Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "CAG faults city’s waste processing" appearing in the Shillong Times dated 16.09.2024 dated 24/03/2025. Reply affidavit dated March 21, 2025 has been filed by the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills district, Shillong. The affidavit stated that two …
Following outbreak of Swine flu in parts of the world, officials from the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AH&V;) department in Meghalaya have been directed to report about any cases of the disease to their respective Disease Investigaton Officers (DIOs). The AH&V; department had a meeting here this evening to chalk …
SHILLONG: A check Dam-cum-drip irrigation project, under Umthang Syiar Watershed project was inaugurated on Wednesday. The project will distribute water to all the fields in the Mawlangbna area throughout the year. The village has a population of 1512, with 303 households facing water scarcity. The agricultural activities had to be …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is awaiting medical kits from the Centre to go for a mass vaccination to combat the dreaded meningocal meningitis in four districts of the State. Although the government has been slow in complying to the suggestions of the expert committee constituted by Union Health Ministry as well as …
SHILLONG : In a move to boost tourism in Sohra, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on Monday inaugurated two major projects for tourist amenities at Nohkalikai Falls and Mawsmai cave which include kiosks, a parking lot, toilets and ticketing counters constructed at the cost of Rs 21 lakh each. The project …
SHILLONG: The Centrally sponsored midday meal (MDM) scheme for school-going children has not been implemented in Meghalaya since October 2008 because of non-release of the State's quota of rice by the Union Government. "Implementation of the MDM scheme has been disrupted since October 2008 because the Ministry of Human Resource …
New Delhi: Elephants might be a cause for serious concern for elections in Meghalaya, but the huge animal has created elephantine problem in neighbouring Assam and Sikkim for the Asom Gana Prarishad and Sikkim Sangram Praishad, quite symbolically. Renowned NGO PETA, has complained to the Election Commissions for parties like …
By Rining L Mawphlang SHILLONG: Lyngkyrdem village, about 50 km from the State capital, is grappling with a crisis that is worse than the one facing Sohra, the wettest place on earth. Inhabitants of Lyngkyrdem toil day and night for a bucket of potable water. Let alone pipe or tap …
JOWAI: Coal traders in Jaintia Hills under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising Jaintia Hills Trucks Owners' Association (JHTOA), Jaintia Social Welfare Organisation (JSWO) and Khliehriat Sub-Division Coal Miners' Association have threatened to agitate if cements companies under Lumshnong area in the district failed to accede to their …
Shillong: The Shillong Cantonment Board (SCB) and the Syiem of Mylliem will have to answer to state government for contributing to accumulated polluting garbage in Iew Mawlong- Mawlonghat in the heart of Shillong. Years of Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) endeavour to clean the biggest commercial centre in the state has …
SHILLONG: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing has reiterated that Meghalaya should never allow the Centre to mine for uranium in the State, saying the proposed uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills would cause health hazards and environmental degradation. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Mr Kharshiing said recent …
SHILLONG, April 9: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing today said that he will continue to oppose uranium mining in the State calling people to retain the State as a
Cave fauna are unique and constitute one of the important components of biodiversity. The prevalence of cave organisms (cavernicoles) is always more in wet and longer caves compared to small and dry ones. Cavernicoles continue to evolve in the habitat characterized by complete darkness, constant temperature, high humidity and low …
SHILLONG: Farmers have often been considered as the backbone of society, but in reality they are the most neglected community in the state of Meghalaya. Several facilities and programmes aimed at developing agricultural activities do not reach them and programmes and services of the government end only in paper work. …
Meningococcal meningitis SHILLONG: Meghalaya is waiting for medical kits from the Centre to go for a mass vaccination, possibly in the middle of April, to combat the dreaded meningococcal meningitis in four districts of the State. "We are waiting for arrival of medical kits from the Centre to start a …
Shillong: Over 200 polling booths, mostly in the Garo hills region in Meghalaya, have been marked 'sensitive' not because they face any law and order problem but for fear of attacks by wild elephants. Apart from Garo Hills, which is along the Indo-Bangla border, the booths are located in the …
New Delhi: The government has decided to vaccinate the entire population living in the meningococcal meningitis affected areas of Meghalaya and Tripura. This will be the first time that government will undertake such a drive to combat a meningitis outbreak. WHO is procuring 3.5 lakh doses of the vaccine to …
JOWAI: With a view to protect aquatic life in the Myntang river within the area of Mooshrot village and its surroundings in Jaintia Hills, the District Magistrate, Sanjay Goyal has under section 144 CrPC prohibited the undertaking of any kind of activities which may endanger aquatic life by way of …
Nongstoin: The District Magistrate, West Khasi Hills District, Nongstoin in exercise of power conferred under section 144 Cr PC has prohibited the usage of explosives and toxic chemicals or other harmful substances for killing of fishes and other aquatic life in streams, rivulet as well as river within West Khasi …
