east khasi hills district

Shillong, April 1 A school in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district was closed by village authorities and members of a students' union for not offering Khasi language as a subject, officials said on Wednesday.Madan Hindi Patshala Secondary School in the Madanrting area was asked to close after...

Shillong, March 19 Meghalaya Police handed out nearly 400 helmets to violators on Thursday instead of fining them for riding with children without helmets in the East Khasi Hills district, an official said.The helmets were distributed during a special enforcement drive conducted by the...

Shillong, March 13 Police have arrested six people, including two from Haryana, in connection with a series of ATM thefts in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, in which nearly Rs 1 crore was stolen from three locations over the past year, a senior officer said on Friday.The thefts...

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar said on Monday that any challenges faced by Meghalaya in linking to Aadhaar or implementing centrally sponsored schemes would be addressed in coordination with the State government to ensure that beneficiaries receive the intended...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma stated that a proposal to create the Shillong agglomerate from the East Khasi Hills district would be thoroughly examined and scrutinized to arrive at an informed decision for improved governance and citizen-centric administration. The Chief Minister was...

Shillong, February 18 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma adopted a cautious yet politically astute stance in the Assembly on Wednesday regarding the proposal to carve out the Shillong Urban Agglomeration from the East Khasi Hills district, signaling that the government is not opposed to...

Shillong, February 17 Meghalaya has detected 658 illegal Bangladeshi nationals since 2021 and deported 194 after their sentences were completed, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told the Assembly on Tuesday while outlining the state's stepped-up anti-infiltration measures.He was...

Shillong, February 15 A ninth-grade student from the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya won the jury award at the North East Science Fair & Innovation Festival for developing a system that detects gas leaks and initiates preventive measures to avoid accidents, officials said on Sunday...