Meghalaya experienced its warmest year since records began in 1901, with the state’s average annual temperature reaching 20.77 degrees Celsius in 2025, according to a climate assessment released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The report, titled Statement on Climate for Meghalaya: 2025, was prepared by the IMD’s Climate Research and Services division in Pune…
Authorities in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district reopened the lower terminal site of the proposed Shillong Ropeway project after removing locks that had been placed by the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) over alleged licensing violations. A team of magistrates, accompanied by police personnel, arrived at the Madan Laban project site and removed the…
Meghalaya is taking steps to develop its traditional arts, crafts and indigenous cultural practices into new tourism attractions, with the State government identifying 11 villages as living heritage centres to promote cultural preservation and create sustainable livelihood opportunities. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said the initiative was part of the government’s broader strategy to expand…
The annual Nongkrem dance, also known as Ka Pomblang Syiem, was performed with traditional fervour at Smit on Monday, drawing large crowds to the traditional palace of the Syiem of Hima Khyriem. Altogether 237 unmarried Khasi women and 224 men participated in the traditional dances at the courtyard of the Iing Sad. Adorned in traditional…
The East Jaintia Hills Police have dismissed as false a media report claiming that five people were killed in an explosion at an illegal coal mine in Thangsko around two weeks ago. Superintendent of Police (SP) Shailendra Bamaniya said an extensive verification exercise was conducted after the report appeared in an English daily on Friday….
Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People’s Party (NPP) national president Conrad K Sangma formally inducted former United Democratic Party (UDP) legislators Paul Lyngdoh and Renikton L Tongkhar into the ruling party at a ceremony at its state party office on Wednesday.Mookaiaw MLA Nujorki Sungoh, the third former UDP legislator to join the NPP, could not…
The Meghalaya AIDS Control Society, in collaboration with the National AIDS Control Organisation, on Thursday organised a 10-kilometre Red Run in Shillong to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS and promote the importance of prevention and early testing. The 10-kilometre Run started from the premises of the State Convention Centre in Shillong. The initiative aimed to raise…
Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday released the second and the final instalment of the Umbrella Post-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students for the Academic Year 2025-26 at a programme held at St Anthony’s College in Shillong. The PG Block Biotechnology Department and Bio-Informatics Lab, renovated amenities of the college campus &…
Meghalaya’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has detected two foreigners in Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills district, whose names have been removed from the electoral roll, while 406 duplicate voter entries have also been identified across the state. Chief Electoral Officer B.D.R. Tiwari on Monday said 2,641 electors had been found ineligible…
The Meghalaya High Court has observed that keeping foreign nationals in custody for years after they have completed their prison sentences may amount to dereliction of duty by the authorities. The court stressed that the constitutional right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 extends to foreign nationals as well. A division bench comprising…
