Five migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said today.Suspected militants from the United Achik Liberation Army (UALA), a breakaway faction of the Achik National Volunteer Council-B faction, led by Norrok Momin went to the mining camp at Darangdura...

Source : Ndtv | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Meghalaya: Militants kill 5 migrant labourers

SHILLONG: Five migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a remote mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said on Tuesday.(UALA), a breakaway faction of the Achik National Volunteer Council-B faction, led by onewent to the mining camp at Darangdura village on Monday evening and fired at the...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Meghalaya pvt varsities under scanner

The Meghalaya government has decided to monitor private universities through its regulatory body constituted in 2011 and various other agencies. The decision came after Chandra Mohan Jha (CMJ) University's cash-for-certificates scam was exposed by governor R S Mooshahary.The CMJ scam dented the image of the state as it was formed with the state's approval. "The universities were given permission to...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Wansuk Myrthong first Meghalaya woman on top

SHILLONG: Heaps...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Wansuk Myrthong first Meghalaya woman on top

Heaps of praises were bestowed on Wansuk Myrthong, a day after she became the first Meghalaya woman to scale the world's highest peak. She is also the second person from the state after Discovery Channel photographer Gary Jarman Lamare, to achieve the feat."This year is truly a year for Meghalaya's women. First, Roshan Warjri became the first woman home minister of the state, and then Wansuk Syiem...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Meghalaya-Assam boundary talks soon

counterpart at a meeting scheduled for next week." Pariat, however, refused to divulge further details on the proposed meeting.of planting 1,000 bamboo stalks in private lands falling under Meghalaya for which a meeting was held between the Rangbah Shnong (headman), Sabuda unit of the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) and CSWO-I representatives. Pointing out that these were economic and agricultural activities,...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Wansuk becomes first Meghalaya woman to scale Everest

Shillong, May 18 : Wansuk Myrthong Saturday became the first woman from Meghalaya to conquer the 8,848 ft Mount Everest.This is the second time that a Meghalayan scaled the highest peak of the world after Gary Jarman Lamare, a photographer with Discovery Channel, became the first from Meghalaya to summit it last year.The 30-year-old Wansuk, a woman armed police constable in the 1st Meghalaya Police...

Source : Newkerala | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

CMJ University to appeal against HC order to stop admissions

Shillong, May 18 : CMJ University Saturday decided to file a writ appeal after the Meghalaya High Court directed the controversial private varsity to stop admissions while throwing out its appeal to allow it to continue admissions."Our clients (CMJ University) will be filing a writ appeal before the division bench of the high court next week in the interest of the students of CMJ University," S.P....

Source : Newkerala | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

Meghalaya high court dismisses writ petition filed by CMJ university

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya high court on Friday dismissed the writ petition filed by Chandra Mohan Jha (CMJ) university against the order issued by governor RS Mooshary who is also university's visitor directing the varsity to stop new admissions and to submit a fresh proposal for appointment of the Chancellor.Chief Justice T Meena Kumari said "this Court finds that the letter of the Secretary of the...

Source : Times Of India | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong

New worm species found in Meghalaya

Blue in colour, these worms migrate to the uplands in the spring and move back to the warmer, lower altitudes before winter sets in. For villagers of the areas they inhabit, the movement of these blue worms acts as a kind of weather forecast mechanism, implying that it will rain.The Wah Umstew river joins the Wah Umsong to flow as a tributary of the Wah Umngot in the valley between certain areas of...

Source : Times Of India | 7 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shillong