woman with her children on her way to cast vote for the state election at a polling station in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya on february 23, 2014. (PTI photo)SHILLONG: At least six voters recorded their desire not to vote to mark their dissatisfaction with the candidates as people across Meghalaya defied a shutdown call by an outlawed militant outfit and turned out in large numbers to vote in the assembly...

Source : Times Of India | 85 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

MCTA lodges complaint against DC in Meghalaya

Meghalaya College Teachers Association (MCTA) today lodged a complaint with Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Prashant Naik against Ri-Bhoi District Election Officer (DEO) Akash Deep charging him of violating the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 by appointing teachers of a deficit college as presiding officers for the upcoming Assembly elections in the State. In a letter to State Chief Electoral...

Source : Webindia123 | 100 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

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landslide triggered by heavy rain in Meghalaya’s Ri Bhoi district killed three persons, including two women, this morning |One more person was arrested in the July 9 GS Road molestation case today as prime accused Amarjyoti Kalita was remanded |After a gap of 15 months, Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited resumed their services in Meghalaya today |AGP activists burn the effigy of chief minister Tarun Gogoi...

Source : Telegraphindia | 297 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

3 killed in GS Road house collapse

a family and a man, were killed when their house atop of a hill along the Guwahati-Shillong Road in Ri-Bhoi district collapsed due to landslides triggered by torrential rains on Thursday. The victims were identified asThree vehicles, including a coal laden truck were also damaged in the landslide, police...

Source : Times Of India | 297 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

Landslide kills three in Meghalaya

Three people, including two women, were killed after their hill top house collapsed following a landslide in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district Thursday, police said.The accident took place on the Gauhati-Shillong road leading to a massive traffic snarl. However, the road was opened after workers cleared rubble."Three people, including two women from a family, died after their house located at a hilltop...

Source : Newkerala | 297 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

Landslide kills three in Meghalaya

Three people, including two women, were killed after their hill top house collapsed following a landslide in Meghalayas Ri-Bhoi district...

Source : Webindia123 | 297 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

Three CORP members arrested during night road blockade

night road blockade called by the Confederation of Ri-Bhoi People (CORP) throughout Ri-Bhoi district in Meghalaya witnessed sporadic incidents of violence. There were reports of arson like pelting of stones and throwing of petrol bombs on vehicles passing through the National Highway in the district. During the hours of the night road-blockade, eight members of the CORP were arrested by...

Source : Webindia123 | 310 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

First floor of Upper Assam commissioner’s office in Jorhat damaged

office-cum-residence of the Upper Assam commissioner at Cinnamara, one of the oldest buildings in Assam, built in 1921 and which housed Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was gutted in a fire that broke out today |They may be dead, but these villagers of Upper Klew village in Ri Bhoi district are still receiving PDS items, while sev |The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) today accused the breakaway...

Source : Telegraphindia | 343 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

Meghalaya needs sufficiency revolution, says Lapang

Monday urge d the farmers of the state, particularly those from Ri-Bhoi district to start a revolution for achieving self-sufficiency in food grain production.Citing the example of the Green Revolution he said that there was a need for a "sufficiency revolution" in Meghalaya. The state currently meets its requirements by buying food grain from other states.(ICAR), NEH Region, Umiam in collaboration...

Source : Times Of India | 415 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi

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Mothers and NGOs may replace teachers as cooks in Assam’s schools to effectively implement the midday meal scheme |The race for the chief minister’s post over, 10 Janpath is now acting as the finishing line for the post of deputy chief |Veteran Nagaland legislator and former CLP leader Chingwang Konyak today made history by announcing in the state Assembl |Meghalaya police in Ri Bhoi are working...

Source : Telegraphindia | 430 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Ri Bhoi