Meghalaya

2-day total lockdown in Shillong from Monday

8:46 pm July 11, 2020

Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Saturday announced a two-day total lockdown in capital Shillong from Monday after the state reported the highest single-day spike of 97 COVID-19 cases. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that the decision was taken to contain the spread of COVID-19, besides ensuring behavioural changes among citizens to follow coronavirus-related guidelines. “The government has decided to observe […]

Odisha prepares for possible rain-triggered flash floods

Assam flood situation worsens, 3.4 lakh affected in 14 districts

9:08 pm July 10, 2020

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Friday as vast areas of two more districts were inundated, affecting 1.70 lakh more people, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in a report. It said 3,41,837 people of 32 revenue circles of 14 districts are now affected by the deluge. The two new districts where floodwaters entered since […]

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

5 more BSF staffers test COVID-19 positive in Mizoram

8:17 pm July 6, 2020

Aizawl: Five more Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Mizoram tested positive for coronavirus infection, taking the state’s COVID-19 tally to 191, a state health department official said on Monday. The five persons – four jawans and a cook are posted at the BSF camp in Vanhne in south Mizoram’s Lunglei district. The four jawans recently returned to the state from Kerala, Madhya […]

Medium intensity quake hits northeastern states

8:48 pm June 21, 2020

Shillong: A medium intensity earthquake rocked Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and the other northeastern states on Sunday, the Regional Seismic Centre here said. The 5.1 magnitude quake hit at around 4:15 pm and was tracked at a depth of 35 km from the earth’s surface at a place near Aizawl in Mizoram, an official at the […]

Shops and business establishments open in Meghalaya

11:18 pm June 3, 2020

Shillong: Shops and business establishments opened in Meghalaya on Wednesday after more than two months as the lockdown relaxations came into effect. Taxis and buses also started plying with 50 per cent capacity and private vehicles based on the odd-even formula. “All kinds of business houses and shops, except for barber shops and beauty parlours, […]