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Adelaide, Dec 15: England recalled Josh Tongue in place of Gus Atkinson for the third Ashes test in Adelaide but there was no place for specialist spinner Shoaib Bashir despite the match being played on a pitch expected to suit slow bowlers. Tongues return is the only change from the England team beaten by eight []

Barack Obama, Jerry OConnell, James Woods, others mourn death of Rob Reiner Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. The official could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and []

Oscar and Grammy-winning music composer A R Rahman, who is set to join forces with the superstar director Michael Bay, has said that the fusion of different worlds of cinema opens up a beautiful space for music. Michael Bay is entering the Indian film industry with his new creative collaboration with Bhanushali Studios Limited. The []

Actor Lara Dutt during the unveiling event of Arias x Shisen Fox collection in Mumbai, on Monday. (PTI)

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who is known for Shape of You, Sapphire, Perfect and others, has taken a savage dig at the dancing reality show Strictly Come Dancing. The singer-songwriter has vowed never to sign up for the show. The superstar singer, 34, who put his ballroom dancing skills to the test in his 2014 []

The chilling tale from the first season of It: Welcome to Derry has finally come to an end, with the town enduring one last massacre at the hands of Pennywise the Clown. Titled Winter Fire, the episode was set in an icy, cold surrounding after the military successfully took down one of the supernatural monsters []

The manosphere is big business today. Once a niche network lurking on the margins of the internet, this diverse community of male supremacist cultures has grown into a transnational profit-making enterprise. Our new review of the growing body of research on the manosphere reveals how its evolved. It used to be largely special interest mens []

SHILLONG: Rebaenggipa 2026 bilsio ongatna sienggipa Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) election-ni jaman Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), gital Executive Committee (EC)-ko rikna mangenchimode, council-o onggija dakgipa pilak kamrangkon sandirokna abachengatgen ine Sombar salo, BJP-ni dilgipa AL Hek parakataha. GHADC-o tangka paisa jakkalsretaniko matnanganina Tura-ni biap dambongaoniko Enforcement Directorate (ED)-ni gita sandirokangani jaman iako, BJP-ni []

TURA: Tura-oni Dalu-ona tariangenggipa National Highway (NH-217) ramako matchotaha ine lekkarango National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL)-ni parakataniko Niksamso Garo Community Organisation (NGCO) jegalatenba, ia ramako bilsi bonga batpiloba matchotchipkujaenga ine parakataha. NGCO-ni parakatani gitade, Tura-oni Dalu-ona dakanggipa ramako reange mikrontangchi nie raegenchimode, ia ramani bangbata bakrangon matchotgija donaniko, maming retaining wall donggijak

TURA: East Garo Hills ajani Samanda Block ningo donggipa Chimagre Songgital jolrango mobile network namjae, jolo songdongenggipa manderang, mongsongbate chatro chatrirang aro maa paarang nengnikanirangko chagrongna nangtokenga ine Garo Students Union (GSU) Nengkra regional unit parakatenba, ia songo mobile tower-ko songe onchina adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma-ko didiataha. GSU Nengkra regional unit-ni parakatani gitade, []

TURA: West Garo Hills ajani Teksragre-Manggakgre jolrango pilakni gitan namroro silroroani dongjaengani asel songni nokni manderang nengnikanirangko chagrongna nangtokenga ine ia jolrango songdongenggipa manderang, adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma-na badi kadoatenba, ia jolrango namroro silroroaniko onchina didiataha. Manggakgre Area Development Committee-ni Chief Minister-na sedoatanio parakatani gitade, West Garo Hills ajani Jengjal aro Dadenggre Civil []

Inquiry report-na sengkuenga ine DC akanga RESUBELPARA: North Garo Hills ajani Wageasi songo niam gri Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC)-ni weighbridge-ko chalaienga ine antisamangna skangan badi kaahaoba, ia weighbridge-ko chipatna gita maming jakurangko dejaengani gimin social activist Nilbath Ch Marak, District Administration aro Police department-o singdoataha. National Highway (NH-62) rama gita reruraenggipa garirangoniko, GHADC []

SHILLONG: Asongni skotong New Delhi songjinmaona reangenggipa adokni manderangko nambate sokachakna manna gita Sombar salo, New Delhi-ni 9, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road-o gital Meghalaya House Annexe-ko rikna, adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma-ni jakchi, pangchakaniko songe onangaha aro ia pangchakaniko songanio, adokni Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, General Administration Department (GAD) Minister Sosthenes Sohtun []

SHILLONG: Meghalaya adokni deficit skulrango skigiparangna Dearness Allowance (DA)-ko, sorkario kam kagiparang gitan 51 percent-ona bariatchina aro uamangni manna nangkuenggipa arrear-rangko watatchina gita Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA), adok sorkario dabiangaha. Sombar salo, KJDSTA-ni membor-rang, Shillong songjinmani Malki kalchakramo tomaniko ongatangenba, skigiparangni DA-ko bariatchina adok sorkario dabiangaha. Iani bidingo, adokni Chief Minister Conrad []

