come under the scanner with a district sessions court ordering appellants to "take possession" of a plot of land which is under the illegal possession of the senior government lawyer.Judge B Giri of East Khasi Hills District Sessions, in his order, said the "sale deed document is not valid" and the appellants -and Sabita Goswami - are "entitled to get back possession of the piece or parcel of land...

Source : Times Of India | 15 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

One killed, 25 injured in Meghalaya cyclonic storm

person was killed and at least 25 others were injured in a cyclonic storm in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district Thursday, officials said.This is the second such incident within a span of three weeks in the remote West Khasi Hills district. On April 10, three people were killed and over 50 others injured in a storm in the district.High velocity winds, accompanied by rain and lightning in the wee...

Source : Webindia123 | 22 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

25 poachers arrested in Meghalaya

Forest authorities in Meghalaya have arrested 25 poachers and recovered body parts of endangered deer from them from a remote village in the state's West Khasi Hills District.The poachers were arrested in Mawkarah village while they were returning in two vehicles from a hunting trip.Arms, dried venison, three hides of Barking Deer and the head of a fully grown female Sambar were seized from them....

Source : Webindia123 | 28 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Rights body demands law to deal with witchcraft

Meghalaya Peoples Human Rights Council (MPHRC) has urged the state government to enact a special law to deal with the practice of witchcraft in the state.The organisation was reacting to the incident that occurred at Mawryngkang village in East Khasi Hills district where a mob burnt down the house of a person accused of practising witchcraft.'The state has witnessed many such cases which had often...

Source : Webindia123 | 29 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Witchcraft charges: 19 arrested for role in mob violence

East Khasi Hills district police in Meghalaya have arrested 19 persons including a woman for their alleged role in the torching of a house of a businessman at Mawryngkang village under Mawsynram constituency.A delayed report reaching here today said the incident happened on Monday evening when angry villagers marched to a rich businessman of the area Trimelin Nongsiej's house and set the house on fire...

Source : Webindia123 | 30 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Cyclone victims yet to get relief in Meghalaya

Victims of the recent cyclone that hit parts of West Khasi Hills in Meghalaya have alleged that they are not receiving any relief to commensurate with the losses they have suffered.According to the affected villagers even though officials belonging to various departments had visited them after the calamity but surprisingly officials from the agriculture and the horticulture department have not visited...

Source : Webindia123 | 32 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Two women villagers injured in scuffle

two women were injured on April 12 in a scuffle that broke out between people of two communities at Umwali near Langpih, West Khasi Hills district bordering Meghalaya and and Assam.According to reports reaching here today, trouble started when the Nepali migrants allegedly wanted to build a road passing through the fields of the Khasi villagers without asking for permission.When the residents of the...

Source : Webindia123 | 39 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Meghalaya announces Rs 1.5 lakh ex gratia for kin killed by Cyclone

today announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 1.50 lakh to the kin of each of those killed in the cyclone even as the government mobilised the disaster relief mechanism to meet the situation.The storm accompanied by lightning and rain which occurred on Wednesday night killed three people, including a woman and a child in two different villages in West Khasi Hills district.The deceased were identified as...

Source : Webindia123 | 42 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Cyclonic storm kills three and scores injured in Meghalaya

cyclonic storm ravaged of Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, killing three people and scores others were injured, official said today.The high velocity storm accompanied by lightning which lasted almost an hour hit late last night, rendering hundred and thousands people homeless. The storm also uprooted hundreds of trees, telephone and electric poles."Civil defence workers and district officials...

Source : Webindia123 | 43 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills

Three killed, 50 injured in storm in Meghalaya

least three people were killed and over 50 injured in a storm in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, officials said Thursday.High velocity winds, accompanied with rain and lighnting, Wednesday night rendered thousands of families homeless in 30 villages and uprooted hundreds of trees, telephone and electric poles, and snapped lines, officials said."Three people, including two women, were killed...

Source : Webindia123 | 43 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Khasi Hills