The leaders who switched parties included former chief minister Mukul Sangma. Sangma, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, was reportedly unhappy with the Congress's top leadership.
"I would urge farmers to get assurance on MSP & committees formed to address other issues and go home. I would advise them not to stretch it (protest) unnecessarily. MSP is their basic demand and I'm with them on this issue," Meghalaya Governor Satyapal Malik added.
Himanta Biswa Sarma explained that Assam and Meghalaya have formed three committees each to settle border problems.
The outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) has claimed responsibility of planting the bomb as a mark of protest against the killing of their leader Cheristerfield Thangkhiew in an encounter in August.
The police informed that a rescue team from Rongjeng and Williamnagar Fire and emergency services rushed to the area to help the victims.
Violence erupted in Mawlai and Jaiaw areas of Shillong on Independence Day during the funeral procession of a former militant, who was killed in a recent police encounter, prompting the administration to clamp curfew in shillong.
The Meghalaya government imposed a curfew in Shillong and banned mobile internet services in at least four districts, as vandalism and arson rocked the state capital and nearby areas on Independence Day during the funeral procession of a former militant.
Unidentified miscreants on Sunday night lobbed a petrol bomb at the residence of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma in Upper Shillong.
Meghalaya Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui has resigned amid violence in Shillong over police encounter of former militant, officials said.
Meghalaya Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said that educational institutions might be reopened after mid-August.
Kevinstrong Lawriniang from St. Thomas Higher Secondary School, Mairang has secured rank 1 with 576 marks. The pass percentage was 52.91 per cent
Daniel Ksanbor Khyriemmujat from St. Anthony's Higher Secondary School, Shillong topped the HSSLC Arts stream exam with 462 marks. The pass percentage was 80.75 per cent
MBOSE SSLC (class 10) result will be announced at 11 am, while HSSLC (class 12 Arts) result at 10 am. Check class 10, 12 results at megresults.nic.in, mbose.in
According to Meghalaya Board, the SSLC (class 10) result will be announced at 11 am, while HSSLC (class 12 Arts) result on 10 am. Check class 10, 12 results at mbose.in
Official sources said the ‘Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme’, conceptualised by the state government and funded by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), will incur an expenditure of Rs 24.08 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Chief Ministers of the North-eastern states to focus on micro containment zones to tide over Covid-19 crisis.
After 3 bodies could be retrieved from inside the mine since mid-June, the district administration was forced to take the decision given the increasing water level at the illegal rat-hole mine due to continuous rainfall in the area for the past many days, the official said.
In what can be construed as one of the most physically and tactically daunting operations, a 12-member Indian Navy diving team, that has been pressed into action since June 12 to rescue five miners trapped in a flooded coal mine located in the East Jaintia hills of Meghalaya, has recovered the body of one person, the navy said adding the rescue operations were going on.
Over 5,000 children under the age of 14 in Meghalaya have tested Covid-19 positive and 17 of them died, health officials said on Thursday.
The Navy on Tuesday detected two objects, which they suspected to be as bodies of the miners. The operation to retrieve the second "suspicious object" was called off as the visibility in the water was affected during the retrieval of the first body, the official said.
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