Several houses damaged, over 400 people affected as storm hits Khasi Jaintia Hills regionOver 400 people are affected in 13 villages of Meghalaya's Khasi Jaintia Hills due to storm and heavy rains. IMD predicts heavy rainfall. C...
Meghalaya exports 20 metric tons of Khasi Mandarin to DubaiThe Directorate of Horticulture and Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board orchestrated the flagging off ceremony of 20 metric tons o...
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 ...
How some men want to change Meghalaya's matrilineal societyA men’s rights group called Syngkhong Rympei Thymmai (SRT), meaning a wedge that stabilises the shaking home, has been advocating equitable...
Khasi Students Union expresses opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) BillMeghalaya High court had, recently, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsi...
Khasi cry for language inclusion gets louderA massive rally has been planned organised on September 22 in Shillong to press for the demand.
- Khasi leader equates women’s exclusion by marriage bill to preventing AIDS, gets slammed
A newly-formed group called STIEH has held demonstrations in support of the amendment.
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-Khasi
Meghalaya is a matrilineal state. Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) (Second amendment) Bill, 2018 stated chi...
Mobile Internet service restored in Shillong, other regions of Khasi, Jaintia hillsThe state had been in the grip of violence since May 29 following a fight between Sikh residents in city's Punjabi Lane area, and Khasi dri...
Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma announces 5-member committe on Khasi languageSangma said that if Manipuri and Bodo are included in the 8th Schedule, there should be a political will to do the same with Khasi language.
- Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Roytre C Laloo assures of making Khasi language official
Laloo was replying to questions raised in the House on why Khasi was made elective in the higher secondary school exams in the state.
- Clash at village in Assam-Meghalaya border
Fresh tension erupted at a disputed village at the Assam-Meghalaya border when Karbi and Khasi villagers clashed with each other injuring s...