Meghalaya

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Mobile internet services resume in Meghalaya

12:36 pm December 21, 2019

Shillong: Mobile internet services have resumed in Meghalaya, eight days after they were snapped in the wake of violent protests over the new citizenship law, officials said on Saturday. The ban on mobile internet and mass messaging services, imposed on December 12, was lifted at around 7 pm on Friday due to improvement in law […]

Linking Citizenship bill with NRC most unfortunate

Protestors, police clash outside Meghalaya Raj Bhavan

10:40 pm December 13, 2019

Shillong: A rally on Friday demanding the Meghalaya governor’s nod to a proposed ordinance seeking mandatory registration of outsiders entering the state turned ugly as the agitators clashed with the police in front of the Raj Bhavan which left 25 injured. The rally, sponsored by the Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organisations (COMSO), an umbrella organisation […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

Amit Shah’s visit to Meghalaya, Arunachal cancelled

7:23 pm December 13, 2019

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his visit to two Northeastern states — Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh — on Sunday and Monday next, officials said. The cancellation comes amidst widespread protests in Assam and Meghalaya against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The home minister’s visit to the Northeast has been cancelled, a […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

CAB set to be tabled in Parliament next week; non-Muslim refugees from Pak, B’desh, Afghanistan to get citizenship

7:14 pm December 6, 2019

New Delhi: Members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who come from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan facing persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship when the proposed amendments to the six-decade-old Citizenship Act come into effect. According to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was distributed […]

PM congratulates Agatha Sangma on her wedding

6:39 pm November 21, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated former union minister and Lok Sabha member Agatha Sangma on her wedding. He said former Lok Sabha speaker, late P A Sangma, would have been delighted at the marriage of his daughter. “Congratulations to Agatha and Patrick. Best wishes to the newly-weds. Congratulations also to your […]