The Shillong Times

Punjab gives domestic PSPCL consumers 300 free units per month. Cross that limit by one unit and every unit becomes payable at Rs. 7.05. Here is how the scheme works and what to watch. Two bills. Same household. One cycle they used 598 units. Bill: Rs. 0. Next cycle they used 604 units. Bill: over []

KHARKUTTA: North Garo Hills ajani damsa mongsonggipa Legislative Assembly Constituency, Kharkutta ia somoini bako Community & Rural Development Block-san ongkuani gimin ia constituency-ko namdapatna mangsonge ruuta bilsirangoni dabibaenga gita C&RD Block-oniko chugimik Civil Sub Division songe onchina gita Kharkutta Block NPP-ni dilgiparang Chief Minister Conrad K Sangmako gronge Memorandum-ko onaha. Kharkutta-ko civil subdivision songchina gita []

SHILLONG: Meghalaya adoko sorkariko chalaienggipa manderangni dakchakani gride niam gri koelarangko bikotna aro badingsrukna manjawachim ine Opposition dolni dilgipa aro Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Mukul Sangma matnangatenba, adoko niam gri koela bikotaniko sandiroka dakmikako dontongenba, adoko niam gri koela bikotani aro salruraaniko taraken inquiry-ko dakbebechina sorkariko didiataha. Iani bidingo kobor ratimgipa manderang baksa agangrikengon, sorkarini []

Srinagar, Oct 29: Former champions Real Kashmir FC will face debutants Nagaland United SC in the opening match of the Indian Football League (IFL) 2026-27 here on Friday, with the season set to be played in a full home-and-away format. Real Kashmir had endured a challenging start to the 2025?26 season, finishing the initial league []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: The Meghalaya Gymnastics Association (MGA) will host the inaugural 1st Inter-School Artistic Gymnastics Championship 2026 at the Gymnasium-cum-Indoor Hall, J.N. Sports Complex, Polo, Shillong. The championship begins with an opening ceremony on October 30 at 10:00 AM. Designed to foster gymnastics at the grassroots level and encourage sporting excellence across Meghalaya, the []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: The Meghalaya Swimming Association (MSA) is set to host the 2nd State Masters Swimming Championship 2026 this weekend at the Crinoline Swimming Pool in Nongmalki, Shillong. According to an official release issued by the association on Thursday, the state-level competition will take place on Saturday, October 31, with events scheduled to commence []

JALANDHAR, Oct 29: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and striker Sukhjeet Singh scored a brace each in front of the home crowd as India defeated a youthful China 5-2 to register their second consecutive win at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Thursday. Sukhjeet (12th, 34th minutes) scored two fine field goals, while Harmanpreet (27th, []

TOKYO, Oct 29: Naomi Osaka, seeded No. 7 and playing before home fans in Japan, was knocked out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday by Mia Pohankova of Slovakia. Pohankova, who turned 18 a week ago and was a wildcard entry in Japan, upset Osaka 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals after a []

NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Fresh off a staggering 29th world title, Indias 41-year-old cue sports legend Pankaj Advani says he gets his inspiration to carry on from tennis icon Novak Djokovic who remains a force even after two decades on the circuit. In an interview to PTI after winning the WBL World Billiards Championship in []

Today at 12:30 pm India vs new zealand T20 4 of 5 | IND LEAD 3-0 Auckland, Oct 29: India, already 3-0 up in the five-match series, could hand game time to wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy when they face New Zealand in the fourth T20I at Eden Park on Friday. A sell-out crowd []

BAGHMARA, Oct 29: The Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP), Garo Hills Zone, has demanded the immediate start of construction on National Highway 62 (formerly NH-217) between Dalu and Baghmara, as NGOs in South Garo Hills began an indefinite night road blockade over the prolonged delay. The blockade, enforced from 7 pm to []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: Thousands of faithful, including priests and religious sisters, gathered at the Cathedral Parish here on Thursday afternoon to pay their final respects to Rev. Fr John Madur, former Diocesan Administrator of the Archdiocese of Shillong. The funeral Mass was attended by Archbishop of Shillong Rev. Victor Lyngdoh, Bishop of Nongstoin Rev. Wilbert []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: High pollution levels in Byrnihat are accelerating the wear and tear of electrical infrastructure in Ri-Bhoi, damaging poles, wires, and other equipment, Power Minister Metbah Lyngdoh said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Lyngdoh said the deteriorating infrastructure and rising electricity demand have made comprehensive upgrades necessary across the district, particularly in pollution-hit []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: The state government has appointed Dr. Kyntiewkupar Nongsiej and Proley M. Sangma as members of the Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC). According to a notification issued by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (B) Department, Dr. Nongsiejs appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge. Proley M. Sangma will take office []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: Former Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Wanwei Roy Kharlukhi on Thursday said universities must look beyond awarding degrees and focus on instilling values to shape responsible citizens. Speaking at the release of a special postal cover commemorating ICFAI University Meghalaya at Nongrim Hills, Kharlukhi stated that an institutions true value lies in its []

