Shillong, Nov 5: The ropeway is on. The government is not backing down.   Newly inducted Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Thursday made his first big announcement after returning to the Cabinet — the Shillong Peak Ropeway from Riat Laban will go forward, despite stiff...

Shillong, Nov 4: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has a simple diagnosis for Shillong’s traffic jam: the city keeps creating no-parking zones, but no parking zones.   Inaugurating two new multilevel car parks at Mawkhar and Motphran on Wednesday, Sangma said piecemeal fixes like one-ways...

Shillong, Nov 4: Shillong just got a taste of the whole state under one roof.   Agriculture Minister Timothy D. Shira on Wednesday opened the first Meghalaya Collectives Store in Meghalaya, below Dylan’s Café, a one-stop shop for everything grown, made and crafted by the...

Shillong, Nov 4: The Meghalaya government on Wednesday tried to put the Shillong Peak Ropeway controversy to rest — with numbers, clearances and a promise to keep talking.   At a public consultation at the State Convention Centre, Meghalaya Ropeway Development Authority CEO C.V.D. Diengdoh...

From Our Correspondent Imphal, Nov 4: Four militants were killed and another sustained injury in a fierce encounter between rival groups in the Noney district of Manipur on Wednesday.   The heavy exchange of fire broke out early in the morning between the two rival...