The Solicitor General had told the bench that several members of the National Disaster Response Force were working at the site and instead of the army, the government has sent navy personnel there as the mine was submerged in water.
The Donkupar Roy-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance government on Tuesday survived a trust vote with Speaker B M Lanong voting in its favour in the Meghalaya assembly. The Speaker cast his vote when there was a tie in the 60-member House. Four of the five legislators, who were suspended by the Speaker and barred from attending the house, were present and cast their votes. The Speaker announced that their votes were invalid as they had been suspended.
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Saturday met representatives from various NGOs in Meghalaya, in an attempt to acquire their consent for uranium mining in the state.In view of the opposition to uranium mining by various NGOs and at least two political parties the Hill State People's Democratic Party and Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement the state government had earlier constituted two expert committees to study the possible impact of mining.
However, the National Disaster Response Force, which has been engaged in the rescue operation since the day of the tragedy on December 13 last, will continue with their services.
Meghalaya police on Wednesday handed over the body of 25-year-old Christina Reed, a tourist in India from the United Kingdom, to her father Scot Robert Reed. Reed was swept away while she was swimming in Umkynsan River at Sohra (Cherrapunjee) along with her two companions on Saturday.
Pranati Deka had entered the country from Bangladesh by crossing the Brahmaputra River in a boat and was travelling to Mankachar in Dhubri district (in Assam) when she was nabbed along with her accomplice.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to provide information about the numbers and names reiterated by the apex court Collegium for appointment as judges in higher judiciary with reasons why they were not considered so far and at what level they were pending.
The two are Executive Engineer of State Public Works Department Jatrindra Bhattacharjee and Deputy Inspector of Schools P K Hajong.
The Left Front retained its bastion Tripura while the Naga People's Front in Nagaland and Congress in Meghalaya are set to return to power in the northeast states where counting of votes was taken up on Thursday.
Nearly 100 Raj Bhavan staff petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking their intervention to remove the Governor and restore the dignity of Raj Bhavan.
The fate of seven people, including a custom inspector abducted by militants on February 28 is still not known.
The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012, passed by Rajya Sabha, will pave way for creation of High Courts in the three north-eastern states by amending the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
Just a day after claiming that the Assam government did not do enough to contain the ethnic strife between the Rabhas and Garo tribes in areas bordering Assam, Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma said that both the states governments are trying their best to ensure peace and normalcy. The ethnic strife that began on January 1 between Rabhas of Assam and Garos of Meghalaya has killed eight people and displaced more than 10,000 people on both sides of the state.
Militants on Friday shot dead two BSF personnel at a remote border outpost along Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya's South West Khasi Hills district.
At least 52 percent -- 813 out of 1,563 candidates -- appeared for the retest on Sunday, said NTA.
The HNLC, which was formed in 1992, has been involved in bloody conflict with police and security forces in pursuant of their demand for a 'sovereign homeland' for Khasi tribe, one of the three major tribal groups in Meghalaya.
According to an official release, the voting percentage is likely to go up when reports from all polling stations are obtained, as polling was scheduled until 6 pm in many constituencies.
In the first incident, police said two HNLC ultras were killed in an encounter with the Special Operation Team at Umkiang village in Jaintia Hills district, bordering Bangladesh on Thursday night. In another incident, police arrested five Liberation A'chik Elite Front militants, including two of their sympathisers, during the combing operation at Rongkhukre village, West Khasi Hills district.
Tanush Kotian's five-wicket haul helped Mumbai bounce back as the visitors bowled out Baroda for 185 in their second innings.
You won't regret planning your next trip to this hilly north-eastern state.
Sonia Gandhi is still to reach a decision on the matter.
The Congress on Monday expressed unhappiness over the arrangement of four leaders enjoying the rank and status of chief minister in Meghalaya, dubbing it as 'relatively unusual', but defended the move citing political instability in the state. At a media briefing, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi also clarified that there is only one chief minister in Meghalaya. The others have been given same perks and security as the CM, but not the same decision-making power, he clarified.
At least 31 people were killed and 27 critically injured when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district in the early hours on Wednesday.
At least 22 people were killed and several others critically injured when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
A three-day hours bandh called by a tribal militant group called Garo National Liberation Army from Monday threw normal life out of gear in the three districts of Garo hills areas in Meghalaya on the first day though there was no report of any untoward incident.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday
Crisis gripped a politically-volatile Meghalaya on Wednesday with the Nationalist Congress Party led-Meghalaya Progressive Alliance losing majority after withdrawal of support by a senior minister, while the Opposition Congress stated it was being 'contacted from all sides'.
Meghalaya Board SSLC, HSSLC Exam Results on SMS
The depth of water from the surface till the bottom of the pit is expected to be over 150 feet, Navy officials said.
Close to half of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats are bracing for multi-cornered fight this time, making the contest way more interesting and intense than it was in the 2019 elections.
The beheaded body of a teenage girl with her arms chopped off was recovered from a jungle near Songsak road in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, police said on Monday.
Though the Meghalaya police have carried out many operations in recent times to bust such illegal arms manufacturing units, it has failed to stem the menace. The police have destroyed many such small arms factories in various parts of Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram in East Khasi Hills district of the hill state in recent past. But the factories again come up once the police lower their guard.
With frequent fashion events and more fashion houses opening in the North East, the industry has begun to flourish in Meghalaya.
One kilogram of enriched uranium, suspected to have been stolen from a government facility in Meghalaya has been seized from three men who tried to sell it, police sources said Wednesday.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Though seven opportunities have been granted to the states, it appears that full compliance has not been affected and several states are in default, it said.
On May 15, the weather office had announced the onset of monsoon over Kerala by May 31.
