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No plastic or metal, only bamboo and palm leaves: Meghalaya’s 100-year-old umbrellas do not have a handle but can protect you from heavy rainsMeghalaya, India's wettest region, faces heavy monsoon rains. Locals have a unique solution: knups, hand-crafted rain shields made from bam...- Sanjeevani Booti? Scientists find a 'lost' blueberries in Himalayas after nearly 200 years; locals say it boosts...A Himalayan berry species, 'Vaccinium piliferum', thought lost for 188 years, has been rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh. This endangered w...
- Conrad K. Sangma receives rescued Meghalaya youth at Guwahati airportMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma personally welcomed Genal R. Marak home after a harrowing three-year ordeal in Jammu and Kashmir....
- Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing husband during honeymoon in Meghalaya, granted bailA court in Meghalaya has granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi. She is accused of orchestrating her husband Raja Raghuvanshi's murder. The inci...
- East Khasi Hills district administration imposes restrictions under section 144 CrPCDeputy Commissioner RM Kurbah said the decision was taken in view of various incidents of violence that have taken place in and around the ...
- Meghalaya govt extends internet suspension by another 48 hoursOn Tuesday mobile internet and data services were suspended following firing by the Assam Police that left five civilians of Meghalaya and ...
- RSS Mohan Bhagwat visits sacred Mount Lum Sohpetbneng in MeghalayaSeng Khasi is a socio-cultural and religious organisation formed on 23rd November 1899 by sixteen young khasi men to protect, preserve and ...
- PNB to be lead bank for newly-formed district in MeghalayaEastern West Khasi Hills West Khasi Hills is craved out it was erstwhile West Khasi hills districts. There is no change in the lead bank re...
- Meghalaya reports 318 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1 new deathDr Aman War said that the state now has 2,121 active coronavirus cases.The Health Services Director said a total of 84,841 patients have re...
- Conrad K. Sangma inaugurates new Meghalaya districtThe new district will be headquartered at Mairang. Inaugurating the new district of ‘Eastern West Khasi Hills’ amidst a festive mood in Mai...
- Meghalaya violence: Stranded labourers return to AssamCurfew was relaxed in Shillong on Thursday after violence broke out between tribal and non-tribal groups. The 200 labourers, who had taken ...
- NPP as a political party is standing up for Christians: Conrad SangmaSangma said that NPP has ensured that the government was ‘pro-people’ and was pushing the agenda for equitable development in the State.
- AMD to stop exploratory drilling for uranium-rich deposits in MeghalayaShillong, Aug 1 (IANS) The Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) on Wednesday said it would stop exploratory drilling for uranium-rich deposits...
- Khasi women marrying outside to lose ST status; but bill has 'contradictions'The bill will debar a Khasi woman from Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and other privileges.
- Khasi Hills Autonomous Council approves bill to debar Khasi woman from ST status if she marries a non-KhasiMeghalaya is a matrilineal state. Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) (Second amendment) Bill, 2018 stated chi...
- 276 cattle seized from Bangladesh border in 5 days in MeghalayaThe seizures were made at Tuka, Nayabazar and Lyngkhat in East Khasi Hills district, and at Gopinathkilla village in South West Garo Hills ...
- Why the world's wettest place gets thirstyResidents of Mawsynram, a village in Meghalaya which gets a record-breaking 11,861 mm of rain a year, are used to clouds floating right int...
- Rape highest reported crime in matrilineal MeghalayaReplying to a cut motion moved by Opposition legislator, Warjri admitted that crimes against women have become a "matter of serious concern...
- 12 per cent votes polled in first two hours in MeghalayaTwelve per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of voting for the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly.
- UCIL faces roadblock in Meghalaya; NGO opposes activityThe non-governmental organizations (NGO) opposing the pre-project development activity proposed by Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL) in t...
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