SHILLONG, Oct 29: West Shillong MLA Paul Lyngdoh has claimed that around 10,000 Garo warriors supported Khasi chief U Tirot Sing Syiem in his 1826 resistance against the British, pointing to early solidarity among Meghalayas indigenous communities. Lyngdoh first mentioned this historical account on Wednesday during his formal induction into the National Peoples Party (NPP). []

WILLIAMNAGAR: East Garo Hills-ni Nengmandalgre-o Meghalaya sorkarini Soil & Water Conservation Department-ni adoko game-gee chagiparangni namgnina abachengatgipa Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT) project-ko meja Mongolbar salo Williamnagar constituency- ni MLA, Marcuise N. Marak nirokea. Ia project-ko abachengata-nichi songo-noko game chagiparang mi-misi; mesu-samjakrangko apalrango game-gee chaana agreba gipin gipin jolrangoni asolsol dakgipa biaprango gadang gadang dake []

TURA: Achik Holistic Awakening Movement (AHAM), Tura-ko adokni winter capital dakna uamangni dabiako ruutatenganina singdoe uko parakatna somaiko rongtale tik donchina Meghalaya sorkariko didiaha. AHAM koboro aganao Tura-ko winter capital dakna abachengatani bidingo Chief Minister gitcham Dr. Mukul M. Sangma-ni resolution-ko raangani jamano dee raanggipa resolution-ni gimin Meghalaya Legislative Assembly-o 2025 March 6-o jera raaha []

SHILLONG: Shillong Parliamentary seat-na by-election ongnasigipao susaatna gita National Peoples Party (NPP)-ni gita seokgimin DR Lyngdoh Nonglait-na election campaign kaanio manderangni bak raaniko nikenba chena kadongani kattarangko Cabinet Minister Wailadmiki Shylla aganaha, dao gita rakari-tetkarini somoi onggenchimoba uamangni campaign-ona manderangni tomdakbaaniara, uamangni NPP-na chakpana skaniko mesokanian onga ine Shylla aganaha. Indake daomitingo rakarini somoi onge []

Wellington, Oct 28: Abhishek Sharma may have idolised Yuvraj Singh growing up but the India opener is not ready to take up his mentors challenge of smashing a half-century off 12 balls, saying such feats are not that easy despite his sensational century against New Zealand in the third T20 here on Tuesday. Responding to []

New Delhi, Oct 28: India speedster Prasidh Krishna will not be part of the five-match ODI series against New Zealand, starting November 4, as he is yet to fully recover from his hamstring injury, a BCCI source told informed on Wednesday. There is a possibility that Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi, who is already []

Wellington, Oct 28: Flamboyant opener Abhishek Sharma lauded his regular opening partner Sanju Samson for sacrificing his slot for teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the third T20 International against New Zealand, which India won by six wickets. Abhishek smashed a brilliant 38-ball 113 and added a whopping 133 runs in seven overs with Sooryavanshi (45 off []

Wellington, Oct 27: India rewrote the record books by smashing 118 without loss in the first six overs of their third T20I against New Zealand at the Sky Stadium on Tuesday, registering the highest powerplay total in mens T20 internationals. The opening onslaught, led by Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, eclipsed the previous record of []

Wellington, Oct 27: Abhishek Sharma has surpassed Virat Kohli to become the Indian batter with the most centuries in T20 cricket, taking his tally to 11 with a sensational hundred against New Zealand in the third T20I on Tuesday. The left-handed opener reached the milestone with a blistering 38-ball 113, featuring nine fours and 11 []

New Delhi, Oct 27: Nigeria and Uganda have secured qualification for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final after finishing in the top two places in Sub-Regional Qualifier C, with the hosts edging out Uganda by one run in a dramatic final-day encounter. Nigeria completed a dominant campaign by winning all five matches []

3rd test| day 1 | tea Cape Town, Oct 27: Nathan Lyon led Australias fightback as South Africa squandered a commanding opening partnership to reach 221 for four at tea on the first day of the decisive third Test at Newlands on Tuesday. South Africa openers Marques Ackerman and Aiden Markram put on 158 runs []

New Delhi, Oct 27: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said amendments to the National Anti-Doping Act, that would criminalise trafficking and distribution of prohibited substances to athletes with a jail term of up to five years for suppliers, will be introduced in the next session of Parliament. Mandaviya made the assertion after chairing two []

Vadodara, Oct 27: A dominant India will look to sign off their first-ever bilateral womens ODI series against Zimbabwe with another emphatic win when the two teams square off in the third and final 50-overs game here on Wednesday. India have already clinched the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead after comprehensive victories in the []

New Delhi, Oct 27: The World Anti-Doping Agency has upgraded the International Cricket Council (ICC) to tier 1 under its prioritisation policy owing to crickets Olympic inclusion, while India remained in the top tier of signatories that face the strictest scrutiny in the bodys Compliance Monitoring Program. The ICC was in tier 2 until now []

Astana, Oct 27: Indian womens wrestling broke new ground at the World Championships on Tuesday, with debutants Kajal Dhochak and Neelam Sirohi storming into the gold medal bouts to ensure that two womens grapplers from the country will fight for the world title for the first time at the same edition of the premier event. []

