With the Meghalaya Government planning to hold the first ever municipal elections in the State, traditional village headmen today said their role in the municipal boards should first be ‘clearly defined’.

Cash-strapped Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) hired weapons in its bid to disrupt this year’s Independence Day celebrations, as the banned militant outfit could not afford to buy these.

Cherrapunjee’s thirst for water would be satiated by October this year with the commissioning of a long-awaited drinking water project.

A tragedy struck the Roman Catholic community of Garo Hills when a priest and a brother along with two others died in a head- on collision of their vehicle with a truck at Boko while returning from Guwahati to Tura on Saturday night.

A hundred and nine doctors, who completed medical training under government sponsorship but did not work in the State, have been asked to return the bond money of Rs 10 lakh each, official sources said today.

Over 12 lakh people in three districts of Garo Hills were literally left stranded and powerless for two whole nights and one day due to a disruption in electrical supply thanks to poor maintainence by the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) formerly known as the MeSEB.

Meghalaya government is in the process of revising its BPL list and issuing special cards to the beneficiaries.

The state government has decided not to accord any chief minister status or rank to either former chief ministers or senior politicians.

The Meghalaya government Friday appointed S.P. Rajkhowa, a retired judge of the Guwahati High Court

Meghalaya today ordered a detailed inquiry into allegation of illegal businesses, including cattle smuggling to Bangladesh, being carried out by surrendered militants.

The Shillong traffic police have decided to crack down on reckless and rash driving by motorcyclists who do daredevil stunts such as ‘wheelies’, ‘stoppies’, ‘human compass’ and ‘no handers’ in the city.

A two-day conference of the Assam Rifles Commanders to focus on key policy, conceptual and doctrinal issues in light of developing security environment in the Northeast region began here today.

A senior church leader in Meghalaya Thursday offered to broker peace between the government and the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) for political dialogue.

The Lafarge Umiam Mining Private Limited (LUMPL) started mining of limestone at Phalangkaruh, Nongtrai in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya after signing lease agreement with Shella Dorbar and on the basis of a letter issued by the concerned Divisional Forest Officer certifying that the mining area was non-forest land.

North East region stared at another year of erratic monsoons as most states of the zone recorded below normal rainfall and the weatherman apprehending that the loss is unlikely to recovered, reports PTI.