Meghalaya

: Entry of all vehicles towards Lachaumiere via the Dhankheti-DIPR Office route will be prohibited round the clock from May 12 until further notice due to ongoing infrastructure work by the Public Works Department Shillong Central Division. According to the public notice, the project involves construction of an aqueduct channel with RCC slab covering and tiling along the Old Jowai Road stretch from AIR to Loreto Convent School junction. Authorities stated that the work is aimed at strengthening road infrastructure and improving the locality in the long term. Residents and commuters have been urged to follow traffic diversions and guidelines issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Traffic Police during the execution period.

With final response from the defence ministry on land for relocation of Harijan Colony still pending, the state government will hold a meeting next month to review the relocation plan for 342 families from the colony at Them Iew Mawlong here “…next month we will be having a meeting again on this issue. We will update,” Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of Urban Affairs, Sniawbhalang Dhar, told reporters on Monday. On the response from defense ministry to the state government’s proposal, Dhar said, “We are yet to take a call on whether we will go with the defense land… if they are ready or not, or whether we will proceed according to the previous blueprint.” “We have to take a call on this,” he said. Informing about the active coordination between the state government and Defense M...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that one of the most important agendas of his government has been to ensure improvement of income of the farmers with various interventions at different levels to increase the production of the farmers. Speaking at the inauguration of the Biochar Plant at Eastern Ri Bhoi Organic FPC Processing Plant at Umsli in Ri Bhoi district on Monday, Sangma said, “It is important to add value to the products of the farmers through multiple activities from improving the health of the soil, providing timely quality seeds, supporting with working capital etc and each of these interventions require different schemes, projects and missions.” Biochar is produced by heating bamboo or other organic biomass at high temperatures in a low-oxygen environment. ...

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday stressed on bridging the gap between cocoon production and yarn production in the State, which is the second largest eri cocoon producer, globally generating approximately 700 metric tonnes of eri cocoon annually. Speaking at the inauguration of Sai Lum, an Eri Yarn Manufacturing Unit at Bhoirymbong in Ri Bhoi district, Sangma said that despite being the second largest eri cocoon producer, farmers were selling cocoons at low prices while weavers were forced to buy back the same yarn at a high cost because the critical step of spinning was happening elsewhere. “The cocoon to yarn gap has been the single biggest constraint in our Eri silk value chain,” he said and added that entrepreneurship enterprises like Sai Lum will bridge cocoo...

The Department of Physics and the Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) organised a “Robotics Skill Workshop” in collaboration with the Robotics Club, USTM to commemorate National Technology Day 2026 on Monday.The workshop aimed to inspire young minds to explore the future of robotics, automation, and emerging technologies.The workshop was designed to provide students with practical exposure and hands-on training in emerging technologies, including Basics of CAD, Small CAD Design Training, 3D Design Printing, Introduction to Explorer Kits, Hands-on Robot Building, and a special session on “Lab to Market: Bridging Innovation and Entrepreneurship.”Students from several institutions in Assam and the Northeast participated in the workshop.The pr...

Tension prevailed at the College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Science, Umiam on Monday as hundreds of students staged a protest demanding immediate action against a senior professor accused of sexually harassing a female student. The protesting students gathered on the college campus carrying placards and raising slogans against Professor Pranab Dutta, Chairman of the School of Crop Protection at CPGSAS, CAU (Imphal), Umiam. The demonstrators condemned the alleged misconduct and called upon the institution’s authorities to terminate him from service without delay. Students alleged that the accused professor had repeatedly behaved inappropriately with the victim, stating that despite earlier complaints being submitted to the concerned authorities, no concrete action ha...

The national prelude to the Shillong Literary Festival concluded in New Delhi on May 9 after two days of discussions focusing on literature, culture, ecology, food, sports and storytelling from Northeast India. The event, organised by the Meghalaya tourism department at Bikaner House, brought together writers, filmmakers, policymakers, journalists, entrepreneurs and artists ahead of the sixth edition of the Shillong Literary Festival scheduled to take place later this year in Meghalaya. The discussions during the event mainly focused on increasing cultural representation of the Northeast, preserving indigenous traditions and creating wider economic opportunities for the region through tourism, sports and creative industries. One of the major sessions on the second day featured fo...

The Khasi Students' Union (KSU) on Saturday elected a new Central Executive Council (CEC) for the 2026-2029 term, marking the end of the leadership of Lambostarwell Marngar and Donald V. Thabah. The election was held at Dinam Hall with polling conducted from 7 am to 3 pm under the supervision of election committee president Danny Khyriem and general secretary Samuel Jyrwa. Raymond P. Kharjana and Reuben A. Najiar were elected president and general secretary respectively, both uncontested. Pynkmenlang Sanmiet was also elected vice president uncontested. Elections were also held for several other key posts. The newly elected office bearers include Pynshaiborlang Rani as assistant general secretary, Cleanstar Shabong as organising secretary, Alerick Kharjana as education secretary, Py...

A court in Meghalaya has rejected the bail petitions of four persons, all co-accused in the murder case of Indore-based trader, Raja Raghuvanshi. The four co-accused, currently lodged in a prison in Shillong, were arrested from separate locations in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in June 2025 following the alleged murder of Raghuvanshi, who was on a honeymoon trip to Meghalaya with his wife, Sonam. On April 27, the court had granted conditional bail to prime accused, Sonam, holding that the police had failed to properly communicate the specific provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita under which she had been arrested, as required under Article 22(1) of the Constitution. Following Sonam’s release on bail, the counsel for the four co-accused had moved the court seeking similar re...