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Shillong, Nov 7: Accusing the government of breaking its written assurance on dearness allowance, deficit school teachers on Saturday resolved to intensify their agitation over provident fund, pension and DA. The decision was taken at the annual general meeting of the Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA), attended by serving and retired teachers and [] The post Govt broke DA promise: Deficit teachers to intensify stir first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 7: Midday meal cooks in Eastern West Khasi Hills have demanded a ten-fold hike in their monthly honorarium, from Rs 900 to Rs 9,000, saying the present amount is not enough to survive. The demand was raised at a meeting of the Union of Cook-Cum-Helpers PM POSHAN, Eastern West Khasi Hills District, held [] The post Midday meal cooks demand ten-fold hike in honorarium first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 7: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday held a CM Connect programme at Amjong village, Mawhati, to listen to concerns of the Lalung area. Representatives of the Lalung (Tiwa) community raised the long-pending demand for recognition of tribal status and pointed out that the community is still recorded as unidentified in the [] The post CM listens to peoples grievances at Amjong first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 7: A skill development workshop on Quality Seed Production Technology: Sowing the Future was organised by the ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, on November 5. The workshop aimed to create awareness and enhance the technical knowledge and skills of farmers, rural youth, extension personnel and other stakeholders in quality seed production [] The post ICAR workshop stresses quality seeds for higher yield, better income first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 7: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organised the Pa Togan Sangma Best Student Award 2026 on Saturday at Tura Town Bengali Higher Secondary School, Tura. More than 300 delegates, including professors, teachers, students and well-wishers, attended the programme. A total of 40 meritorious students from the SSLC and HSSLC examinations were felicitated [] The post 40 toppers felicitated at Pa Togan Sangma Best Student Award first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 7: Shillong Lajong snatched a stoppage time winner to beat Sanmer in the first match of Group B in the SSA Champions Cup 2026 at the SSA Stadium here today. Later, Sohryngkham performed excellently to blank Mawkhar 2-0, also in Group B thanks to Damanglangki Makdoh (18) and Macheaveen Nongbri (57). After a [] The post SSA Champions Cup 2026: Lajong pip Sanmer, Sohryngkham blank Mawkhar first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: The standoff between the state government and the Joint Action Committee (JAC) formed to oppose the Shillong Peak Ropeway project is showing no signs of ending, with both sides sticking to their positions. After yesterdays assertion by the Meghalaya government that it will press on with the project, today the JAC held [] The post JAC adamantly refuse to budge on Ropeway first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: In a sharp political counter to Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh, KHADC Opposition Leader and UDP general secretary Titosstarwell Chyne on Friday said if a leader can jump party, a project can also be shifted. Chyne was reacting to Lyngdohs assertion that the Shillong ropeway project cannot be shifted despite stiff opposition in [] The post If you can jump party, Shillong Ropeway can shift: Chyne to Lyngdoh first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: UDP general secretary Titosstarwell Chyne on Friday said the Tenth Schedule is not yet a complete system to stop defection, and an MLA who wants to leave a party should first resign. Chyne was reacting to the exodus of 11 UDP legislators, 8 to BJP and 3 to NPP. He said those [] The post Quit party, first resign: UDP demands tougher Anti-Defection Law first appeared on Highland Post .

New Delhi, Nov 6: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking guidelines to prevent individuals facing serious criminal charges from being appointed as ministers or allocated Cabinet portfolios. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, while dismissing the plea, said constitutional morality was not [] The post SC rejects plea for guidelines on appointment of ministers facing criminal charges first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: Casual workers of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) have urged the corporation to reconsider its decision to deploy casual employees engaged for 30 and 89 days through a manpower agency. In a statement, the workers said they were appointed as casual employees in the Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited (MePDCL) for [] The post MeECL casual workers oppose move to agency deployment first appeared on Highland Post .

It was an election half a world away but it may very well have huge implications for all of us here in India. The Democratic Party swept aside Donald Trumps Republicans in a variety of races all across the USA, which should signal a big change in the remaining two years of this President while [] The post What US midterm results mean for us first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: The Meghalaya Cricket Association Honorary Secretary Rayonald Kharkamni lost the latest chapter in his fight against MCA President James PK Sangma after the associations Ombudsman Justice (retd) BD Agarwal decided that Kharkamnis suspension should continue for the rest of this Apex Councils term, that is until December 2028. The decision came exactly [] The post MCA Ombudsman suspends Rayonald Kharkamni as Hony Secy to Dec 2028 first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: Renowned activist and image-maker Tarun Bhartiyas exhibition Em No Nahi has come home to Shillong. First shown at the National Photography Festival 2025 at Navjivan Trust, Ahmedabad in January 2025, the exhibition is now on display at the Williamson Sangma State Museum Gallery, IGP, and will run till January-February 2027. The exhibition [] The post Em No Nahi comes home to Shillong first appeared on Highland Post .

Shillong, Nov 6: The Shillong Science Centre organised a two-day night sky observation programme on November 4 and 5 at Myrkhan village, Upper Shillong. Students learnt astronomy through hands-on activities, identification of constellations and demonstrations on the use and working of telescopes. Under the guidance of the Science Centre and resource person Rahul Chatterjee, they [] The post Students explore night sky at Myrkhan first appeared on Highland Post .