Shillong Violence

Petrol bombs were thrown at a police bus and jeep, setting them on fire, while a traffic police kiosk was brought down.

An anonymous letter has helped the officials in Meghalaya recover the weapons which were stolen from the police during the Independence Day chaos after violence broke out in Shillong.

Citing the law and order situation that led to a curfew in Shillong last week, the opposition Congress has decided to write to the constituents of the ruling alliance in Meghalaya and seek a change of the present leadership.

Police personnel who reportedly abandoned their weapons during yesterday's violence in Shillong have been suspended by the Meghalaya government. Those arms, still missing, were seen in a video as being carried around by some masked persons.

Petrol bombs were thrown at Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's personal residence on Sunday after violence broke out over the death of a former rebel leader resulting in a two-day curfew in Shillong.

A police case against Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim for allegedly creating communal disharmony was scrapped today by the Supreme Court, which upheld the right to free speech. The case was filed last year over her Facebook post on violence against non-tribal people in Meghalaya.

A 28-year-old man was stabbed with a broken glass bottle in Shillong, as sporadic incidents of violence were reported from across Meghalaya in the aftermath of clashes between tribal and non-tribal groups that has left three people dead, the police said today.

Curfew was on Sunday morning lifted in Shillong, as no report of violence or arson over the amended citizenship Act was reported from any part of the city, officials said.

The situation in Shillong showed signs of improvement for the second day today even as Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad asked the people to help maintain peace in the state.

Curfew continued on Tuesday in violence-hit areas in the Meghalaya capital Shillong while Internet on mobile telephones was restricted even as the situation was showing steady improvement.

Tourists visiting this picturesque hill station are at the receiving end as curfew remains in force in the entire city and parts of it are virtually under siege due to continuing clashes between two groups since Thursday.

The National Commission for Minorities will send a member to the Meghalaya capital Shillong to investigate the clashes between residents of the city's Punjabi Line area and Khasi drivers of state-run buses, the panel's chief said today

The Army has been called into Shillong after fresh violence broke out in the Meghalaya capital this evening. Cellphone internet and text messages have been switched off in the entire Khasi hills region. Sources said if that is not enough, the authorities will pull the plug on private broadband. The home ministry has sent in 11 companies of para-mil...

The Centre has approved deployment of six additional companies of paramilitary forces in Shillong, where fresh bouts of violence broke out last night, prompting police to use tear gas shells to quell a mob, a top police officer said.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has denied rumours of an attack on a Gurdwara or any Sikh institution in violence-hit Shillong which remained comparatively peaceful on Sunday with security forces relaxing curfew for seven hours in some sensitive areas.

Petrol bombs were thrown at a police bus and jeep, setting them on fire, while a traffic police kiosk was brought down.

An anonymous letter has helped the officials in Meghalaya recover the weapons which were stolen from the police during the Independence Day chaos after violence broke out in Shillong.

Citing the law and order situation that led to a curfew in Shillong last week, the opposition Congress has decided to write to the constituents of the ruling alliance in Meghalaya and seek a change of the present leadership.

Police personnel who reportedly abandoned their weapons during yesterday's violence in Shillong have been suspended by the Meghalaya government. Those arms, still missing, were seen in a video as being carried around by some masked persons.

Petrol bombs were thrown at Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's personal residence on Sunday after violence broke out over the death of a former rebel leader resulting in a two-day curfew in Shillong.

A police case against Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim for allegedly creating communal disharmony was scrapped today by the Supreme Court, which upheld the right to free speech. The case was filed last year over her Facebook post on violence against non-tribal people in Meghalaya.

A 28-year-old man was stabbed with a broken glass bottle in Shillong, as sporadic incidents of violence were reported from across Meghalaya in the aftermath of clashes between tribal and non-tribal groups that has left three people dead, the police said today.

Curfew was on Sunday morning lifted in Shillong, as no report of violence or arson over the amended citizenship Act was reported from any part of the city, officials said.

The situation in Shillong showed signs of improvement for the second day today even as Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad asked the people to help maintain peace in the state.

Curfew continued on Tuesday in violence-hit areas in the Meghalaya capital Shillong while Internet on mobile telephones was restricted even as the situation was showing steady improvement.

Tourists visiting this picturesque hill station are at the receiving end as curfew remains in force in the entire city and parts of it are virtually under siege due to continuing clashes between two groups since Thursday.

The National Commission for Minorities will send a member to the Meghalaya capital Shillong to investigate the clashes between residents of the city's Punjabi Line area and Khasi drivers of state-run buses, the panel's chief said today

The Army has been called into Shillong after fresh violence broke out in the Meghalaya capital this evening. Cellphone internet and text messages have been switched off in the entire Khasi hills region. Sources said if that is not enough, the authorities will pull the plug on private broadband. The home ministry has sent in 11 companies of para-mil...

The Centre has approved deployment of six additional companies of paramilitary forces in Shillong, where fresh bouts of violence broke out last night, prompting police to use tear gas shells to quell a mob, a top police officer said.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has denied rumours of an attack on a Gurdwara or any Sikh institution in violence-hit Shillong which remained comparatively peaceful on Sunday with security forces relaxing curfew for seven hours in some sensitive areas.