Meghalaya: UDP candidate Synshar Kupar Roy Thabah wins Sohiong assembly seat"UDP candidate Synshar Kupar Roy Lyngdoh has won by 3,422 votes against Samlin Malngiang of the National Peoples' Party," Chief Electoral O...
13 May, 2023, 12.41 PM IST
Meghalaya: Strength of NPP alliance rises to 45 as regional outfits UDP, PDF pledge supportThe BJP and the HSPDP, with two MLAs each, besides two Independents, have already submitted their letter of support to the NPP, which has w...
05 Mar, 2023, 10.10 PM IST
Meghalaya Assembly elections: Key issues that might decide the polls tomorrowThere are over 21 lakh (21,75,236) registered and eligible voters this year of which 10.99 lakh are women and 10.68 lakh are men. In Meghal...
26 Feb, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
In Meghalaya, it’s allies against each otherThe NPP announced a list of 57 candidates for the upcoming election, while the BJP is contesting in all the 60 seats. The Trinamool Congres...
18 Feb, 2023, 07.32 AM IST
BJP to go solo in Meghalaya assembly pollsBJP Meghalaya president Ernest Mawrie on Friday told mediapersons in Shillong that around three sitting MlAs will join the party soon. Thes...
12 Nov, 2022, 11.56 PM IST
China-linked Myanmar businessman debarred from November Parliamentary pollsIn Myanmar, many mafia kingpins are involved in illicit trades but live in Yangon, Mandalay or Shan and Kachin states along the China-Myanm...
19 Oct, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
Architect of ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance Donkupar Roy passes awayRoy who was the leader of United Democratic Party (UDP) was also the architect of six party led coalitions, Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (...
28 Jul, 2019, 08.20 PM IST
Shillong continues to be restive, UDP seeks eviction in Punjabi lane areaPaul Lyngdoh, Working President of United Democratic Party (UDP), an ally in the six party ruling coalition in Meghalaya said that he will ...
02 Jun, 2018, 05.33 PM IST
Congress banks on Ampati by poll to become single largest party in MeghalayaCongress banks on Ampati by election to become single largest party in Meghalaya, Revenue minister Kyrmen Shylla claimed that coalition gov...
22 May, 2018, 07.21 PM IST
NPP chief Conrad Sangma says Meghalaya Guv invited him to form governmentThe Congress, which has been in power in the state for the last 10 years, won 21 seats out the 59 that went to polls last month. The party ...
05 Mar, 2018, 02.57 PM IST
Hung House in Shillong: Big role for small partiesAs the Meghalaya elections threw a hung verdict, the four regional parties of the state are poised to play a key role in government formati...
04 Mar, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
It's a fight between regional parties and Congress in MeghalayaAround 372 candidates are in fray for February 28 assembly polls out of this 32 are female candidates. The state has 60 member assembly.
14 Feb, 2018, 06.57 PM IST
Two Independent MLAs withdraw support to Meghalaya People's ForumIn a setback to the Opposition Meghalaya People's Forum (MPF), two Independent legislators from Garo Hills today withdrew their support to ...
16 Sep, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
- Meghalaya appeals in HC on Bangladeshi settlers issue
A bench headed by Justice SR Sen in its judgment said that Bangladesh nationals who settled prior to March 24, 1971 should be treated as In...
16 Jun, 2014, 06.16 PM IST
- Regional parties support ILP demand
Regional political parties in Meghalaya have vouched in support of the pro-Inner Line Permit activists whose three-day night road blockade ...
04 Sep, 2013, 06.54 PM IST
PM should not campaign in Assembly elections : UDPPrime Minister Manmohan Singh should not campaign in Assembly elections in Meghalaya to make competition among state parties equal, UDP sai...
15 Mar, 2013, 02.55 PM IST
- Congress to contest alone in Meghalaya assembly elections
The ruling Congress in Meghalaya will contest next year's assembly elections on its own, with opposition parties like the UDP and NPP, whic...
08 Oct, 2012, 06.29 PM IST