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In order to ensure the smooth conduct of the vote counting process for the General Election to the Assam Legislative Assembly, 2026, a training programme for the District Election Officers, Returning Officers, and Election officers was held at Hotel Radisson Blu in Guwahati. Organised under the aegis of the Chief Electoral Officer, Assam, the programme covered detailed planning and various aspects of implementation of the counting process, in line with the guidelines of the Election Commission of India. The Chief Electoral Officer, Assam, Anurag Goel, along with the Additional Chief Electoral Officer and Joint Chief Electoral Officers, attended the programme as resource persons. The Chief Electoral Officer instructed all concerned officials to ensure that the counting process is ca...

Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has ushered in a new era in the connectivity landscape of Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district. Recently, during a colorful ceremony, he inaugurated a newly constructed bridge and several projects involving the renovation and development of key roads in the region. The fulfillment of this long-standing demand has sparked immense enthusiasm and excitement among the local residents. In his address, the Chief Minister emphasized that robust connectivity infrastructure is indispensable for keeping the wheels of the rural economy turning and for enhancing the standard of living of the common people. This new bridge will not merely connect two localities; it will also play a pivotal role in enabling local farmers to transport their produce to markets swiftly and ...

A tragic incident occurred in Assam’s Kamrup Metropolitan district on Monday when a woman lost her life after accidentally falling into an overflowing, open drain during a period of torrential rainfall. The victim, identified as a local resident returning from work, was reportedly unable to distinguish the boundaries of the drainage system due to severe waterlogging on the streets. Eyewitnesses stated that the force of the rainwater was so immense that she was quickly swept into the deep concrete channel before bystanders could intervene. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel launched an immediate search operation, eventually recovering her body several hundred meters downstream from the initial fall site. The tragedy has sparked intense public outrage against the local munici...

In order to bring the remuneration of chairman and members in line with other government agencies, the state government has approved an amendment to the Meghalaya Real Estate (Regulation and Development) (General) Rules, 2020. Certain provisions on remuneration in the current rules are not consistent with other government agencies, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said after a cabinet meeting on Thursday. “To ensure that there is a uniformity, we have changed the provisions and made it same and uniform as per other agencies,” he said. Earlier, a fixed amount was given to the chairman, and it was not consistent with other agencies and boards. After introduction of the new policy similar to other government agencies, the chairman and members will receive their last pay minus pension.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday exposed a massive ₹100-crore illegal coal mining and laundering racket operating across Meghalaya and Assam, uncovering a syndicate that has been flouting the mining ban in Meghalaya for over a decade. As part of its investigation into illegal coal mining and unregulated coke plants, the ED conducted searches at 15 locations, including Jadigittim and Nongalbibra in Meghalaya and Jogighopa, Margherita, and Guwahati in Assam. The agency found rampant rat-hole mining in South Garo Hills, where 20 mines were operating under inhuman and unsafe conditions. The ED stated that an estimated 1,200 tonnes of coal are being illegally excavated daily. Trucks carrying the coal were escorted across state borders by a Meghalaya-Assam nexus, with documents fab...