Shillong, India News

Former speaker of Indian parliament Purno A Sangma said he would arrange a tour for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the north-eastern state of Meghalaya during her official visit to India next month.

Guwahati: Veteran journalist Naresh Chandra Rajkhowa, who broke the news about the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet through Tawang in March 1959 and his seeking asylum in India, passed away at his Chandmari residence here on Monday.

Shillong, Nov 21 : The hospitality sites here are violating the anti-smoking law even after more than one year of its enforcement.

Shillong: Enthusiasts turned up in large numbers to get a taste of exclusive varieties of homemade wines during the two-day long sixth wine festival held here.

Shillong, Nov 18: Mild tremors were felt in several parts of northeast India late Tuesday, met officials said here Wednesday.

It is with some pomp and ceremony that VTLS Software Limited in India celebrates its 25th customer in the year that VTLS Inc.

Shillong, Nov 16 : Bangladesh Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs Promode Mankin's visit to India has raised a 'protocol' controversy.

Shillong: Angling, which is practiced as a recreational activity, has now become a major sporting event in Meghalaya with thousands of people participating in a angling competition held in the State recently.

The state Public Work Department Minister Martin M Danggo was also present at the foundation laying ceremony.Danggo said that the bridge will help in bridging the gap with Bangladesh.

Oil exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corp Saturday said it has stumbled upon a reserve of uranium while carrying out exploration work in an oilfield in Assam.

Shillong, No 12 : The Department of North Eastern Region has agreed to assist Meghalaya in creating a special technical cell to prepare a detailed project report .

A Church that is alive and vital, growing and enthusiastically dedicated to the work of peace and to the mission among the tribal communities of Northeast India: this is the face of the Church in Shillong , which celebrates in 2009 its "Platinum Jubilee, 75 years since the founding of the Archdiocese, on 15 December 1934.

In slightly over a year since the inception of the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management in July 2008, nearly half the 13-strong faculty have left following differences with the institute's Director Ashoke Dutta.

Shillong, Nov 3 : Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang has decided to constitute a task force to attract Bollywood to the state.

India is in a period of rapid economic growth and there is no doubt that in near future, if everyone puts their act together, India will become a developed country, the Prime Minister's Principal Scientific Adviser R. Chidambaram said here.

Fifty years ago, Auja Lama was among the thousands who received the Dalai Lama as he reached the frontier Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh while fleeing Chinese suppression.

To tackle guerrilla groups operating in India's northeast more effectively, a Regional Cooperation Mechanism would soon be set up under which the police of the eight states, the central paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies would work in close coordination, a senior official said here Wednesday.

Sunderlal Bahuguna during the news conference in Guwahati on Monday. Guwahati, Nov.

Shillong, Oct 27 : In the wake of the ongoing anti-uranium protest, the Meghalaya police today said that nobody would be allowed to take law into his hand.

By D. Henpilen, Shillong, Oct.31 : Reverend David Jamir of Shillong, who lives by the motto: "One will always be successful in the things that obsess him or her", is a contemporary musician in Meghalaya.