Meghalaya Village

In a significant development, seven Bangladeshi nationals who illegally entered Indian territory were apprehended by vigilant residents of Boldamgre village of South West Garo Hills in Meghalaya on Monday.

A two-year-old boy in a remote village in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district has been diagnosed with symptoms of poliomyelitis or polio at a hospital in Assam's Goalpara, sounding an alarm over a potential return of the virus.

Four bodies were found in a remote village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Saturday, police said.

Several houses were damaged and more than 400 people affected as a storm accompanied by heavy rains lashed several villages in Meghalaya's Khasi Jaintia Hills region, officials said on Monday.

India's toughest unmotorable polling station, Nongrait, is ready for polling in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 19.

It is Christmas time in Meghalaya, a Christian majority state, as streets, homes and villages have been decked up with Christmas decorations ahead of the festive celebrations.

At least 5 persons, including 2 BSF personnel, were injured when villagers attacked a border outpost in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Sunday night, officials said.

Two soldiers of the Border Guard Bangladesh on Wednesday entered South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. The two soldiers entered Rongara area in South Garo Hills at around 4 pm on Wednesday.

Dismissing his Assam counterpart's claim, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday asserted in the assembly that Mukroh village on the disputed inter-state border is a part of the hill state.

In a development that might kindle a new controversy over interstate borders between Assam and Meghalaya, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a reply in the assembly said the disputed Mukroh village falls under the state's jurisdiction.

The district administration of West Jaintia Hills has imposed curfew in Meghalaya's Sahsniang village till further orders, following reports of post-vote counting violence on Thursday.

Authorities in poll-bound Meghalaya have seized unaccounted cash of over Rs 10 lakh in a village in East Jaintia Hills district, officials said on Sunday.

Registered voters living in villages along the disputed border with Assam can participate in the upcoming assembly elections in Meghalaya, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on Friday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday said that he does not approve of police firing on civilians, which should be resorted to only against terrorists and criminals.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has assured that his government is taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of residents in the border areas of the state

In a significant development, seven Bangladeshi nationals who illegally entered Indian territory were apprehended by vigilant residents of Boldamgre village of South West Garo Hills in Meghalaya on Monday.

A two-year-old boy in a remote village in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district has been diagnosed with symptoms of poliomyelitis or polio at a hospital in Assam's Goalpara, sounding an alarm over a potential return of the virus.

Four bodies were found in a remote village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Saturday, police said.

Several houses were damaged and more than 400 people affected as a storm accompanied by heavy rains lashed several villages in Meghalaya's Khasi Jaintia Hills region, officials said on Monday.

India's toughest unmotorable polling station, Nongrait, is ready for polling in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 19.

It is Christmas time in Meghalaya, a Christian majority state, as streets, homes and villages have been decked up with Christmas decorations ahead of the festive celebrations.

At least 5 persons, including 2 BSF personnel, were injured when villagers attacked a border outpost in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Sunday night, officials said.

Two soldiers of the Border Guard Bangladesh on Wednesday entered South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. The two soldiers entered Rongara area in South Garo Hills at around 4 pm on Wednesday.

Dismissing his Assam counterpart's claim, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday asserted in the assembly that Mukroh village on the disputed inter-state border is a part of the hill state.

In a development that might kindle a new controversy over interstate borders between Assam and Meghalaya, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a reply in the assembly said the disputed Mukroh village falls under the state's jurisdiction.

The district administration of West Jaintia Hills has imposed curfew in Meghalaya's Sahsniang village till further orders, following reports of post-vote counting violence on Thursday.

Authorities in poll-bound Meghalaya have seized unaccounted cash of over Rs 10 lakh in a village in East Jaintia Hills district, officials said on Sunday.

Registered voters living in villages along the disputed border with Assam can participate in the upcoming assembly elections in Meghalaya, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on Friday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday said that he does not approve of police firing on civilians, which should be resorted to only against terrorists and criminals.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has assured that his government is taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of residents in the border areas of the state