Meghalaya
State in north-eastern India
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Meghalaya is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills on 21 January 1972. Meghalaya was previously part of Assam, but on 21 January 1972, the districts of Khasi, Garo and Jaintia Hills became the new state of Meghalaya. The population of Meghalaya as of 2014 is estimated to be 3,211,474. Meghalaya covers an area of approximately 22,430 square kilometres, with a length-to-breadth ratio of about 3:1.
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Assam-Meghalaya Border Dispute: Internet to remain suspended for an additional 48 hoursSocial media sites like Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others have the potential to severely disrupt law and order: State police.DNA - Published | |
CBI to probe Assam-Meghalaya border clash, attacked customs officer fighting for lifeThe CBI will probe the November 22 clash on the Assam-Meghalaya border in which six people were killed, five of them in firing by Assam Police, the home ministry announced on Friday amid a continuing..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Assam-Meghalaya border clash: Tensions high in Jaintia Hills, only state-registered vehicles allowedWest Jaintia Hills was the scene of a gunfight on November 22, in which five Meghalayans and an Assam Forest Guard man were killed.DNA - Published | |
Will ‘CBI probe’ assurance help ease Assam-Meghalaya border tension?Soon, a mob of villagers from the Meghalaya side armed with machetes surrounded the forest guards and the police personnel demanding immediate release of those nabbed and allegedly attacked them. This..IndiaTimes - Published | |
3.4 magnitude earthquake hits Meghalaya's TuraThursday morning, people reported feeling tremors from an earthquake in Meghalaya.DNA - Published | |
Assam-Meghalaya border firing: Meghalaya to demand central agency probe after 5 civilians killedThe Assam government refuted Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma's claim that Assam police had entered Meghalaya and resorted to firing.DNA - Published | |
5 Meghalaya villagers killed in border firing by Assam copsIndiaTimes - Published | |
4 killed in police shootout near Assam-Meghalaya border; internet suspended for 48 hoursInternet in several areas of Meghalaya has been suspended for 48 hours after a police shootout left four people dead and several injured.DNA - Published | |
Northeast Diary: Is Meghalaya trying to legalise rat-hole coal mining?IndiaTimes - Published | |
Masked miscreants at Meghalaya job rally attack onlookers, vandalise police vehiclesIndiaTimes - Published | |
4 NE states put on red alert for cyclone SitrangA red alert was sounded across Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday in view of the impending Cyclone Sitrang. It is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, the IMD said.IndiaTimes - Published | IMD weather update: Orange alert issued in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, heavy rain warning in 25 Indian statesIn Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, light to moderate rain and thundershower warnings have been issued.DNA - Published |
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Meghalaya mob lynches 4 of 6 men who fled prisonIndiaTimes - Published | BJP to soon decide on continuing support to Meghalaya's MDA govtBJP's Meghalaya in charge M Chuba Ao said the party will soon take a call on whether to continue its support to the NPP-led MDA government in the state or not, amid corruption charges against the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Covid booster coverage lowest in two NE states and JharkhandMeghalaya, Nagaland and Jharkhand have the lowest coverage of precautionary/booster dose of Covid vaccine in the '18 years and above' age group, according to health ministry data. Till August 30,..IndiaTimes - Published | Two Bangladeshi nationals arrested in MeghalayaIndiaTimes - Published |
Assam, Meghalaya resolve to settle border disputes at remaining six sitesThe Assam and Meghalaya governments on Sunday resolved to settle disputes in the remaining six of the 12 disputed areas along the inter-state border. Meghalaya claims them to be located in three of its..IndiaTimes - Published | Assam, Meghalaya to set up regional committees to resolve border disputesIndiaTimes - Published |
Meghalaya-Assam border dispute: Chief Ministers to meet on SundayIndiaTimes - Published | Anti-aircraft ammunition among huge cache of arms and explosives recovered in Meghalaya's East Garo HillsIndiaTimes - Published |
SC agrees to examine NE states’ plea for pan India lotteryAppearing for Meghalaya, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi told a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana that the hilly north-eastern states are small in size and a major chunk of their revenue used to..IndiaTimes - Published | Meghalaya BJP leader Bernard N Marak accused of running brothel arrested in UPIndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA |
Accused of running brothel, Meghalaya BJP VP Bernard says 'CM Sangma directed police to gun me down'Bernard Marak was the former chairman of a disbanded militant group and had more than 25 criminal cases against him since the early 2000s.DNA - Published | 'Agnipath scheme is against future jawans': Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal MalikSatya Pal Malik, also former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, asked the government to "reconsider" the new policy.DNA - Published |
IMD issues alert, predicts extremely heavy rainfall in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal PradeshExtremely heavy rainfall is predicted over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya over the next few days.DNA - Published | Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border dispute to be settled this year, says HM Amit ShahAssam and Meghalaya had decided to end their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 contested locations that often raised tensions.DNA - Published |
With 4 more deaths, northeast floods, landslides take 29 lives in 9 dayst least 29 people have lost their lives to nature’s fury in nine days in three northeastern states — Assam, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh — which have been reeling under severe floods and..IndiaTimes - Published | More rain for North East states reeling under floods, landslidesThe IMD on Monday warned of light to moderate rainfall at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall and isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Assam-Meghalaya on Wednesday, as well as..IndiaTimes - Published |
IMD rainfall alert: 21 states, UTs to see wet spells in next 5 days, check listThe strongest bouts of wet spells will be seen in the south in Kerala and in the northeast in Meghalaya and flood-hit Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.DNA - Published | Meghalaya ruling coalition discusses border pact with AssamIndiaTimes - Published |
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PM: Meghalaya border deal to spur othersIndiaTimes - Published | Blow for Assam Congress as ex-chief joins TMCCongress in Assam suffered a setback on Sunday when its former PCC president, minister and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora joined Trinamool Congress in Kolkata, hours after sending a two-page resignation to..IndiaTimes - Published |
Weather update: No respite from heatwave in north including Delhi, rains predicted in Assam-Arunachal PradeshDuring the next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rain may occur in some parts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.DNA - Published | Cyclonic storm damages over 1000 houses in MeghalayaAll line departments were deployed for clearance and restoration works in the affected villages.DNA - Published |
Assam CM Sarma blames Cong for Assam-Meghalaya conflict over borderHome minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday the Assam-Meghalaya accord has ended the dispute in about 70% of the inter-state border areas and differences in the remaining six places will be resolved soon...IndiaTimes - Published | Border pact: People will get to pick state of choiceThe partial resolution of the five-decade-old Assam-Meghalaya border dispute on Tuesday was the culmination of a unique exercise that gave people living in the six disputed areas with dual voter cards..IndiaTimes - Published |
Assam, Meghalaya sign pact to end 50-yr disputeAssam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma signed an agreement in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday, settling six of the 12 areas of..IndiaTimes - Published | Assam, Meghalaya sign historic agreement to settle 50-year-old border disputeThe governments of Assam and Meghalaya had come up with draft resolution to resolve their border disputes in six of the 12 "areas of difference".DNA - Published |
'Historic day': Assam, Meghalaya sign pact to resolve border dispute in 6 areasIndiaTimes - Published | IMD predicts heatwave in THESE states for next 5 daysIn a sharp contrast, IMD predicted that it may rain in North East states, including Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh for the next five days.DNA - Published |
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All 5 Congress MLAs join BJP-backed govt in MeghalayaIndiaTimes - Published | These 8 states to receive rainfall over next 5 days, IMD issues warningNortheastern states like Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura are also to witness dense fog and low visibility over the next 24 hours.DNA - Published |
