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.
The night curfew imposed in Meghalaya''s East Khasi Hills district, under which Shillong falls, has been extended till August 24, officials said on Sunday. The night curfew has been in force from 9 pm till 5 am every day, they said.
The tourism sector of Meghalaya is badly affected amid COVID-19 pandemic. Tourists are not willing to visit Shillong city due to fear of COVID-19 outbreak.
MBOSE HSSLC 12th Result 2020: The MBOSE 12th Result 2020 has been declared by the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) for the higher secondary school leaving certificate (HSSLC) or class 12 board exams.
A moderate-intensity earthquake hit Meghalaya Friday evening. The quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale occurred 79 kilometers west of Tura in Meghalaya.
Polling for 19 Rajya Sabha seats took place at 9 am and continued till 4 pm. Voting for 18 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 19 seats, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya. Here are the updates on Rajya Sabha Election Result 2020.
A medium intensity earthquake measuring 5 rocked the north eastern states on Thursday, officials said.
The Meghalaya government has decided to allow wedding ceremonies in religious places after a request by leaders of different organisations, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said.
The Meghalaya government has extended the night curfew till June 22 to contain the coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Sunday. Restrictions on inter-state movement of people will also continue, exempting only those having permission for medical purposes.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya surged to 44 after one more person has tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said.
The Centre on Wednesday said it has approved a financial assistance of Rs 111.70 crore for Rajasthan, Manipur and Meghalaya for crop damage due to locust attack, drought and flood during the 2019-20 kharif season.
A red-colour coded weather alert has been issued for Assam and Meghalaya from May 26-28, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday, predicting very heavy rainfall in these two northeastern states.
A group of 22 girls from Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland, who are students of schools in Himachal Pradesh's Palampur and were returning home after exams, are stranded in the national capital since March.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya surged to 14 after a man, who returned from Chennai, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Meghalaya on Monday became the 5th Covid-19-free state out of the eight northeastern states as its lone corona patient, a woman, recovered from the dreaded disease, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said.
The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.
Meghalaya has collected over Rs 6 crore as revenue from liquor sales after wine shops were allowed to open.
The Meghalaya government on Monday banned the import of pigs after a spike in deaths of the animal was reported from some districts in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, according to a notification.
A 42-year-old woman, who is a family friend of the first COVID-19 patient in Meghalaya, has tested positive for novel coronavirus, raising the number of active cases to 11 in the state, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said.
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