At least 15 miners were trapped in a coal mine in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills on 13 December 2018. While five of them managed to escape, rescue efforts for the remaining 10 had continued till 2 March 2019.
The Meghalaya government on Friday extended the total lockdown in the East Khasi Hills district by another week. Tynsong however informed that there will be some relaxation during the extended lockdown period Tynsong however informed that there will be some relaxation during the extended lockdown period.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the chief minister on Tuesday, officials said.
Researchers have identified fossil bone fragments of sauropod dinosaurs dating back to about 100 million years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in Meghalaya's Shillong on Monday.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma informed that the prices of petrol and diesel in the state will be reduced by about Rs 7 per litre approximately across the state.
The new retail price of petrol will be Rs 85.86 from its current price of Rs 91.26, while the new retail price of diesel will be Rs 79.13 from its present rate of Rs 86.23 in the state capital, Sangma said after a review meeting he held with his cabinet colleagues and senior government officials.
Commercial vehicle operators in Meghalaya have threatened that they would go for an indefinite hunger strike if the state government chose to turn a deaf ear on their demand for reducing the prices of petrol and diesel.
Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik urged both the government and farmers to resolve the issue and "responsibly engage in talks." Governor Satya Pal Malik said, "I have come from a farmers' movement, I am a farmer myself, therefore I am well aware of their hardships and I feel it.
After a prolonged closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, colleges in Meghalaya will reopen on February 1, state Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said on Thursday.
A mechanical structure collapsed at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, killing six miners, an official said on Friday.
BJP Vice President and party in-charge of Assam, Baijayant Jay Panda, is currently camping in Assam and looking after the preparations for Amit Shah's rally.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won the contract to build India's longest river bridge. The upcoming bridge will be 19-20 km long and will connect two states in the northeast. The bridge will be constructed on Brahmaputra river connecting Assam and Meghalaya.
The violence erupted after members of various groups protesting against the project forcefully entered the public hearing site and threw stones, injuring the police personnel, they said.
350 children came together to take part in the first edition of the Laitkseh Golden Baby League in the 2019-20 season while overcoming a number of hurdles, such as travelling long distances, that too in the hills.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter Scale hit West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya today at 1:13 am: National Center for Seismology
Five people went missing following landslide in low-lying area in Shillong on September 25. Two bodies have been recovered so far.
One person was killed and five others were missing when their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Friday, officials said. The landslide took place at around 6 am in Mawnei locality of the district.
At least 61 pregnant women and 877 newborns have died in Meghalaya in the last four months starting from April for want of admission to hospitals and also due to lack of medical attention because of diversion of the health machinery to fight COVID-19 pandemic, a senior health department official said.
Goa governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred ad appointed the governor of Meghalaya. Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will discharge the functions of the Governor of Goa in addition to his own duties.
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