The Latest Breaking News from Meghalaya

Betel nut smuggling racket busted

GUWAHATI: Assam police crime branch busted a racket involved in betel nut smuggling from Myanmar via Mizoram, Meghalaya and Assam to other parts of the country, and arrested the mastermind from Guwahati on Monday.

The Times of India · Jan 31, 2022

UNESCO tag sought for living root bridges

ZSI stresses green rules for acceptance

The Hindu · Jan 21, 2022

Statehood Day: PM Modi greets people of Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura

The three States were formed on this day 50 years back in 1972 with the enactment of North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

The Hindu · Jan 21, 2022

Roadmap to settle 50-year-old border row with Meghalaya prepared: Assam CM

It requires a thorough discussion in the Assembly, say Congress and All India United Democratic Front

The Hindu · Jan 18, 2022

Daily Dose Ep 249: Anjana Om Kashyap, Iran plane crash, and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha Sharma brings you the latest updates from New Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, Meghalaya, and Iran.

Newslaundry · Jan 8, 2020

Meghalaya Police goes after Northeast Now to remove a news report and divulge sources

The Meghalaya Police has been caught on the wrong foot for trying to train its guns on the media. On August 13, it launched an attack on the media by serving a notice to Northeast Now, a Guwahati-based news portal, to remove a news report related to former state chief…

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2019

How the Citizenship Bill is reopening old wounds in the Northeast

A visit to Assam and Meghalaya by members of a Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the contentious draft Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of 2016 has brought to the fore old fractures between communities that were in the process of healing, and raised fears of fresh unrest in a region that turned towards…

Newslaundry · May 14, 2018