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Shillong (PTI): Ahead of a reshuffle in the Meghalaya cabinet to be held later on Tuesday, eight of the total 12 ministers, including senior leaders AL Hek, Paul Lyngdoh and Ampareen Lyngdoh, have resigned from their posts, officials said. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who heads the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, met Governor C H Vijayashankar at Raj Bhavan here and submitted the resignations of the ministers, they said. The new entrants in the cabinet are scheduled to be ...Read More >
Shillong, Sep 16: The long-awaited reshuffle in the Conrad K. Sangma-led Meghalaya cabinet will take place on Tuesday, with the swearing-in of new ministers scheduled at Raj Bhavan at 5 pm. As many as eight sitting ministers are set to be dropped, and new faces are being inducted. Chief Minister Sangma met Governor Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar on Monday evening and submitted the list of legislators who would be inducted. From the ruling National People's Party (NPP), four ministers -- Heal ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ahead of a reshuffle in the Meghalaya cabinet to be held later on Tuesday, eight ministers, including senior leaders AL Hek, Paul Lyngdoh and Ampareen Lyngdoh, have resigned from the council of ministers, officials said.Chief minister Conrad K Sangma, who leads the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, met Governor C H Vijayashankar at Raj Bhavan and submitted the ministers' resignations, officials said.The new ministers are scheduled to take oath at Raj Bhavan at 5 pm on ...Read More >
Shillong, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The long-awaited reshuffle in the Conrad K. Sangma-led Meghalaya cabinet will take place on Tuesday, with the swearing-in of new ministers scheduled at Raj Bhavan at 5 p.m. As many as eight sitting ministers are set to be dropped, and new faces are being inducted. Chief Minister Sangma met Governor Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar on Monday evening and submitted the list of legislators who would be inducted. From the ruling National People's Party (NPP), four ...Read More >
Shillong, Aug 21 (PTI) Drugs worth more than Rs 412 crore have been seized in Meghalaya over the past five years and over a thousand people arrested in connection with trafficking, officials said on Thursday. Superintendent of Police (SP) in-charge of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Giri Prasad said between 2020 and 2025, the force and state police seized 400,993 grams of heroin, 12,756 kg of marijuana, 2,79,636 kg of opium, 76 kg of yaba tablets, 14 kg of white crystal meth and 1,24,906 b ...Read More >
Shillong, July 15 (UNI) The Meghalaya government today made it mandatory for all commercial vehicles to paste details of driver and vehicle for the safety and security of travellers. This decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Transport, Sniawbhalang Dhar, and attended by Tourism Minister and spokesperson of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, Paul Lyngdoh and senior government officials here. "All commercial vehicle owners will be requir ...Read More >
Shillong, Jul 10 (PTI) In a major push towards governance reform, judicial efficiency, and cultural promotion, the Meghalaya Cabinet on Wednesday approved three proposals. Those include a set of criminal justice rules under the new national criminal laws, the Meghalaya Film Tourism Policy 2025, and the discontinuation of interviews for Group D posts in state recruitment. The key decisions were made during the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma. Government spokesperson P ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 7: The Special Monitor of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday reviewed the drugs scenario in Meghalaya with Home Minister Prestone Tynsong and top state government officials. It was agreed during the review meeting that Meghalaya faces a major threat from the drug supply chains operating from Myanmar. Cabinet Minister Paul Lyngdoh told journalists after the meeting that the state government has sought the NHRC's intervention for the creation of a sub-zonal offi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday inaugurated the 11th edition of the India Maize Summit, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with (IIMR) Indian Institute of Maize Research. Speaking at event, Chouhan emphasized that 'Farmers' sewa is our mool mantra,' reaffirming the government's commitment to farmer-centric policies. He outlined a mul ...Read More >
Meghalaya is a major tourist destination in the northeast ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Tourists must hire authorised guides for trekking in East Khasi Hills district in MeghalayaA businessman from Indore was killed by his wife during their honeymoon in MeghalayaSocial media reactions questioned Meghalaya's safety and affected its tourism reputation Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Guwahati: Meghalaya has made it mandatory for tourists to hire authorised a ...Read More >
"We have identified three locations within the prime location of the city to relocate the street vendors. They are - inside the MUDA parking lot and outside the complex, the municipal parking lot opposite SBI Main Branch," a senior Urban Affairs department official told PTI. He said a digital in-situ survey conducted across 23 locations in the city between December 2023 and January 2024 identified 1,400 vendors of which 760 were found eligible. In Khyndailad alone, 457 vendors were surveyed, w ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is set to expand his cabinet on Thursday, inducting AAP's Ludhiana West MLA, Sanjeev Arora.The last cabinet expansion took place in Sep last year.Arora's induction is likely to involve a reshuffling of portfolios, even though there is no clarity yet on the department to be allocated to him. The induction seems certain as Mann confirmed last week that the party would honour the promise made to the voters of Ludhiana West during campaigning -- of mak ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 2: The Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA) on Wednesday criticised Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh for accusing the association's leaders of "deliberately obstructing relocation efforts". The association slammed Lyngdoh's comments, calling them "unsurprising but shameful", especially considering that the minister previously held the Urban Affairs portfolio but failed to address the issue during his tenure. The association, w ...Read More >
