had first
New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya will appear on Indian Railway map during this financial year, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge today promised in his Interim Rail Budget speech. The Railways is now on course to
Shillong: Suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday night triggered a blast at a petrol pump in Meghalaya but there were no casualties, police said.The rebels triggered an improvised explosive device (IED)
Shillong: In an attempt to improve internal security in Meghalaya, the state cabinet yesterday approved fast tracking the creation of a Special Multi-Task Force (SMTF) or Special Force-10, a ten-company strength force, aimed at counter
Shillong: Celebrating its 42nd statehood day, Meghalaya Health and Family Welfare Minister Alexander Hek Tuesday emphasised that "non-violence was the hallmark of its struggle", which has been imbibed in the spirit of the people of
Shillong: Four rebels of the A'chik National Volunteers Council-B (ANVC-B) faction were killed Saturday night in a gunfight with security forces in Meghalaya after a bomb attack at a petrol pump, police said.The gunfight at
Shillong: The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) launched retaliatory attacks a day after security forces destroyed their general headquarters.The attacks by the GNLA came a day after security forces overran their general headquarters in
New Delhi: Mawlynnong village has been declared by Discovery magazine as the cleanest village in Asia in 2003.The village has also won the acclaim of being the cleanest village in India in 2005. The village
Shillong: Security forces Tuesday launched a major search operation in Meghalaya after tribal militants gunned down five policemen in the troubled Garo Hills region.A group of 15-20 Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) guerrillas led by
Shillong: Four heavily armed militants of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) were today arrested from Tura in West Garo Hills district, police said.A huge cache of arms and ammunition besides IEDs were seized
Shillong: An alert was sounded today in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district after 18 people tested positive for dengue.West Garo Hills district deputy commissioner Pravin Bakshi told PTI that the 18 people were at Tura
Shillong: President Pranab Mukherjee will visit the Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures, among Asia's largest such museums, in this Meghalaya capital Monday.A seven-floor museum encompasses the seven states of the northeast and Sikkim. The
Shillong: Even as the Meghalaya government has announced a legislative regulation to address and contain influx and illegal immigration, pro-Inner Line Permit activists have announced a three-night road blockade in the state from October 1.“The
Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today dismissed the demand put forth by statehood activists to bifurcate this small north eastern state into two separate Khasi and Garo states even as five Garo Hills districts
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