Jalandhar, Oct 27: Mandeep Singh returned to form with a fine hat-trick as five-time champions India hammered minnows Bangladesh 13-0 to start their title defence at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament on a rousing note here on Tuesday. Mandeep struck in the third, 10th and 54th minutes, while skipper Harmanpreet Singh (2nd, 44th), Dilpreet []

Actor Imran Khan secured interim relief from the Bombay High Court on Tuesday as the court stayed the implementation of a Leave India notice issued against him by the Centre. A division bench of the High Court, hearing Khans petition challenging the notice, directed that no coercive action be taken against him until the next []

Veteran actor Walter Koenig, best known for portraying Pavel Andreievich Chekov in the original Star Trek television series and seven Star Trek feature films, has passed away at the age of 90. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Koenigs representative announced that the actor died of natural causes at his home on Sunday. Born and raised []

The Mumbai Police have invoked provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), 1999, against all accused in the case registered in connection with the firing incident involving actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbais Juhu area. MCOCA provisions were invoked in DCB CID Crime Register No. 143/26, which was registered on October 19 under []

By Ellerine Diengdoh There was a time, not all that long ago, when we never had to stop and think about where the water was coming from. It simply came down the mountain, the way it had always done for centuries..filtering through the dark, patient roots of the trees, slipping silently through the moss and []

By Samendra Ojah In an era where international law is continuously tested and human dignity often compromised for political expediency, few figures stand as tall in the global arena of justice as Navanethem Navi Pillay. From her humble beginnings as a young woman of Indian Tamil origin in apartheid-era Durban to becoming a trailblazing jurist []

SHILLONG: Meghalaya adoko Special Intensive Revision-ko kaani bak gita Sombar salo, bonkame Photo Electoral Roll-rangko chapa kaani jaman, adoko puongiparang, 7.05 percent-chi komibatangaha ine Election Official-rang parakataha. Election official-rangni parakatani gitade, adoko SIR-ko kana skang, electoral roll-o gimik sak 23,49,645 puongiparangni biming dongachim indiba SIR-ko dakani jaman sak 1,65,682 voter-rangni bimingrangko dengalna nangaha. Iani bidingo []

TURA: Dao Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) election-na skang, GHADC-o kam kaenggiparang dormaharang, pension-rang aro gipin mangnirangko mantokkujaengon, adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma-ni helicopter-rango rea doanirangchi tangka paisarangko koros kae roskaengani gimin Tura-ni MDC aro Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ni state vice president Bernard N Marak singdoataha. Marak-ni matnangatani gitade, skigiparang aro gipin kam []

SHILLONG: 2028 bilsini Meghalaya Assembly election-na dao dingtang dingtang political party-rang, nisamsona abachengtokengahaon, party gesao seokako manani jaman dobak gita dingtang dingtang party-rangona katjojogipa dilgiparangna aro tangka paisa one ropna jotton kagipa dilgiparangna mikrakchina Voice of the Peoples Party (VPP), adokni manderangko didiataha. Politics-o kimkim ongani dongna nangani gimin janapatengon, darangba antangtangni mangnina chanchie, beberaatangko []

DADENGGRE: 01.10.2026-ko qualifying date dake, Dadenggre Sub-Division-ni ningo donggipa damgittam Assembly Constituency-rang, chongmotan 44-Raksamgre (ST), 45-Tikkrikilla (ST) aro 49-Dadenggre (ST) Assembly Constituency-rangna Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-ni bak gita bonkame chapa kagimin Photo Electoral Roll-rangko Sombar salo, Dadenggre Civil Sub-Division-ni Sub-Divisional Officer (Election) C Awasthi, Electoral Registration Officer (ERO)-rang aro Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (

AMPATI: South West Garo Hills ajao Zikzak C&RD Block-ni official-rangna, Program PIN 424689-ni ningo dingtangmancha Right To Information (RTI) Act 2005-ni bidingo training program-ko Sombar salo ongatangaha. Ia training program-ko ongatanio, West Garo Hills ajani Advocate Giles Ch Sangma, saksa skigipa onge bak raangenba, RTI Act 2005 aro Meghalaya Right to Information Rules 2025-ni niamrangko, []

Indias Bowlers Under Spotlight Against New Zealand IN 3RD T20I Today at 12:30 pm India vs new zealand t20 3 of 5 | IND LEAD 2-0 Wellington, Oct 26: Canny operator Bhuvneshwar Kumar and the ever-so-consistent Arshdeep Singh will have their task cut out when a focussed Indian team eyes a series-clinching win in the []

London, Oct 26: England face the prospect of missing out on direct qualification for the 2027 ICC Mens ODI World Cup if their disappointing form in the 50-over format continues, with the former champions needing to improve their position in the world rankings before the cut-off in March next year. The 2019 World Cup winners []

Lincoln, Oct 26: Devdutt Padikkal put a stop to the debate surrounding Indias potential No.3 for the upcoming Test series with a superb 199 as India A made a remarkable recovery to post 488 for 8 in their second innings against New Zealand A on the third day of the first unofficial Test here. Going []