Assam Arunachal CMs meet Home Minister Shah to discuss interstate border issue

The Centre has stepped up efforts to resolve the inter-state border disputes in the Northeast. Union Home Minister today held a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal CM Pema Khandu on the border issue. Speaking to media persons after the crucial meet Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma termed the discussion as […]

Meghalaya : Police recovers IEDs, live grenade from West Garo Hills

10 Kilograms of Improvised Explosive Device or IED and a Hand Grenade were recovered during separate Counter Insurgency Operations conducted in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills yesterday. In the first operation conducted at Rechangre village near Dollongre, Garo Hills, two suspected IEDs hid in a green bag under a Pipe Culvert were recovered. One of the […]

Megahalaya’s regional committees submit report on boundary dispute

The two regional committees out of the three formed by the Meghalaya government to look into the boundary dispute with neighbouring state Assam submitted their report on December 8. Chairperson of the Ri Bhoi district committee, Prestone Tynsong and West Khasi Hills district committee chairman Renikton Tongkhar both submitted their respective reports to Chief Minister […]

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma calls on Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma called on Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday and requested for additional telecom towers to be set up under the Universal Service Obligation Fund in remote areas of the State. The Chief Minister also emphasized that the implementation of the project in hilly states like Meghalaya with terrain constraints […]

Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma invites PM Modi for 50th Statehood Day celebrations

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday and invited him to grace the celebration of Meghalaya’s 50th Statehood Day on January 21 next year. During his meeting with the Prime Minister, CM Sangma also apprised him about the upgradation of the new assembly building in Shillong […]

Law & order situation in Shillong peaceful: CM Conrad Sangma

Chief minister Conrad Sangma on Friday said that the law and order situation in Shillong city is by and large peaceful. Sangma said that no major incident of violence was reported in the city in the last 24 hours. Lots of discussions have been held with different stakeholders as wells as other individuals to pave […]

HNLC leader encounter: Sur ki Nong Mawlai serves 7-day ultimatum to Meghalaya govt

At a time when the Conrad Sangma-led government is trying all means to restore complete normalcy in Shillong, an organization named ‘Sur Ki Nong Mawlai’ or the ‘Voice of the People of Mawlai’ has served the Conrad Sangma-led government a 7-day ultimatum demanding suspension of East Jaintia Hills SP and Shillong City SP for their alleged […]

Meghalaya govt orders judicial probe into former HNLC leader’s encounter

The Meghalaya Government on Monday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of former Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) General Secretary Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, who was killed in an encounter with police on August 13. Speaking to mediapersons following a meeting with Cabinet ministers and top officials, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that based on the […]

Petrol bombs hurled at Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma’s private residence

Unidentified miscreants on Sunday night lobbed two petrol bombs at the residence of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma. The incident happened around 10.15 PM last night when vehicle-borne attackers lobbed the bombs at the premises of his personal residence at Third Mile in Upper Shillong. Sources informed that no one was injured in the […]