Meghalaya
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Rajnath Singh to visit Assam, Meghalaya early October
India | Sep 25, 2014, 07:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Assam and Meghalaya early next month to take stock of rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit states. Singh has sent Minister of State for Home Kiren
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Meghalaya taking al-Qaeda threat seriously
India | Sep 09, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTShillong: The Meghalaya government on Monday said it has taken "seriously" the announcement by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on the creation of a terror wing in the Indian subcontinent."We are taking the threat very seriously
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4 dead as bus falls into gorge in Meghalaya
India | Aug 29, 2014, 10:15 AM ISTShillong: Four persons were killed and 30 others injured after a bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, police said today.The Shillong-bound bus left the district
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Meghalaya to formulate plan to help farmers
India | Aug 13, 2014, 07:52 AM ISTShillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma yesterday said the state government would formulate a comprehensive action plan to help farmers who were facing a drought like situation.“A comprehensive action plan will be formulated keeping in
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Meghalaya Congress leaders tell Sonia Gandhi about dissent
National | Aug 06, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTShillong: Two Congress legislators from Meghalaya Tuesday met party chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and apprised her about the growing dissent within the party in the state.Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee chief D.D. Lapang and
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Will not spare any one in the custodial death case: Sangma
India | May 22, 2014, 10:31 PM ISTShillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said his government will not spare any one involved in the the custodial death of Balsan S Marak, one of the accused in the infamous moral policing case
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Five militants killed, terror plot foiled in Meghalaya
India | May 20, 2014, 02:09 PM ISTShillong: Five UALA rebels were killed and a police officer was injured in a gun battle Tuesday, even as security forces foiled a terror plot in Meghalaya, a police officer said.A police spokesperson said three
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Meghalaya has the highest percentage of voters pushing NOTA
India | May 16, 2014, 06:26 PM ISTShillong: Meghalaya emerged with the highest percentage of voters who chose the NOTA option available with the EVMs introduced for the first time, an election official said today.As many as 2.8 per cent of the
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Meghalaya to count votes under CCTV surveillance
India | May 14, 2014, 03:58 PM ISTShillong: Counting of votes for Meghalaya's two Lok Sabha seats will be done under CCTV surveillance, an election official said Wednesday.Over 69 percent (10,80,845) of the 15.67 lakh-strong electorate cast their votes for the two
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Corpus fund for power in Meghalaya
May 03, 2014, 06:38 PM ISTShillong: The state government has decided to form a corpus fund for the power corporation to pay them and have steady supply of power.“A corpus will be formed to deal with emergency situation like the
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EC tunes in to music to create poll awareness in Meghalaya
India | Mar 25, 2014, 11:11 AM ISTShillong: Music is stirring voters in the Himalayan state of Meghalaya where the EC has roped in top musicians as well as some sportspersons to create awareness about voting rights ahead of the April 9
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Six, including P.A. Sangma, file nominations in Meghalaya
India | Mar 22, 2014, 09:11 AM ISTShillong : Six candidates, including former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma and union minister Vincent H. Pala filed nomination papers Friday for the Lok Sabha elections in Meghalaya, an Election Commission official said.Meghalaya has
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Meghalaya to repeal Lokayukta Act
India | Mar 04, 2014, 06:57 PM ISTShillong: Meghalaya government today said it would repeal the Lokayukta Act, 2013 and introduce a new legislation following the passage of the Lokpal Bill by Parliament in December 2013."Since the Parliament has passed the Lokpal
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Trains to return to Meghalaya April 1
India | Feb 28, 2014, 03:28 PM ISTShillong: The railways will be returning to what is now Meghalaya with the first train scheduled to chug into Mendipathar station in North Garo Hills on April 1, an official said Friday. Trains had first
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Arunachal, Meghalaya to be on rail map this financial year
India | Feb 12, 2014, 01:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya will appear on Indian Railway map during this financial year, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge today promised in his Interim Rail Budget speech. The Railways is now on course to
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Blast in Meghalaya, no casualties
India | Feb 12, 2014, 07:24 AM ISTShillong: Suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday night triggered a blast at a petrol pump in Meghalaya but there were no casualties, police said.The rebels triggered an improvised explosive device (IED)
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Special task force in Meghalaya
India | Jan 28, 2014, 08:33 AM ISTShillong: In an attempt to improve internal security in Meghalaya, the state cabinet yesterday approved fast tracking the creation of a Special Multi-Task Force (SMTF) or Special Force-10, a ten-company strength force, aimed at counter
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Meghalaya celebrates 42nd statehood day
India | Jan 22, 2014, 06:48 AM ISTShillong: Celebrating its 42nd statehood day, Meghalaya Health and Family Welfare Minister Alexander Hek Tuesday emphasised that "non-violence was the hallmark of its struggle", which has been imbibed in the spirit of the people of
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Four rebels killed in Meghalaya after bomb attack
India | Jan 12, 2014, 08:11 AM ISTShillong: Four rebels of the A'chik National Volunteers Council-B (ANVC-B) faction were killed Saturday night in a gunfight with security forces in Meghalaya after a bomb attack at a petrol pump, police said.The gunfight at
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GNLA rebels launch retaliatory attacks in Meghalaya
India | Dec 12, 2013, 07:02 AM ISTShillong: The outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) launched retaliatory attacks a day after security forces destroyed their general headquarters.The attacks by the GNLA came a day after security forces overran their general headquarters in