Shillong, India News

Authorities Saturday gave the all-clear signal and calmed the panic in Meghalaya after clinical tests on dead pigeons proved negative for bird flu, a veterinary official said Saturday.

Shillong, Feb. 10: The Meghalaya government is planning to carry out a detailed survey of Umkhen river in Ri Bhoi district to explore the possibility of generating power.

Social welfare minister J.A. Lyngdoh lights the inaugural lamp of the conference in Shillong on Tuesday.

Shillong: To improve policing in this northeastern state, Meghalaya government Monday said it is constituting a 'Police Accountability Commission' aimed at improving work culture and discipline of the force.

SHILLONG: The two Meghalaya government engineers who were held hostage by Garo National Liberation Army terrorists describe their 11 days in captivity as "fearful", but say they were treated well.

Thousands of people climbed the sacred U Lum Sohpetbneng mountain here Sunday as part of an indigenous tribal pilgrimage to the 'navel of heaven'. U Lum Sohpetbneng, popularly known as 'umbilical heavenly peak', is situated by the scenic Umiam Lake , 17 km north of state capital Shillong.

As Asia's influence in the world economy grows, the youngest Indian Institute of Management - IIM Shillong - plans to teach a lesson or two on how the Chinese, boasting of the biggest economic powerhouses in the region, do business.

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Meghalaya has launched various schemes for improving power supplies, including implementing the Rajiv Gandhi rural electrification programme in the three insurgency-affected districts of Garo Hills in western part of the state, an official said.

The General Council has approved the creation of a new Province in India. From the division of the Guwahati Province dedicated to "Mary Help of Christians" and canonically erected in 1959, that of Silchar has come into existence and will begin officially on 24 May.

Shillong, Jan 27: Two Meghalaya government engineers kidnapped three days ago by the Garo National Liberation Army rebels remained untraced Friday even as the outfit's military wing chief Sohan D. Shira gave the slip to the police, an official said.

Shillong, Jan 25 : Heavily-armed Garo National Liberation Army rebels abducted three Meghalaya government engineers at gunpoint in the state's West Garo Hills district, but one of them was later released unharmed, police said Wednesday.

Shillong, Jan. 22: Bollywood is finally back in the Northeast. But this time the crew from Mumbai will also include artistes and technicians from the region.

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Shillong, Jan. 16: The Indian Science Congress Association Young Scientist Award 2011-12 was conferred on a Shillong scholar by former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Shillong, Jan. 16: Power-starved Meghalaya is doing all it can to exploit the hydel power generation capacity of the state, with the government identifying as many as 75 projects which can be developed.

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