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Co-pilot, identified as Omani national, used crash axe to attack captain CAIRO, Oct 3: The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on an Israel-bound flight with an axe and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national whod been barred from flying on his countrys airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said []

Dubai, Oct 3: Five Indian nationals were rescued after a Kuwait-flagged tanker was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the Indian mission in Oman said on Saturday. In a post on X, the Indian embassy said it coordinated the rescue of the five Indians on board the MT Kazimah III, with all []

Islamabad, Oct 3: Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Indian Charge dAffaires to lodge a strong protest over the killing of two people by Indias Border Security Force (BSF) a day ago, saying they were civilians. BSF troops on Friday shot dead two suspected Pakistani intruders along the international border in Punjab, officials said. Tarn Taran []

Kyiv, Oct 3: A Russian strike damaged Kyivs Northern Bridge early Saturday, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day, in Moscows latest effort to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital. The strike came a day after Russian assaults forced the full or partial closure of three of Kyivs six road bridges over the []

Cast: Veer Pahariya, Aafiya Sayed, Aparshakti Khurana, Rakesh Bedi, Nikhil Vijay, Duration: 2h18m, Rating: 4 stars There is more to Prem Keetanu than a boy falling for a girl and another boy trying to win her over. Yes, the film has the familiar ingredients of a youthful romantic comedy crushes, awkward conversations, friendship, jealousy, []

Mlaya-Assam border dispute SHILLONG, Oct 3: The state BJP has pitched for a broader effort to address the interstate boundary issue with Assam following fresh reports of disputes in some areas despite the settlement of six areas in the first phase of the border talks. Senior BJP leader and Pynthorumkhrah MLA AL Hek said the []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: The VPP will hold a mass gathering at Polo Ground on October 10 to mobilise its supporters behind the partys candidate, Batskhem Myrboh, for the Shillong Parliamentary constituency by-election. VPP president Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit on Saturday announced that the gathering would begin at noon and called upon party supporters from across the []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: Following the allegations of illegal collection from trucks on the Shillong bypass, the Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills, on Saturday ordered the transfer and posting of 15 police personnel, including inspectors, UB Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables and UB constables, with immediate effect. The order, issued on October 1 on the recommendation of []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: Jowai South MDC Moonlight Pariat joined the BJP on Saturday, saying he would highlight the problems faced by the district councils and ensure that their concerns were conveyed to the central leadership in Delhi. He said several proposals relating to the district councils had failed to make any headway as political parties []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: The BJP is pursuing the small-scale coal miners concerns with its national leadership, senior party leader and Pynthorumkhrah MLA Alexander Laloo Hek said on Saturday, as miners seek a scientific mining framework suited to their scale of operation. The party and its leaders are pursuing this, he said, adding that the matter []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Wailadmiki Shylla urged Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya to constitute the Games Technical Conduct Committee (GTCC) for the National Games at the earliest. Following the ministers return from an exposure trip to the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, Shylla met the Union []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: State BJP has supported the amendment to the voter rules in the GHADC to restrict electoral participation in council elections to native tribal communities. Governor CH Vijayashankar recently gave his assent to the amendment to the voter rules to restrict electoral participation in council elections to native tribal communities only. Reacting to []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: Rilbongs centenary celebrations came alive with food, music and community participation as the Rilbong Food Fest brought together participants and families to celebrate the localitys 100-year journey on Saturday. Held as part of the Rilbong 100 Years celebrations (19262026), the food festival featured competitions across a range of categories, alongside music, games []

SHILLONG, Oct 3: After receiving several complaints about the condition of the Lailad-Nongmensong road, Pynthorumkhrah MLA AL Hek on Saturday said that the pending work on the road will be completed once the weather conditions become suitable for bitumen work. The legislator said he had received several complaints about the unfinished stretch and had taken []

Nongpoh, Oct 3: Two persons were injured after the two-wheeler they were riding was hit by a 407 truck along the NH-6 in Ri Bhoi district on Saturday evening. It was informed that the accident occurred at around 5 pm, following which the truck driver allegedly fled the scene. Eyewitnesses informed the police and the []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 2: An ailing infant died in his mothers arms on the way to treatment after his parents had to carry him on foot for nearly three hours from Domkyrkoh village under Rambrai C&RD Block in West Khasi Hills. The family had tried to get a vehicle during the night. Drivers []

