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- Invisible barriersCherrapunji is known for its extreme rainfall, while Shillong, just 54 km away, receives significantly less due to the topography of the Kh...
No steel, concrete, or cement: Meghalaya’s living bridges take 30 years to grow but get stronger with age. How villagers create them from tree rootsFor centuries, the Khasi and Jaintia communities of Meghalaya have shaped living root bridges from the roots of fig trees, creating a remar...- Assam-registered vehicles stopped, turned back from Meghalaya despite drivers’ unions suspending blockadeAssam-registered vehicles faced restrictions entering Meghalaya despite a suspended blockade by drivers. Tourists experienced disruptions a...
- Assam-Meghalaya tensions: 5 CAPF companies deployedThe Centre has approved the deployment of five companies of central armed police forces in Meghalaya following the violent protests in Shil...
- Assam-Meghalaya border tension: KSU rally violence injures commuters, damages vehiclesTension flared along the Assam-Meghalaya border after a KSU rally caused damage and injuries in Shillong. Assam-registered vehicles were re...
- Assam-Meghalaya tensions rise after Shillong rally violence, vehicles torchedTension flared along the Assam-Meghalaya border after a KSU rally in Shillong caused injuries and vehicle torching. Assam-registered vehicl...
- The Khasi Students’ Union rally in Shillong turns violent, vehicles torched, vandalisedThe Khasi Students’ Union held a black-flag bike rally in Shillong. Several vehicles were torched and vandalised during the protest event. ...
- Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma inaugurates first eco-sustainable habitat 'Pine Home' and open-air museumMeghalaya's Chief Minister inaugurated the state's first eco-sustainable habitat, the Pine Home project. This initiative blends global arch...
- 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 ...
- 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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