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AMPATI: South West Garo Hills ajao mamong sorkarini scheme-rangko nambate chusokatna manna gita Sombar salo, Tura-ni MP Saleng A Sangma, District Development Coordination & Monitoring Committee (DISHA)-ni tomaniko Ampati-ni DRDA Conference Hall-o ongatangenba, dingtang dingtang department-ni kamrangko nipilangaha. Ia tomanio Tura-ni MP aro DISHA-ni Chairman Saleng A Sangma baksana DISHA-ni membor-rang aro dingtang dingtang department-ni []

GHADC election-ko joljol ongatchina dabia TURA: Reanggipa March jao, Garo Hills-o sosojengjeng onganina Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) election-ko radoatenba, GHADC-ni term-ko October 18 tarikona radoatani somoirang dao bonna siengahani gimin GHADC-ni term-ko radodapgija, election-ko joljol taraken ongatchina Garo Hills-o dingtang dingtang NGO-rangni Nangrimgimin Achik Dol (NAD), adok sorkario dabiangaha. Adita salrangna skang, NAD-ni []

TURA: Garo Hills gimikon Jio network namjaengani asel manderang phone jakkalanio, mongsongbate dingtang dingtang kamrangna internet jakkalanio nengnikanirangko chagrongna nangenga ine Achik Concious Holistically Integrated Krima (ACHIK) parakatenba, Jio network-ko nambate onchina, Tura-o donggipa Reliance Jio Office-ni Customer Relation Manager/Service In-charge-na sedoataha. Reliance Jio company-ni official-na sedoatgipa chittio ACHIK-ni parakatani gitade, batanggimin sal somoirangonin Garo []

Lucknow, Oct 5: The option of opening with Sanju Samson or the lure to field teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be head coach Gautam Gambhirs biggest headache as a confident Indian team, fresh from its Asian Games exploits take on a gutsy West Indies side in the opening T20 International here on Tuesday. With a change []

New Delhi, Oct 5: India could rest key pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna for the latter part of their upcoming ODI series in New Zealand as the team management looks to manage their workload ahead of the two-Test leg of the tour. According to a report in The Times of India, the []

NEW DELHI, Oct 5: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has urged teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to be patient for his opportunities, saying the team cannot overlook established performers simply because the youngster is in good form. The 15-year-old has already made history in his brief international career. Sooryavanshi became the youngest Indian to make []

Harare, Oct 5: The prospect of playing a World Cup on home soil, and getting an opportunity to test themselves against top teams such as India, has filled Zimbabwe with excitement, even as the co-hosts remain wary of an Afghanistan side they believe possesses plenty of X-factor and match-winners. The ODI World Cup will be []

MELBOURNE, Oct 5: Cricket Victoria chief executive Nick Cummins has defended the possibility of Indian investors acquiring Big Bash League (BBL) franchises, comparing the potential involvement to the way English settlers helped spread football around the world more than a century ago. Cricket Australia (CA) is preparing to open the BBL to private ownership as []

New Delhi, Oct 5: India and the West Indies were on Monday fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for maintaining slow over-rates during the third ODI in New Chandigarh. While India have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee, the West Indies were docked 10 per cent of their earnings after being []

London, Oct 5: Goncalo Ramos is helping Portugal to forget all about Cristiano Ronaldo, while Greece took more points off Jurgen Klopp and Germany in the Nations League. Ramos fired Portugal to a 2-1 win over Norway on Sunday to keep the Portuguese perfect in Group A4 with four wins enough to book their []

LISBOA (Portugal), Oct 5: Portugal wants Cristiano Ronaldo to know hes welcome back to the national team, if he so desires. Portugal coach Jorge Jesus and federation president Pedro Proena have downplayed the misunderstanding that led to Ronaldos decision to leave the national teams training camp last week, saying after a 2-1 win over Norway []