SHILLONG, Oct 2: A local court in West Khasi Hills has sentenced a man to life imprisonment without any parole for murdering two women five years ago. The District and Sessions Judge, Nongstoin, convicted Banphrangkupar Nongbri for murdering 79-year-old Phlesis Syiem and her 25-year-old domestic help, Maitlynti Lyngdoh Marshillong, in 2021 and also imposed a []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 2: An 18-year-old working in Shillong was found dead in his rented room at Thana Road, Khyndai Lad, in the early hours of Friday. The death is being treated as a suspected suicide. The youth has been identified as Sajan Borman of Bendal/Pyndan Borsora village under Mawsynram in East Khasi []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 2: The BJP, now the second-largest partner in the MDA after eight UDP MLAs crossed over, is seeking three Cabinet berths, with talks also on for a Deputy Chief Ministers post and key portfolios, even as party spokesperson Mariahom Kharkrang said more senior leaders are expected to join in the []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 2: The State Congress on Friday dismissed the demand for changes to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act as a possible whitewash and questioned whether the NPP can be trusted on issues concerning Meghalaya and the Northeast. Congress leader Manuel Badwar said the FCRA demand, one of the issues raised by []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 2: Meghalayas revenue surplus has virtually disappeared in the first five months of the current financial year, falling to just Rs 6.39 crore by the end of August 2026, from Rs 833.27 crore during the corresponding period last year, according to the latest provisional accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor []

By Bhogtoram Mawroh Last week, I was invited by the Sauramandala Foundation to take part in a workshop organized by the Neighbourhoods of the Future (NOTF). It was quite an engaging programme, with many people sharing different aspects of what they love about the city of Shillong, its challenges, and how they envisage its future. []

By S. N. M. ABDI It has become rather easy to predict the scenario that invariably unfolds these days after a founder- centric regional political party is evicted from power in any state of the country. While the dazed founder-leader is licking his wounds after the poll debacle, the heir apparent is viciously and mercilessly []

Mumbai, Oct 1: Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty extended losses for the fourth straight session on Thursday as heavy FII selling, high bond yields and a fresh spike in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. The BSE Sensex dropped 570.59 points, or 0.79 per cent, to settle at 71,909.70. The 30-share benchmark shed []

Mumbai, Oct 1: The rupee slumped below the psychologically important 96 per dollar mark on Thursday to close at 96.25 against the US dollar, the lowest level in more than two months, on risk aversion in global markets amid surging global bond yields and selling pressure from foreign investors. Forex traders said the rupee is []

SHILLONG, Oct 1: KSU general secretary Reuben Najiar on Thursday said the union was prepared to take responsibility for the violence that erupted during the August 19 black-flag bike rally, while questioning why the police did not step in when the situation turned violent. Najiar spoke to reporters before surrendering in court after his 14-day []

SHILLONG, Oct 1: East Khasi Hills Police on Thursday suspended a head constable and three constables and transferred an officer-in-charge after videos put out by the Khasi Students Union showed personnel allegedly collecting money from trucks at Mawkhanu and Thangshalai on the National Highway. The union said drivers were being made to pay between Rs []

SHILLONG, Oct 1: The BJPs sudden rise to 10 MLAs may figure in talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Meghalaya on October 4 and 5, senior leader and Pynthorumkhrah MLA A.L. Hek indicated on Thursday, even as he left a Cabinet reshuffle to Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. Asked whether []

SHILLONG, Oct 1: President of the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association K.S. Kynjing has objected to the boycott of courts and tribunals from Thursday, saying the call was taken without the President or the Executive Committee and runs against the law laid down by the Supreme Court. In a letter to Association Secretary General []

Mumbai, Sep 30: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower for the third consecutive session on Wednesday, dragged down by last-hour selling in metal and pharma shares amid firm crude oil prices and elevated global bond yields. Giving up all intraday gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 48.78 points, or 0.07 per cent, to []

New Delhi, Sep 30: Gold prices rebounded from a two-month low, rising Rs 700 to Rs 1.49 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday as investors resorted to value buying at lower levels amid a firm global trend. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity ended a two-session decline, climbing Rs []