Editor, The densely populated village of Mawprem and its adjoining areas have been pushed into a state of distress due to an acute and unacceptable shortage of water for the past six consecutive days. Shockingly, this crisis has struck barely a week after a similar abrupt disruption, yet again without any prior warning to the []

The Meghalaya High Court keeps giving directions to the State Government on various issues related to the environment. One of them is to ban plastic bags that are below 120 micron thickness. The High Court needs to send its own officials to do a reality check of its repeated exhortations which remain mere paper tigers. []

By Mankular Lamin Gashnga Consanguinity within the Khasi context is a highly developed and internally coherent social system. The term used for this formulation is rtap, a word widely employed in the War-Amlarem dialect. In standard Khasi usage, comparable terminology is rare. One notable instance appears in the writings of Radhon Sing Berry, who used []

Pearlvine International is believed to have collected Rs 1,575 crore from unsuspecting investors between 2018 and March 2023 By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 15: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday revealed that all the key accused, including mastermind Neeraj Kumar Gupta and his associates, in the nationwide money circulation scam operated under the banner []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 15: Residents of Shillong are grappling with severe frustration as the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department extended a four-day emergency water supply shutdown by another three days, plunging most of the city into an acute shortage. The disruption began on December 10 following a pipeline burst in the Greater Shillong []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 15: Former cabinet minister and Adviser to the Social Welfare Department, Paul Lyngdoh, on Monday cautioned against rushing through with the railway projects in Meghalaya without enough safety mechanisms to address the genuine concerns and fears related to increasing immigration. Reacting to the opposition by the Khasi Students Union (KSU) []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 15: The Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA) has warned of democratic protests if the Meghalaya government fails to address its demands by January 15, 2026, particularly the enhancement of Dearness Allowance (DA) for deficit school teachers to 51%on par with regular government employeesalong with the release of pending []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 15: Four major stakeholders of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU)the NEHU Students Union (NEHUSU), NEHU Teachers Association (NEHUTA), NEHU Non-Teaching Staff Association (NEHUNSA) and the Khasi Students Union (KSU), NEHU Uniton Monday jointly appealed to Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Shillong Campus, Prof. Sumarbin Umdor to resign from his post in the []

From CK Nayak NEW DELHI, Dec 15: The perennial problem of temporary accommodation for people from Meghalaya in the national capital is likely to be eased with Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday laying the foundation stone of the Meghalaya House Annexe within the sprawling old Meghalaya House complex. Laying the foundation stone, the []

By Manas Kumar Bhattacharjya In lush green grasslands of Assams key protected areas, where the majestic presence of the one-horned Indian rhinoceros adds tremendous value to the biodiversity, one mans vision has quietly transformed the way India understands conservation of this ancient animal species. Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Ph.D., is not merely a wildlife scientist []

SYDNEY, Dec 14: At least 11 people were killed and 29 wounded on Sunday when two gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydneys Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring the assault a terrorist attack. One gunman was fatally shot by police, while the second was arrested and remains in critical condition. Two []

BERLIN, Dec 14: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoys arrived in Berlin on Sunday for another round of talks aimed at negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian, US, and European officials would hold a series of meetings, including a personal discussion with US President Donald Trumps special envoy Steve []

Peshawar, Dec 14: Pakistans Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister Suhail Afridi on Sunday said that systematic efforts are underway to suppress jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Addressing a public gathering in Kohat district, around 65 km southwest of Peshawar, Afridi also warned the federal government that if Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), of which he []

Providence, Dec 14: Police in Rhode Island have taken a person of interest into custody following a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two people and wounded nine others during final exams. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez said early Sunday that the detained individual is in their 30s and that authorities are not []

Dhaka, Dec 14: Bangladeshs interim government on Saturday decided to roll out the second phase of Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2 across the country, citing the need to prevent subversive activities using illegal arms ahead of the February 2026 elections, the local media reported. Addressing journalists in Dhaka, the interim governments Home Affairs Advisor Jahangir Alam []

Mumbai, Dec 14: With four wins across the six boards, Mumba Masters delivered a dominant performance in front of the home crowd, overpowering Ganges Grandmasters 174 in a one-sided encounter on the opening day of the Global Chess League (GCL). Earlier, at Mumbais Royal Opera House, reigning champions Triveni Continental Kings set about their title []

Chennai, Dec 14: Hosts India were crowned Squash World Cup champions for the first time after registering a commanding 30 victory over top seeds Hong Kong, China, in the final at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai on Sunday. The victory marked a significant moment for Indian squash as the team became only the fifth nation []

Poor Air Quality New Delhi, Dec 14: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed Delhi and NCR state governments to ensure the immediate suspension of all outdoor physical sports activities, warning that continued conduct of such events amid poor air quality poses a serious health risk to children. In a letter to the []

Washington DC, Dec 14: The global professional wrestling fraternity, including current and former WWE superstars, legends and fans, paid glowing tributes to John Cena as the iconic wrestler officially brought the curtain down on his illustrious in-ring career spanning more than two decades. Cena, a record-breaking 17-time world champion, competed in his final professional wrestling []

