State
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Cabinet regulates MLCU, others
Shillong, Aug 19: Cabinet has approved the Martin Luther Christian University (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The amendment brings the University’s functioning in line with UGC regulations by restricting its operations to within Meghalaya, removing the provision for distance education, and doing away with the power to affiliate colleges, provisions not permitted…
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United Christian Forum of NE mourns death of Niketu Iralu
Shillong, Aug 18: The United Christian Forum of North East India (UCFNEI) expressed sorrow at the passing of Niketu Iralu, the Naga peace builder, thinker, and lifelong advocate of reconciliation. He passed away on Tuesday ( Aug 18) evening at BLK Hospital in Delhi following a cardiac arrest. He was 89.…
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Future of RDA to be decided after Lok Sabha bypoll
Shillong,Aug 18: The Regional Democratic Alliance’s future will be decided after the Lok Sabha bypoll. The United Democratic Party and the Hill State People’s Democratic Party formed RDA to fight polls together The alliance issue will be decided after the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, UDP general secretary and leader of…
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Declare Umtyngar-Shella road as state highway
Shillong, Aug 18: UDP leader and opposition leader Titosstarwell Chyne on Tuesday called on the state government to expedite the long-pending proposal to declare the Umtyngar to Shella road as a State Highway. Chyne said the demand was first raised during the tenure of late Dr Donkupar Roy but is…
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CoMSO reminds govt on ST order amendment, ILP
Shillong, Aug 18: The Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organisations (CoMSO) has again urged the state government to take immediate, decisive and time-bound action on two longstanding demands concerning the protection of the indigenous people of the state—amendment/modification of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, and the immediate implementation of Inner Line…
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Rebecca Suchiang no more
Shillong, Aug 18:The Chief Information Commissioner, Rebecca Suchiang, passed away on Tuesday( Aug 18). She completed 64 years on July 27. Suchiang was undergoing treatment since Thursday at NEIGRIHMS, where she passed away around 5 am. She even attended the office last week, said her colleague and information commissioner Ripnar…
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Municipal board relocates 86 Latumkhrah hawkers
Shillong, Aug 17: The Shillong Municipal Board has relocated 86 hawkers from Laitumkhrah to a designated vending area at Dhankheti parking lot and Brightwell Bunglow in Barik. This is part of the ongoing drive to decongest footpaths and roads in the city. Chief Executive Officer of SMB PK Boro said…
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State treats accused in Raja murder case after coughing up blood
Shillong, Aug 17: The district prison and correctional home provided treatment to Raj Singh Kushwaha, one of the accused in the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, after he coughed up blood. An official source said that during the trial in the court of Additional DC, Judicial, Kushwaha complained that he had…
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CM opens Pine Home, Open-Air Museum
Shillong, Aug 17: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, on Monday inaugurated the Pine Home Eco-Sustainable Project at Mawlangwir Village, Mawkyrwat, in South West Khasi Hills in presence of Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong and Tourism Minister Timothy D Shira. He also remotely inaugurated the Twahlongwar Open-Air Museum in Mawsynram, highlighting the…
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Govt to spend Rs 140 cr to upgrade Weiloi–Mawkyrwat–Rangthong road
Shillong, Aug 17: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday (Aug 15) laid the foundation stone for Rs 140 crore upgradation of the Weiloi–Mawkyrwat–Rangthong road in South West Khasi Hills, funded from the state scheme. This is more than a road, it is a growth corridor that will strengthen access to…
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