NEW DELHI/SHILLONG, Sep 30: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday extended the timeline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Meghalaya, with the final revised electoral roll now scheduled to be published on October 26. The earlier deadline for publication of the final electoral roll was October 21. The decision []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: Lawyers in Meghalaya will resume their agitation from Thursday by abstaining from judicial work over the continued appearance of Advocate General Amit Kumar in matters concerning the State Government. The decision was taken at an emergent joint executive committee meeting of the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: The West Khasi Hills District Administration on Wednesday froze the recruitment of Staff Nurses for the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Hospital, Nongstoin, and ordered a formal inquiry into allegations of irregularities and demands for money from job aspirants. The administration said the results and final selection list would not be released []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: A VPP State Youth Wing delegation led by Nongstoin MDC Dr Juristman Iawphniaw faced a tense standoff with security personnel outside the West Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioners office on Wednesday while seeking to meet Deputy Commissioner Hema Nayak over the Staff Nurse recruitment at the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Hospital, Nongstoin. []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: The Meghalaya Government has left the door open for a fresh inspection of the proposed facilitation centres at Umling and Ratacherra if stakeholders remain dissatisfied with the earlier assessment. Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said the matter had already been entrusted to the district administration and there would be no objection to []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to visit Shillong on October 4-5 to confer the Presidents Colour on the Meghalaya Police at JN Stadium, Polo, on October 5. In preparation for the high-profile event, the East Khasi Hills district administration has declared a three-kilometre radius around JN Stadium a No-Drone Zone []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: The Khasi Students Union (KSU) on Wednesday alleged that police personnel were collecting Rs 200 to Rs 500 from trucks along the Shillong Bypass in the Mawryngkneng area and demanded an independent inquiry into the alleged collections. The allegation followed an inspection by a KSU team led by its CEC Education Secretary []

SHILLONG: 2025-2026 bilsina Meghalaya adokni Scheduled Tribe (ST) chatro chatrirangna Post Matric Scholarship Scheme-ni ningo, gong kror 94.03 bangki tangkarangko mamong sorkari watataha ine adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma parakataha. Iani bidingo social media-o uiataniko onatengon, chatro chatrirangna somoi gita tangka paisarangko dakchake onna adok sorkari, scholarship-ni kamrangko nambatatna aro tarakbatatna kam kaenga ine []

Nisshin, Sep 29: India will face Sri Lanka in the mens cricket semifinal at the 2026 Asian Games after persistent rain washed out the island nations quarterfinal against Nepal at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Tuesday. Sri Lanka progressed to the last four by virtue of their superior ICC T20I ranking after the []

New Delhi, Sep 29: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections be kept in a sealed cover and not be declared, while allowing the polling. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana passed the direction while hearing []

Karachi, Sep 29: Mohammad Rizwan on Tuesday asked the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency of Pakistan to return his phone and provide him with written details about allegations or suspicions they are investigating against him. In a letter sent on Tuesday to the NCCIA, Rizwan has also asked the agency to use official channels while []

Shillong, Sep 29: The Meghalaya Football Association (MFA) is proud to announce that Shillong has been selected as a venue for the first round of the Second Division of the Indian Womens League 2026-27 (IWL 2). Group C matches will be held at the SSA Stadium in Polo here next month, with Jakrem FC, who []

SHILLONG, Sept 28: Shillong bodybuilder Daman Ropmay secured two medals at the India Premier Natural Championship Series Monster Muscle Naturals Global Fitness Expo in Lucknow, winning a gold and a bronze. Ropmay claimed the top spot in the 50-55kg bodybuilding category and later finished third in Classic Physique Class A, which featured competitors below []

SHILLONG, Sep 28: Meghalaya Police athletes Wandalin Syiemiong and Alan Sun Marbaniang struck gold at the 75th All India Police Wrestling Cluster 2026-27, held at the Haryana Police Academy in Madhuban, Haryana. Syiemiong emerged champion in the womens 60kg arm-wrestling category, while Marbaniang secured the mens 90kg gold. Marbaniang added another major achievement to his []

Kolkata, Sep 29: Punjab FC will look to carry the momentum of their emphatic opening victory when they take on East Bengal FC in their final Group II fixture of the IFA Shield 2026-27 at the East Bengal Ground in Kolkata on Wednesday. The match, scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., will decide the group []

GUWAHATI, Sep 29: Indias second ODI against the West Indies in Guwahati on Wednesday could face interruptions as rain and thunderstorms are forecast around the match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. India lead the three-match series 1-0 after an emphatic eight-wicket victory in the opening ODI in Thiruvananthapuram, where Virat Kohli struck his 55th ODI []

SHILLONG, Sep 29: As many as 184 runners participated in a 5-km World Heart Day Marathon in Shillong early Tuesday morning, with the event highlighting the importance of regular exercise and preventive healthcare for maintaining a healthy heart. The marathon was organised by the Meghalaya Medical Services Association (MMSA) in collaboration with Health City Hospital, []

Shillong, Sep 29: A goal in the early part of each half gave Mawlai a 2-0 win against Meghalaya Police in the Shillong Premier League 2026 at the SSA Stadium here on Tuesday. Arkibor Makhroh (3) and Damanbhalang Chyne (51) were the scorers in the victory that took Mawlai up to second place as the []