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By Hrishikesh Raychaudhuri There is an uncomfortable question at the heart of every debate on tourism: who is entitled to travel? Is a tourist welcome merely because he arrives in a comfortable SUV, stays in an expensive resort, eats at high-end restaurants and leaves behind a sizable bill? Or is the modest family that arrives [] The post The Price of Paradise: Who Gets to Visit Meghalaya? first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Aug 31: Police have arrested one person in a house theft at Riatsohkhlur, Upper Shillong and recovered part of the stolen gold. FIR was lodged on August 30 regarding theft of gold ornaments, Redmi Note-10 phone and Rs 10,000 cash. The incident was captured on CCTV. Police traced and apprehended Evertumshine Eawphian (24) from [] The post One held for theft, gold recovered first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Aug 30: Meghalayas four power utilities have nearly halved their operating losses in a year and achieved 100 percent collection efficiency. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India data shows combined loss came down to Rs 209 crore in 2022-23 from Rs 387 crore in 2021-22. Return on capital employed improved to minus 5.8 [] The post Power utilities halve operating losses first appeared on Highland Post .

Kathmandu, Aug 29:The images of a mud-covered elderly woman being carried to safety in the scoop of a digger have come to symbolise extraordinary accounts of survival in Nepals devastating flash floods. The woman, 97-year-old Guna Maya Bohara, was pulled alive from the rubble of her care home after a four-hour rescue operation. Her doctors [] The post Swept away, buried and stranded: Nepal flood survivors recall desperate escapes first appeared on Highland Post .