Porto (Portugal), Oct 5: Norway coach Stale Solbakken revealed he had a heart-to-heart conversation with Erling Haaland regarding concerns about the strikers heavy workload ahead of a Nations League loss to Portugal in which the Manchester City star asked to be substituted. Haaland gestured to Norways bench that he needed to come off and was []

BACKA TOPOLA (Serbia), Oct 5: Ireland players again wore black armbands and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem to protest Israels actions in Gaza before the teams drew 1-1 in their bad-tempered second Nations League match on Sunday. The Israeli players also wore black armbands in memory of the people killed in the []

London, Oct 5: England coach Thomas Tuchel defended the treatment of players on national-team duty after Ezri Konsa and Alex Scott on Monday became the latest squad members to pull out during an international break rife with injury issues across Europe. I can just assure everyone that we take care of them in the best []

Vantaa (Finland), Oct 5: Indian shuttlers, led by two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, will look to build on the positives from their Asian Games campaign when they resume their BWF season at the USD 500,000 Arctic Open Super 500 badminton tournament here on Tuesday. Indias shuttlers returned from the Asian Games with just one medal []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: The Khasi Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA) has warned of intensified agitation if the government fails to address pending Dearness Allowance (DA) payment, CPF contributions and vacancies in deficit schools. In a statement issued on Monday, KJDSTA general secretary Barbara Lamin said the association and the Garo Hills Deficit School Teachers []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: As the state government prepares to host the sixth Shillong Literary Festival at Wards Lake from November 12 to 14, a section of the citys youth has begun questioning whether the iconic lake should continue to be used for large-scale events. For decades, Wards Lake has been remembered as one of Shillongs []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: North Shillong MLA Adelbert Nongrum has demanded a CBI inquiry into the police raid at Jaiaw on August 19, citing excessive force, masked personnel and procedural violations during the midnight operation. In a memorandum submitted to Deputy Chief Minister (Home) Prestone Tynsong on Monday, Nongrum alleged that about 15 tear-gas shells were []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: The Meghalaya government has justified its decision not to extend an interest-free loan to PA Sangma International Medical College and Hospital (PIMC), which is facing a severe financial crisis. Health Minister Wailadmiki Shylla said the state cannot provide an interest-free loan to a private institution. He added that the government is nevertheless []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: The Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has been unable to furnish a formal policy, eligibility criteria, proposal or file details for regularising its long-serving contractual employees, even as it has repeatedly maintained that the process is under process, according to RTI replies obtained by activist and advocate Napoleon S Mawphniang. The replies, []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: A series of viral videos showing individuals being reprimanded for spitting and littering in public spaces has set off an online debate over civic sense, public hygiene, and the growing practice of citizen vigilantism. The controversy began on October 4 after a clip circulated showing a visitor, reportedly from Meghalaya, being intercepted []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: The Meghalaya government is awaiting the findings of a recent health survey in Byrnihat following a significant increase in Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) cases in the industrial hub. The High Court of Meghalaya had previously taken note of Byrnihats high pollution levels and growing respiratory health concerns. Data indicates that ARI cases []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: Khasi feature film Ki Sngi Badum (The Dark Days) has secured third place under the Honourable Mention Feature Film category at the 1st Abohar International Film Festival, held in Punjab in September. Directed by Moonstar Nongdhar and produced by Banabas L Nongbri, the film is based on real events from Nongbris life, []

SHILLONG, Oct 5: North Shillong MLA Adelbert Nongrum on Monday said he remains with the Voice of the People Party (VPP) and has no intention of quitting, even as he termed his suspension by the party high command illegal and unconstitutional. Nongrum said he joined the VPP with the conviction that it would genuinely represent []

Nagoya, Oct 4: The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games came to a spectacular close on Sunday, with a dazzling blend of music, lights and Japanese culture bringing an end to more than two weeks of competition involving athletes from across Asia. The 90-minute closing ceremony at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium featured colourful performances, laser displays and []

