The Shillong Times

Our Bureau SHILLONG/JOWAI, Nov 13: Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president and party candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election Vincent H. Pala stated on Friday that the backing of former Rajya Sabha MP and NPP leader Wanweiroy R. Kharlukhi brings not just individual support, but a wave of grassroots leaders into the Congress ahead []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Nov 13: The schedule for the deferred GHADC elections will be finalised only after the delimitation process is completed, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said on Friday. Tynsong said the delimitation report is ready and will first be submitted to the GHADC for examination by its Executive Committee. After reviewing the []

Kaziranga, Nov 13: At least 26 people died, including women and minors, and 20 others were injured in a head-on collision between a minibus and a container truck near Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Friday, officials said. Many of the victims were college students who were returning from their classes. President Droupadi Murmu, Vice []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Nov 13: Industrial pollution in Byrnihat has come under renewed scrutiny, with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) constituting a task force to inspect industries operating on the Assam side, where 17 of the 42 units have been categorised as red. The matter figured prominently before the Meghalaya High Court on []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Nov 13: Amid the continuing controversy over the proposed Shillong Peak Ropeway project, the Meghalaya Congress has urged the Joint Action Committee (JAC) and the state government to sit across the table and break the impasse. Meghalaya Congress president Vincent H. Pala said stakeholders and the government must hold discussions to []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Nov 13: The Voice of the People Party (VPP) has accused the MDA government of contradicting its assurances given in the Assembly regarding the continuation of University Grants Commission (UGC) pay scales for college teachers, alleging that the policy being implemented on the ground is different from what was stated in []