Meghalaya Assembly
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Rare husband-wife moment in Meghalaya Assembly as Mehtab Chandee quizzes CM Conrad Sangma | VIDEO
India | Feb 25, 2026, 08:56 PM ISTA rare husband-wife exchange took place in the Meghalaya Assembly as MLA Mehtab Chandee A Sangma questioned Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma about stalled veterinary and fishery education projects. The Chief Minister admitted manpower shortages and financial constraints while assuring faster progress.
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Meghalaya elections 2023: Polling ends, 75 per cent turnout recorded
Elections | Mar 01, 2023, 04:48 PM ISTMeghalaya elections 2023: The ruling National People's Party will fight to retain power, while the BJP and Trinamool Congress will attempt to dethrone the incumbent government.
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Meghalaya: Election Commission serves showcause notice to political parties for model code violation
India | Feb 06, 2023, 12:04 PM ISTElections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly will be held on February 27. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.
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Steel dome of newly constructed Meghalaya Assembly collapses
India | May 22, 2022, 04:19 PM ISTAccording to an Executive Engineer of PWD (Building) overseeing the constructions, the collapse could have been triggered by a design fault.
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Congress wants Meghalaya under Article 371, Assembly rejects move
India | Sep 12, 2019, 09:25 AM ISTMeghalaya which was formed as an autonomous state April 2, 1970, and as a full-fledged state Jan 21, 1972, after being carved out of Assam, is covered by Sixth Schedule provisions of the constitution.
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Meghalaya minister quits to contest for Speaker's post
India | Sep 11, 2019, 07:13 AM ISTMeghalaya Tourism and Water Resources Minister Metbah Lyngdoh on Tuesday tendered his resignation to contest the election for the Assembly Speaker's post. Lyngdoh, a senior United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and a three-time legislator, also filed his nomination papers for the election.
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Meghalaya Assembly Speaker election on Sep 13
India | Sep 09, 2019, 01:28 PM ISTThe ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government has decided to field the incumbent Tourism Minister, Metbah Lyngdoh as its nominee for the post of Speaker.
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Over 77 percent votes polled in Meghalaya bypolls
Aug 23, 2018, 11:13 PM ISTThe South Tura constituency, from where Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma is in the fray, witnessed 72.89 per cent of the 30,231 voters exercising their franchise.
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Voting ends in Meghalaya, CM Conrad Sangma confident of victory
Aug 23, 2018, 09:20 PM IST"By and large the polls were held in a smooth manner," Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Roy Kharkongor told journalists.
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Formalin scare: Meghalaya bans sale of fish imported from other states
India | Jul 23, 2018, 07:31 PM ISTFormalin is a colourless solution of formaldehyde in water, used chiefly as a preservative for biological specimens.
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NPP chief Conrad Sangma invited to form govt in Meghalaya, swearing-in today
Elections | Mar 06, 2018, 06:11 AM ISTA Raj Bhavan official confirmed that the governor has extended invitation to Conrad Sangma to form the government as he has the support of 34 MLAs.
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Italy, Argentina and Sweden to vote in Meghalaya Assembly Elections!
Elections | Feb 11, 2018, 11:21 AM ISTWell, if you wonder how these countries have voting rights in this hill state in India's North East, you are in for a surprise.
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Meghalaya polls: Rahul Gandhi's Rs 63K jacket ignites political feud on Twitter
National | Jan 31, 2018, 11:22 PM ISTThe twitter battles started when BJP's Meghalaya unit also tweeted an image of a Burberry jacket, similar to the one that Gandhi wore, having a price tag of USD 995 (little over Rs 63,000).
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Meghalaya polls: Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS for alleged gender and cultural bias
Elections | Jan 31, 2018, 04:08 PM ISTAddressing a public rally in poll-bound Meghalaya's capital Shillong, Rahul Gandhi claimed that RSS ideology was being imposed on the nation.
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Assembly elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi exhorts partymen in Meghalaya to work together
Elections | Jan 30, 2018, 09:03 PM ISTGandhi’s appeal assumed significance as former cabinet minister A L Hek had joined the BJP while five others including veteran leader and former deputy chief minister Rowell Lyngdoh had switched over to the National People’s Party.
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Assembly elections 2018: Congress releases list of 56 candidates in Tripura, 57 in Meghalaya
Elections | Jan 27, 2018, 07:03 PM ISTPolling in Tripura will take place on February 18, while Meghalaya goes to polls on February 27. The counting of votes in both the states will be held on March 3.
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Congress legislator AL Hek, 3 other MLAs join BJP in poll-bound Meghalaya
National | Jan 02, 2018, 05:46 PM ISTUnion Minister of State for Tourism Minister K J Alphons, who is also the election-in-charge of the BJP in Meghalaya, said the party will “throw” the Congress out of power in Meghalaya.
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8 MLAs, including 5 from Congress, resign from Meghalaya Assembly to join NPP
National | Dec 29, 2017, 08:55 PM ISTThose who put in their papers are former deputy chief minister Rowell Lyngdoh, Sniawbhalang Dhar, Comingone Ymbon, Prestone Tynsong, and Ngaitlang Dhar of the Congress.
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Meghalaya Assembly Elections: Agatha Sangma to contest poll on NPP ticket
Elections | Nov 10, 2017, 01:53 PM ISTThe National People's Party released its first list of 24 candidates for the 60 assembly seats in the state on November 10.
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'Meghalaya Assembly building will come up in new Shillong'
India | Nov 23, 2014, 11:14 AM ISTShillong: A new Meghalaya Assembly building will come up in New Shillong Township and 80 acres of land has been identified for the purpose, Speaker Abu Taher Mondal has said.“We have finalised the land for