Mullanpur, Oct 4: Wary of not being able to field a settled eleven because of injuries and tight scheduling, India skipper Shubman Gill wanted to give regular opportunities to the players who will potentially make it to the ICC World Cup 2027 in the upcoming ODI matches. India fielded largely second string players against the []

New Delhi, Oct 4: Indias fielding unit appears to be undergoing a quiet tactical shift under Subhadeep Ghosh, who has taken over from T Dilip in the national setup. Ghosh, who has worked extensively with India A and age-group teams besides his association with the National Cricket Academy, has brought a more methodical approach to []

New Delhi, Oct 4: Hardik Pandyas return to competitive cricket has suffered another setback, while fast bowler Harshit Rana has also seen his rehabilitation programme disrupted, putting their availability for Indias upcoming series against New Zealand in doubt. Pandya, who has been out of action for an extended period, developed pain in his right calf []

Beijing, Oct 4: Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka was bundled out in the third round of the China Open in straight sets by the Czech Republics Nikola Bartunkova on Sunday. The No. 34-ranked Bartunkova defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half leaving the tournament without its two top []

New Delhi, Oct 4: Homegrown polymer science firm Uflex, in partnership with the US-based Spectra Systems, has submitted bids for the proposed polymer banknote programme as the RBI evaluates potential suppliers to manufacture polymer-based currency substrate, sources said. The programme was initiated by Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt Ltd (BRBNMPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of []

New Delhi, Oct 4: RBIs interest rate decision, TCS earnings, crude oil prices and global bond yields will be important factors to determine stock market movement this week, analysts said. Macroeconomic data announcements and foreign investors trading activity will also guide market trends, they added. RBIs monetary policy meeting will be closely watched. The policy []

Mumbai, Oct 4: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to increase the repo rate by 0.25 per cent in the October monetary policy review due to mounting inflationary pressure amid the re-escalation of the West Asia crisis and also the rate hikes by global central banks, according to economists and bankers. If the []

New Delhi, Oct 4: Indias economic growth remains impressive, but policymakers and businesses must stay vigilant against an increasingly uncertain global environment marked by geopolitical tensions, shifting trade dynamics and supply chain disruptions, leading economists and policy experts said on Sunday. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of 5th Kautilya Economic Conclave 2026 here, Washington []

SHILLONG, Oct 4: Continuing to train his gun at UDP president Metbah Lyngdoh, the partys working president Paul Lyngdoh on Sunday said the former would be the best person to explain why he is now seeking action against legislators who have joined the BJP after having, as Assembly Speaker in 2021, upheld the merger of []

SHILLONG, Oct 4: The State Congress has accused NPP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar of allegedly using money and threats to influence voters, with MPCC president Vincent H. Pala claiming that Dhar offered Rs 20 lakh to villagers in return for votes. Pala alleged that political interference had reached the grassroots to such []

SHILLONG, Oct 4: VPP president Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit on Sunday criticised the state government over the death of a three-year-old child who allegedly died on the way to a health facility because of poor road connectivity. The child, from Domkyrkoh village under the Rambrai constituency, died on October 1 while being taken for medical treatment, []

SHILLONG, Oct 4: East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem has advised people with evidence of wrongdoing to register formal complaints rather than depend on social media posts and posters. His comments came in the wake of a deepfake video and wall posters that targeted him and Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong after allegations []

Bijoya Sawian What remains in the end, what you leave behind is your reputation We are at the edge of a precipice and only if we accept this in all humility and take a U turn and think, we will sink. It is the same all over the world but I wish to []

Sujoy Dhar, journalist and travel writer, returns to the Thousand Islands in Ontario a decade after he first fell for themand finds the place has aged like good wine, while he has simply grown more certain of his love for it. Some places you visit. Others you carry around with you long after youve left. []

Denied entry into temples, they did not argue they carried Ram on their skin instead. TWF-IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh traces how Chhattisgarhs Ramnami Samaj, a Dalit devotional community that began tattooing the name of Ram across their bodies in the 1890s as a quiet act of resistance against caste exclusion, has travelled from the []

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 []