Meghalaya
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Amit Shah launches water supply projects in Meghalaya
India | Jul 25, 2021, 09:44 PM ISTOfficial sources said the ‘Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme’, conceptualised by the state government and funded by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), will incur an expenditure of Rs 24.08 crore.
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'Focus on micro containment zones': PM Modi reviews Covid situation in North-East with CMs
India | Jul 13, 2021, 01:03 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Chief Ministers of the North-eastern states to focus on micro containment zones to tide over Covid-19 crisis.
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Rescue operation for trapped miners in Meghalaya called off due to rain
India | Jul 09, 2021, 08:39 AM ISTAfter 3 bodies could be retrieved from inside the mine since mid-June, the district administration was forced to take the decision given the increasing water level at the illegal rat-hole mine due to continuous rainfall in the area for the past many days, the official said.
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Navy continues diving operations to locate trapped miners in Meghalaya
India | Jun 18, 2021, 11:10 PM ISTIn what can be construed as one of the most physically and tactically daunting operations, a 12-member Indian Navy diving team, that has been pressed into action since June 12 to rescue five miners trapped in a flooded coal mine located in the East Jaintia hills of Meghalaya, has recovered the body of one person, the navy said adding the rescue operations were going on.
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Over 5,000 children test Covid positive in Meghalaya, 17 die
India | Jun 18, 2021, 09:32 AM ISTOver 5,000 children under the age of 14 in Meghalaya have tested Covid-19 positive and 17 of them died, health officials said on Thursday.
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First body retrieved from flooded Meghalaya coal mine
India | Jun 16, 2021, 07:05 PM ISTThe Navy on Tuesday detected two objects, which they suspected to be as bodies of the miners. The operation to retrieve the second "suspicious object" was called off as the visibility in the water was affected during the retrieval of the first body, the official said.
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3 bodies recovered from Meghalaya coal mine accident site; Indian Navy joins rescue ops
World | Jun 14, 2021, 08:14 AM ISTAround 60 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and various state agencies are waiting for the water level to come down to about 10 meters in the 152-meter deep pit, as that is the maximum level in which they can work.
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Meghalaya MTET 2021 application process postponed, check details
Jobs | Jun 10, 2021, 06:41 PM ISTThe TET exam is scheduled to be conducted on August 28. The exam will be conducted for paper 1 and 2, and of duration two hours and 30 minutes.
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Meghalaya: 5 labourers trapped following flooding at coal mine in East Jaintia Hills
India | Jun 01, 2021, 06:50 AM ISTAt least 15 miners were trapped in a coal mine in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills on 13 December 2018. While five of them managed to escape, rescue efforts for the remaining 10 had continued till 2 March 2019.
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Meghalaya: Lockdown in East Khasi Hills extended by a week
India | May 29, 2021, 06:36 AM ISTThe Meghalaya government on Friday extended the total lockdown in the East Khasi Hills district by another week. Tynsong however informed that there will be some relaxation during the extended lockdown period Tynsong however informed that there will be some relaxation during the extended lockdown period.
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Meghalaya announces free COVID vaccination for all above 18
India | May 05, 2021, 03:36 PM ISTThe decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the chief minister on Tuesday, officials said.
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100 million-year-old bones of sauropod dinosaurs discovered in Meghalaya
Science | May 04, 2021, 07:40 PM ISTResearchers have identified fossil bone fragments of sauropod dinosaurs dating back to about 100 million years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya.
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Earthquake hits Meghalaya
India | Mar 29, 2021, 07:07 PM ISTAn earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in Meghalaya's Shillong on Monday.
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Meghalaya govt further reduces fuel prices
News | Feb 17, 2021, 06:51 PM ISTMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma informed that the prices of petrol and diesel in the state will be reduced by about Rs 7 per litre approximately across the state.
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Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs 5 in THIS state
Business | Feb 16, 2021, 07:27 PM ISTThe new retail price of petrol will be Rs 85.86 from its current price of Rs 91.26, while the new retail price of diesel will be Rs 79.13 from its present rate of Rs 86.23 in the state capital, Sangma said after a review meeting he held with his cabinet colleagues and senior government officials.
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Commercial vehicle operators threaten to go on hunger strike
Business | Feb 14, 2021, 11:14 AM ISTCommercial vehicle operators in Meghalaya have threatened that they would go for an indefinite hunger strike if the state government chose to turn a deaf ear on their demand for reducing the prices of petrol and diesel.
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Meghalaya Governor urges govt, farmers to 'responsibly engage in talks'
News | Jan 31, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTMeghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik urged both the government and farmers to resolve the issue and "responsibly engage in talks." Governor Satya Pal Malik said, "I have come from a farmers' movement, I am a farmer myself, therefore I am well aware of their hardships and I feel it.
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Colleges in Meghalaya to reopen on February 1
Education | Jan 28, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTAfter a prolonged closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, colleges in Meghalaya will reopen on February 1, state Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said on Thursday.
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Meghalaya: Six dead in illegal coal mine disaster
India | Jan 23, 2021, 11:19 AM ISTA mechanical structure collapsed at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, killing six miners, an official said on Friday.
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Amit Shah on 2-day visit to Assam, Meghalaya; to hold public meetings
India | Jan 23, 2021, 08:42 AM ISTBJP Vice President and party in-charge of Assam, Baijayant Jay Panda, is currently camping in Assam and looking after the preparations for Amit Shah's rally.