Shillong

As the 73rd Plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) progressed, members of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) staged a demonstration today along the roadsides, holding placards and banners to voice their long-pending demands to the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, who was attending the summit. The primary objective of this protest was to remind the Central Government of several issues, especially the demand for the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) to protect the state of Meghalaya, which the Center has failed to approve to date. This demonstration formed a continuous human chain extending from Damsite to the U Kiang Nangbah monument towards the Civil Hospital area, among other locations. ​Through these banners, the KSU members clearly expressed their demands r...

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah chairing the 73rd Plenary Meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shillong, Meghalaya. On this occasion, Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia, Meghalaya Governor C.H. Vijay Shankar, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, Union Minister of State for DoNER Sukanto Majumdar, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, and Secretary of the Ministry of DoNER Sanjay Jaju were present. The meeting is also attended by the Governors and Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim, along with many other dignitaries.

Four minors reported missing from Jorhat were traced and recovered from a hotel in Police Bazar here on Monday, East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said Tuesday. “Yesterday we received information that four children — two males and two females — had gone missing from Jorhat,” SP Syiem said. A team from Sadar Police Station and the Women Police Station launched a search and recovered the children from JK International Hotel, Police Bazar. The minors are aged between 16 and 17 years. A 26-year-old male adult was also found with them, police said. “During enquiry, the missing girls informed that they were friends and the other two children are cousins,” Syiem said. “They came on 31.05.26 and came for sightseeing without telling their parents.” A police tea...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the 73rd plenary session of the NEC. Union DONER Minister, governors and chief ministers of all the Northeastern states will also discuss issues related to the development of the region. East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem told reporters that all security arrangements have been made for themeeting in the city. Additional forces will be deployed to ensure law and order during the meeting, he added.

The month-long national flagship programme “Khet Bachao Abhiyan” was launched on Monday at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region in Umiam, marking a renewed emphasis on soil conservation and sustainable agriculture. The launch, organised by ICAR-KVK Ri Bhoi, was graced by Dr. G. Kadirvel, Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Rodonald Majaw (Project Manager, Meghalaya Basin Management Agency), and community leaders including Duruth Majaw (State President, Kisan Morcha), Richard Lyngdoh (President, Kisan Morcha, Umroi) and Donlang Nongbri (State General Secretary, Kisan Morcha). The programme aims to scale these techniques across the district, strengthening livelihoods while conserving precious soil resources. Following the launch, the KVK conducted a focused train...

Against the backdrop of Meghalaya’s rich intellectual and cultural tradition, acclaimed author, lawyer, and speaker Kartikeya Vajpai on Thursday brought his widely discussed book The Unbecoming: Let Life Reveal Its Purpose to Shillong, engaging the city’s literary and academic community in a deeply reflective conversation at the Shillong Press Club. The event featured an engaging discussion between Vajpai and Padma Shri awardee, writer, social activist, and Editor of The Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim, drawing readers, journalists, academicians, students, and thinkers for an evening centred around identity, purpose, emotional well-being, and the search for meaning in contemporary life. Published by Penguin Random House India, The Unbecoming has gained national attention for its phi...

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong has been awarded accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, globally regarded as the gold standard in management education. This landmark achievement places IIM Shillong among an elite group of business schools worldwide that have met AACSB’s rigorous standards of excellence in teaching, research, curriculum, learner success, and societal impact. AACSB accreditation is earned by less than 6 per cent of business schools globally, making it one of the most respected recognitions in the field of management education. In India, only around 30 institutions hold the accreditation, with IIM Shillong becoming one of the few Indian Institutes of Management to receive the distinction. ...

The MDA government has rejected claims that the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department violated norms to award Rs 1,900-crore projects to a firm from outside Meghalaya, with Cabinet Minister and government spokesperson Wailadmiki Shylla asserting that the tender process was transparent and criteria-based. Addressing allegations of favouritism, Shylla said every allotment under the department goes through a defined tendering framework. “For any tendering process, for any allotment, there are certain sets of criteria or credentials. You have to have certain credentials and experience,” he said on Tuesday. He stressed that the selection was not arbitrary. “The government has followed the process in all of this infrastructure. All the required criteria were fulfilled,” Shylla sai...

Members of the Jaintia Students' Union (JSU) and Jaintia National Council (JNC), accompanied by a large number of men, women and youths from East Jaintia Hills, staged a protest in Shillong on Monday against the proposed limestone mining project of Shree Cement Limited at Daistong. The protesters had arrived in the city with the intention of marching towards the Meghalaya Secretariat to oppose the proposed public hearing for the project. However, they were stopped by police personnel at the IGP point, Mawbynna, preventing them from proceeding further. Speaking to reporters, JSU general secretary, Neilkee Mukhim alleged that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report submitted in connection with the project contained misleading information that did not reflect the actual environmenta...

Meghalaya Police arrested two persons during a late-night naka checking operation in East Jaintia Hills district and seized 30,000 explosive detonators. According to a press release issued by East Jaintia Hills Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kumar Raksania, the interception took place at around 2:30 am on May 13 at 2 Kilo in Umkiang village under the Umkiang PPP naka point. Police stopped a suspicious white Hyundai Eon bearing registration number AS-10-A-5916 that was heading towards Silchar from Meghalaya. During a thorough search of the vehicle, police recovered 30,000 explosive detonators concealed inside two carton boxes and a gunny bag. The explosives were allegedly being transported illegally, and both occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody. The arrested persons we...