Shillong, March 23 Amidst protests over non-tribal participation in a tribal council election in Meghalaya, the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council on Monday approved a key amendment mandating that only members of Scheduled Tribes can contest the polls, effectively ending the participation of...
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The bill, which requires a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate for candidates contesting council elections, was unanimously passed on Monday during a Special Session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council. The session, held at the District Council Hall in Tura, was convened under Rule 36 (5)...
Shillong, March 20 Meghalaya Governor CH Vijayashankar has convened a special session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council next week to discuss the Assam and Meghalaya Autonomous District (AD) Rules that allow non-tribal participation in council elections, officials said on Friday.The...
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Shillong, March 19 Authorities in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya imposed an indefinite night curfew across the entire district on Thursday, citing incidents of violence and threats to public safety, officials said.The order was issued by District Magistrate Vibhor Aggarwal under...
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Shillong, March 16 Amid violence in the Garo Hills region over the participation of non-tribal candidates in tribal council elections, the Meghalaya government on Monday extended the tenure of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) by six months, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone...
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Shillong, March 16 The chief executive member of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, Albinush R Marak, resigned from his post on Monday after a motion of no-confidence was moved against him by 21 out of the 30 members of the district council (MDCs).The development came days after...
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Albinush R. Marak resigned as the Chief Executive Member of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council on Monday, just hours before a special session was to be held to discuss a motion of no-confidence against him. The motion was supported by 21 Members of the District Council (MDCs), who had...
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Shillong, March 15 Meghalaya Governor C H Vijayashankar has convened a special session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on March 16 after 21 members of the council submitted a letter claiming that Chief Executive Member (CEM) Albinush R Marak has lost the confidence of the...
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Shillong, March 13 – The district administration of West Garo Hills in Meghalaya has extended the curfew in Tura and across the district, while granting a six-hour relaxation on March 14 to allow residents to purchase essential items and attend to urgent needs, officials said on Friday...
Shillong, March 13 The Meghalaya unit of the BJP on Friday urged Governor C H Vijayashankar to convene a special session of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) to pass a resolution barring non-tribals from contesting or participating in the council elections.A delegation led by...
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Shillong, March 13 A curfew was partially lifted in the two districts of Meghalaya that were experiencing unrest on Friday, allowing people to purchase essential goods, officials said.The curfew was lifted in the West Garo Hills district for four hours, from 9 am to 1 pm, they said.In the...
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has appealed for peace in West Garo Hills amid the prevailing tension in the region. He stated that the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council election has been postponed in response to public sentiments and demands. The Chief Minister also denied...
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Shillong, March 12 – Normalcy is gradually returning to Tura in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district after two days of unrest. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma visited several affected areas on Thursday and directed officials to immediately provide food assistance to residents impacted by the...
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Tura, March 12 Hundreds of people came out of their homes on Thursday to clean the streets of Tura town in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills, after it was rocked by violence during protests related to elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, resulting in the death of two people.The...
Shillong, March 12 Meghalaya's BJP unit said on Thursday that no infiltrator should be allowed to contest any election across the country, including the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council elections, asserting that the body was created to safeguard the rights of indigenous communities.The...
Tura, March 12 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and his MLA wife, Mehtab Chandee A. Sangma, visited several areas in the violence-affected town of Tura on Thursday to meet residents and assess the situation on the ground, officials said.The visits took place even as a curfew remained...
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Shillong, March 12 The situation in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district remained tense on Thursday morning following overnight arson and looting, officials said.Residents in several localities of Tura town kept vigil throughout the night to safeguard their neighborhoods after incidents of...
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Commissioner and Secretary of the District Council Affairs Department, CVD Diengdoh, announced on Tuesday that the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed in Garo Hills in preparation for the upcoming Garo Hills Autonomous District Council elections. In addition, a column of the...
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Shillong, March 11 The Meghalaya High Court has struck down a notification issued by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, making Scheduled Tribe certificates mandatory for election nominations, and observed that it bypassed proper legislative procedures.The notification, issued by the...
Shillong, March 10 – Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has filed a police complaint against former legislator S.G. Esmatur Mominin, accusing him of making a speech that could potentially incite communal tensions ahead of the upcoming elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District...