Shillong (Meghalaya), June 8: NPP leader James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma filed his nomination for Meghalaya’s Rajya Sabha seat on Monday, backed by the full strength of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance.   Sangma submitted his papers before Assembly Secretary Malthus S. Sangma in Shillong, flanked by...

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 7: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Northeast India on Sunday late evening, with tremors also felt across Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and China.   The quake struck at around 11:06 pm IST, with the strongest shaking reported from Punakha in Bhutan....

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 6: Meghalaya shifted from host to agenda-setter at the 73rd North Eastern Council Plenary on June 4, with Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma pushing a roadmap for collective tourism growth and regional cooperation.   Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the session...

New Delhi, June 6: Thousands of people, mostly youth, gathered at Jantar Mantar on Saturday for a mega protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party, pressing five demands led by the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leak.  ...

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 5: The High Court of Meghalaya has quashed an order that barred Smti Ambiya Begum from contesting the Sobribari Village Employment Council election, after the State said it had no objection to her candidature.   A bench of Chief Justice Revati Mohite...