3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (163+ words) Khliehriat, Sep 10: MDCs from East Jaintia Hills on Thursday directed all coke plant owners in the district to install pollution control measures and plant trees around their factories to check black smoke. The directive was issued at a meeting held…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (464+ words) Yet another truck laden with what appears to be coal overturned on Sunday morning, this time at Mawiong on National Highway 6. The legal status of the cargo is not known. Two recovery vehicles were employed in trying to right the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (220+ words) Shillong, Sep 4: The government in connivance with the police are using various tactics to make prosecution of illegal coal cases impossible, Leader of the Opposition Dr Mukul Sangma has claimed. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Dr Sangma said that, instead of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (181+ words) Shillong, Sep 4: The Jaintia Students’ Union (JSU) on Friday claimed a breakthrough in its petition against Shree Cement, stating that the Meghalaya High Court of Meghalaya has admitted its plea and the state government has submitted an affidavit that all…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) Shillong, Sep 1: The Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday said that coal is vanishing, over Rs 428 crore in environmental funds remain blocked, not a single rat-hole mine has been closed, and accountability exists only on paper. The division bench of Justices…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (238+ words) Shillong, Aug 31: Lawyers across Meghalaya will abstain from judicial work from September 1 as the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar Association have decided to intensify their demand for the removal of Advocate General Amit Kumar. The…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (164+ words) Highland Post Ranchi, Aug 30: The Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP and RSS were conspiring to weaken tribal representation by seeking to reduce seats reserved for them in legislatures through delimitation, and vowed to oppose any such exercise based…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (262+ words) Shillong, Aug 24: The state government introduced a series of government bills on the first day of the Autumn Session of the Meghalaya Assembly, covering forest administration, money lending, public services, official languages and higher education. Sangma, who holds the Forests…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (703+ words) New Delhi, Aug 24: Former Union minister P Chidambaram on Monday strongly opposed the proposed move to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies before a joint committee of Parliament, decrying the initiative as “monstrous” and “unconstitutional.” The…...