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Inclusion of Khasi, Garo in 8th schedule will be message of...

SHILLONG: Appealing for the inclusion of Khasi and Garo languages in the 8th schedule of the Constitution, Meghalaya...

14 Sept 2022 6:47 PM IST

After the local rescue operation not being able to make any headway, the Meghalaya government has sought help from the Indian Navy. (India Today)

Miners trapped for 12 days in Meghalaya, state government calls Navy...

A dynamite explosion in Sutnga Elaka in the East Jaintia Hills District led to at least five miners being trapped inside...

14 Jun 2021 9:01 AM IST

The rescuers recovered three helmets, which are suspected to be of the miners. (Photo: ANI)

Meghalaya mine tragedy: Skeleton of another trapped miner found

At least 15 miners were trapped after water from the nearby river gushed into the illegal rat-hole mine in a village in...

25 Feb 2019 9:12 AM IST

Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar near his residence in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

On 5th day, CBI releases Rajeev Kumar after 3 hrs of grilling on ponzi...

Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to return to Kolkata after CBI interrogation in Shillong.

13 Feb 2019 12:27 PM IST

Sarasani Satyam Reddy, Supreme Court lawyer said that not only in cases of ill-treatment, but even otherwise, parents can take back the property they have given their children by invoking the civil law.

SC to hear PIL on rescue efforts for trapped miners in Meghalaya...

A bench headed by Supreme Court Justice AK Sikri on Monday said that 'it seems to be certain that nobody is alive'.

4 Feb 2019 3:19 PM IST

Navy personnel conduct rescue task at the site of the coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, Monday. (Photo: AP)

Month after mishap, NGT asks Meghalaya police to crack whip on illegal...

NGT had imposed blanket ban on coal mining, transportation in Meghalaya in 2014, citing unscientific ways and absence of...

13 Jan 2019 12:29 PM IST

Navy personnel conduct a rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

28 lakh litres pumped out of Meghalaya mine, still no change in water...

There has been no significant drop in water level in these mines, leaving rescuers clueless where and how to look for...

10 Jan 2019 8:38 PM IST

Unidentified men attacked the front portion of the office partially damaging it. The incident was reported around midnight last night, BJP state president Shibun Lyngdoh said. (Photo: Twitter | @shibun_lyngdoh)

Molotov cocktail attack on Shillong BJP office

This happened a day before the North East Bandh called by North East Students Organisation against amendment of...

7 Jan 2019 4:58 PM IST

Navy personnel conduct a rescue task at the site of a coal mine collapse at Ksan, in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Pumps idle, little progress in Meghalaya miners' rescue

Only 3 out of 13 high-powered pumps that were brought to site could be installed and used so far,' said operation...

4 Jan 2019 5:44 PM IST

The operation to rescue them entered the 22nd day on Thursday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Meghalaya tragedy: Pumps fail to yield results; water level remains...

Spokesperson said divers would resume ops once water level at main shaft decreases to about 100 feet from its current...

3 Jan 2019 3:37 PM IST

The rat-hole mine, located on top of a hillock fully covered with trees in East Jaintia Hills district, had got flooded when water from the nearby Lytein river gushed into it, trapping the miners. (Photo: ANI)

Meghalaya mine disaster: Navy, NDRF divers to go down to measure...

The exercise is to find out if abandoned mine is connected with 370-foot-deep mine in which 15 miners are trapped.

2 Jan 2019 5:21 PM IST

Meghalaya High Court Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen

Nothing against secularism: Meghalaya HC judge Sudip Ranjan Sen

Says he wasn't influenced by any political ideology or party.

16 Dec 2018 12:50 AM IST