Earthquake hits Meghalaya
India | June 26, 2020 19:56 ISTA moderate-intensity earthquake hit Meghalaya Friday evening. The quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale occurred 79 kilometers west of Tura in Meghalaya.
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.
The first case of the infection in Meghalaya was confirmed by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, who took to Twitter and said in view of the confirmed COVID-19 case in Meghalaya, the government has imposed 48-hour curfew in Shillong and Nongpoh, a commercial city.
Coronavirus in Meghalaya: With the latest positive case in Meghalaya, 38 cases have been found in the northeast so far -- Assam (31), Manipur (2), Tripura (2), Mizoram (1), Arunachal Pradesh (1) and Meghalaya (1).
The Meghalaya government on Monday decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till April 30, as part of its measures to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Friday wrote to chief minister Conrad Sangma, urging him to extend the lockdown period till April 30
The Meghalaya government has sanctioned Rs 26.38 crore for procuring 1.17 lakh quintals of foodgrains to address shortage issues in the market during the ongoing lockdown, a state minister said.
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