A year-long autopsy-based study conducted by the AIIMS, New Delhi, found no scientific evidence linking Covid-19 vaccination to sudden deaths among young adults, reaffirming that the vaccines are safe and effective. The study, titled Burden of Sudden Death in Young Adults: A One-Year Observational Study at a Tertiary Care Centre in India, has been published []

A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could help health care teams and researchers better understand how children respond to brain injuries at the cellular level, according to our research in the Journal of Neurotrauma. In the future, this information could help clinicians identify children who need more tailored follow-up care after a traumatic []

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, slowly recovering from the shock his party received in the Bihar assembly polls, has asserted that he would uphold truth and strive to defeat Modi and Shah. This looks more like wishful thinking. The BJP is unassailable in several states; and the principal opposition, the Congress, is losing its relevance, including []

By Jairaj Chettry (Based on a compilation from different sources) Across India, a quiet undercurrent of unease has begun reshaping everyday conversations. One hears it in the way people linger a little longer at tea stalls, speaking in lowered tones; in the staff rooms of schools where teachers pause between discussions of lessons and students; []

ADELAIDE, Dec 14: Mitchell Starcs recent run in Test cricket has reignited a fascinating debate around his place in history, particularly when it comes to one of the most decisive moments in the game the very first over of an innings. With a series of match-defining spells across different conditions and continents, the Australian []

By Chiranjib Haldar At a recent literature festival, RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar lauded that many positive changes have been introduced in history textbooks and the epithet the great is no longer used to describe Mughal emperor Akbar or Mysore patriarch Tipu Sultan. He reiterated gleefully that though the National Council of Educational []

PREMIER League London, Dec 14: Sunderland claimed a derby victory that will live long in the memory as Nick Woltemades second-half own goal handed the Black Cats a precious Premier League win over arch-rivals Newcastle United at a raucous Stadium of Light. The first top-flight Wear-Tyne derby in nearly a decade crackled with emotion, intensity []

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Pune, Dec 14: Young Andhra batter Hemanth Reddy proved way too strong-willed in the face of some hostile bowling from Punjab as he smashed an unbeaten 109 to lead his side to a thrilling five-wicket win in a high-scoring Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League A match, here Sunday. Reddy, playing []

Ambi, Dec 14: Ignored by national selectors in T20 set-up, Yashasvi Jaiswal sent another stern reminder to the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee with a blistering 48-ball century as defending champions Mumbai crushed Haryana by four wickets in a high-scoring Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League B match here on Sunday. Having tamely surrendered to Hyderabad []

By Our Reporter Shillong, Dec 14: It promised much and the final of the SSA Champions Cup here on Saturday certainly delivered as Nongkseh overturned a one goal deficit to beat Shillong Lajong 2-1 in a game that will be remembered for a long time, perhaps as the moment that Nongkseh truly announced themselves as []

Barcelona, Dec 14: Raphinha scored a brace as Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-0 to increase its La Liga lead and pile more pressure on beleaguered Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso. The Brazil forward broke the deadlock with a shot from the top of the area in the 70th minute at Camp Nou. He then put the []

By Our Reporter Shillong, Dec 14: The All Meghalaya Karate Do Association has announced a 15-member squad that will represent the state at the 69th School Games Federation of India (SGFI) Under-14 Karate Championship, scheduled to be held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, from December 14 to 19, 2025. The Meghalaya contingent will be led by []

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its long-standing guidance about vaccines and autism. The guidance once stated clearly and correctly that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism. Now it claims studies supporting a link (between vaccines and autism) have been ignored by health []

Though China and Japan are experienced in dealing with diplomatic crises, relations between the two neighbours appear to have reached a new low. And this time, their conflict may not be easily resolved. Whats behind the latest crisis and whats driving the escalation? The current round of tensions was triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae []

This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of Nvidias powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. In return, the US government will receive 25 per cent of the sales revenue, in what has become a hallmark of this administration to take a sales cut of a private companys revenues. The H200 []

India take on confident Proteas in 3rd T20I today with series tied at 1-1 DharamsHala, Dec 13: The countdown to save his place in the playing XI begins for a beleaguered Shubman Gill, who is likely to get three matches against South Africa to prove his worth before the Indian team management switches to a []

SHILLONG: Meghalaya-o Jal Jeevan Mission-ni contractor-rang uamangni mana nangnigipa kror 700 tangkako sorkarini watako nichake dongengon adoko scheme-ko ragatanioba chusokgipa ongjaenga. JJM -ni dashboard-o mesokani gita, adokni ge 6,46,304 nokdangrang chi pipeko mana nangachim indiba ia scheme-ko ragatani adita bilsirang ongomangba 5,37,402 (83.15%) nokdangrangsan chiko mankuenga. Meghalaya-o ia scheme-ko ragataniko niatgenchimode dashboard-ni gita, Meghalaya-ni dam []