Shillong, July 1 (UNI) Weeks after a murder that shook Meghalaya's tourism sector, the state government has announced that registered guides must accompany visitors undertaking treks and outdoor activities. The directive comes following the high-profile killing of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi during his honeymoon in Sohra (Cherrapunjee), allegedly orchestrated by his wife in collusion with a group of accomplices from Madhya Pradesh. The incident, which led to the arrest of eight p ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being si ...Read More >
SHILLONG, June 28: Is Meghalaya finding it tough to woo tourists again? A series of events such as recent floods, heavy rainfall, and the sensational Raja Raghuvanshi case seem to have disrupted the steady inflow of tourists who had been visiting the state in large numbers. A city hotelier revealed that the occupancy rate in Shillong hotels remains worryingly low. "Even July is looking bad," the hotelier said. Typically, the June-August period marks the peak tourist season in Meghalaya. Howev ...Read More >
SHILLONG, June 27: Meghalaya government on Friday informed that by August 15 Assam and Meghalaya will sign an MoU on boundary dispute and five new villages will be returned to the State. "I will remind you that before, August 15. We will formally sign an MoU, you with the Assam government whereby. Five new villages will come back to us," informed MDA spokesperson and Cabinet Minister, Paul Lyngdoh on Friday. He informed that these five areas falls under Ri-Bhoi area. On recurring boundary ski ...Read More >
Shillong, Jun 27 (PTI) In a significant step toward resolving the long-standing border dispute between Assam and Meghalaya, MDA government spokesperson Paul Lyngdoh on Friday said a second MoU is expected to be signed between the two states before August 15. This comes after the first pact signed in 2022, which resolved issues in six out of 12 areas of contention along the interstate boundary. Also Read | UK F-35B Lightning II Stealth Fighter Jet To Be Moved to Thiruvananthapuram Airport's Rep ...Read More >
Shillong, Jun 27 (PTI) In a significant step toward resolving the long-standing border dispute between Assam and Meghalaya, MDA government spokesperson Paul Lyngdoh on Friday said a second MoU is expected to be signed between the two states before August 15. This comes after the first pact signed in 2022, which resolved issues in six out of 12 areas of contention along the interstate boundary. Lyngdoh, who is also a cabinet minister in the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA), told PTI, "The pr ...Read More >
Gadwal: A sensational murder case that shook both Telugu states has been cracked within a short period by the Jogulamba Gadwal district police. The investigation revealed that a wife and her paramour conspired to murder her husband, who was allegedly obstructing their illicit relationship. They hired a supari gang (contract killers) to carry out the murder. District Superintendent of Police (SP) T. Srinivasa Rao, IPS, conducted a press meet today revealing crucial details of the case. Case Bac ...Read More >
SHILLONG, June 26: The state government on Thursday urged pressure groups to stop using it as a "punching bag" and instead, join hands to address long-standing and sensitive issues like the boundary dispute. The statement came a day after people from Assam's Karbi Anglong allegedly planted trees in a disputed area at Lapalang, a village in West Jaintia Hills on the interstate border. The villagers retaliated by uprooting the saplings and dismantling temporary huts, leading to a stand-off. Assa ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the upcoming assembly elections, including Bihar, Fadnavis said in his articles published in the Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta. On Saturda ...Read More >
Shillong, June 8: Meghalaya Tourism Minister has ruled out a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi and his missing wife Sonam Raghuvanshi at this stage. Paul Lyngdoh said Meghalaya police is conducting its probe together with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the case. "At this stage I don't see the relevance of a CBI probe," he said. The minister said if the investigation being conducted by the state police and the SIT "fail," then only the next ...Read More >
Shillong: Meghalaya Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh stated on Saturday that the state government will not shield criminals, but he dismissed the need for a CBI probe into the murder of Indore tourist Raja Raghuvanshi and the disappearance of his wife, Sonam. The couple went missing on May 23. Raja Raghuvanshi's decomposed body was found in a gorge at Weisawdong on June 2, with police confirming his murder. A machete found near the body is believed to be the murder weapon. Ready for a challenge? ...Read More >
Shillong, June 7 (UNI) Meghalaya's lone Bharatiya Janata Party minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the demand for a CBI probe into the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The couple from Madhya Pradesh's Indore got married on May 11 and was on honeymoon to Sohra. "There is a need for a CBI inquiry since the family members feels that a CBI probe can ensure justice for Raja and help in tracing Sonam," Hek told UNI . Hek also informed that Chief Minister Conrad ...Read More >
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