The Shillong Times

Indore, Oct 11: Opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a blistering 69 before left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh produced a decisive spell as India defeated West Indies by 14 runs in the third T20 International to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series here on Sunday. Chasing a challenging target of 224, West Indies finished at 209 []

Wellington, Oct 11: Finn Allen, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Seifert will return to New Zealands ODI setup, while Rachin Ravindra has been included after recovering from a shoulder injury for the upcoming five-match series against India, beginning November 4. The selectors have announced a split squad, with several Test specialists set to leave after the []

Wellington, Oct 11: New Zealand will wear a special limited-edition jersey featuring lotus flowers and mandala art during next months ODI series against India, marking 100 years of sporting ties between the two countries. The Kotahitanga ODI shirt represents two cultures bound together by their love for cricket with a design that celebrates the shared []

Paris, Oct 11: Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer gave away the Bundesligas fastest ever goal, Rayo Vallecano fans forced their La Liga game to be suspended, and Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior was sent off for yanking the hair of an opponent. Arsenal, Barcelona and Inter Milan also got wins to keep their leads as []

Washington, Oct 11: For the first time in a while, the United States is not looking ahead to a Womens World Cup as defending champion. This month, the Americans are getting a close-up look at who currently holds the crown. Patri Guijarro and Eva Navarro scored in the first 14 minutes, and Adriana Nanclares stopped []

Smith sets Test catching record; bad light halts play with visitors 139 ahead Durban, Oct 11: Australia strengthened their hold on the first Test against South Africa as the hosts were bowled out for 284 on Day 3 at Kingsmead on Sunday, before the visitors extended their overall lead to 139 runs when bad light []

Inter Miami beat DC United 4-0 Miami, Oct 11: Lionel Messi scored two goals to give him a league-leading 23 this season, and Inter Miami beat D.C. United 4-0. Luis Suarez also scored twice and German Berterame had two assists for Inter Miami, which snapped a five-match winless skid. Miami had four draws and one []

Shanghai masters Shanghai, Oct 11: Top-seeded Alexander Zverev let two match points slip in the second-set tiebreaker before winning 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3 against Quentin Halys at the ATP 1000 Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Zverev never gave up a break-point chance in a third-round match where the U.S. Open champion needed seven of his own []

KALYANI, Oct 10: Mohammed Shami has made it clear that he is not dwelling on his India future, insisting that missing out on another national call-up would not be his loss, even as Bhuvneshwar Kumars return to the T20I squad has sparked fresh debate over the prospects of experienced fast bowlers. Shami, who joined Bengals []

London, Oct 10: Lens ended Lyons unbeaten start to Ligue 1 while Borussia Dortmund dropped Bundesliga points for the first time this season after Werder Bremen rescue a late dramatic 2-2 draw on Friday. In Spain, Malaga was still without a win after drawing with visiting Espanyol 1-1. Hein shows great bottle for Bremen Dortmund []

Rawalpindi, Oct 10: Sahibzada Farhan celebrated his elevation to the Pakistan Twenty20 captaincy with a 52-ball 89 as Sri Lanka was beaten by four wickets on Friday. Farhan carried Pakistan to 187-6 in 18.5 overs as he smashed 10 fours and four sixes. Maaz Sadaqat smacked 50 off just 29 balls and Pakistan took a []

Singapore, Oct 10: Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race after George Russell crashed out from the lead Saturday, missing a chance to cut his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonellis advantage in the Formula 1 title race. Russell beat Verstappen off the line at the start in wet conditions but lost control when he []

Imphal, Oct 10: From lifting gas cylinders and heavy weights in her early days to winning gold for India at the Asian Bench Press Championships in Istanbul, Manipur powerlifter Maibam Gulubi has come a long way in her sporting journey. And she credits her familys encouragement and the support of her coaches for her individual []

The chartbuster soundtrack of Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar: The Revenge has been submitted for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards across eight categories, production banner B62 Studios has announced. The studio, founded by filmmaker Aditya Dhar and his brother Lokesh, is planning a campaign seeking international recognition for the music composed by Shashwat Sachdev. B62 Studios []

The Delhi High Court has asked actor Amitabh Bachchan to remain personally present at the next hearing if the settlement in his personality rights suit remains incomplete and he wishes to pursue his claims in the matter. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the direction after the court was informed that an amicable settlement had been []

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has launched his own YouTube channel, Being The Salman Khan, giving fans a new way to look at his acting style, body language and the mannerisms that have become closely linked to his on-screen image. The actor recently shared the channels link on his Instagram Story, inviting fans to check out []

Thai actor Fourth Nattawat has apologised to Indian fans after a game-show segment in which he used exaggerated movements to portray a Bollywood Hero drew heavy backlash on social media. His co-star Gemini Norawit, who was seen laughing during the game, also faced backlash and later issued an apology. Nattawat shared a statement on X, []

The Delhi High Court has restrained the unauthorised use of actor Vijay Deverakondas name, image, voice and other personality attributes, including through artificial intelligence (AI), deepfakes and face-morphing technology, without his consent. Justice Vikas Mahajan also directed social media platforms Meta, Google and X to remove and permanently take down the content identified by the []

Veteran superstar and politician Hema Malini extended warm birthday wishes to her longtime friend and fellow actor Rekha, who turned 72 on Saturday. The Dream Girl took to her social media account to share pictures with Rekha, and celebrated their enduring friendship and wished her happiness, good health and prosperity. Sharing a picture of the []

SHILLONG, Oct 10: The High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar Association have called off their abstention from judicial work with immediate effect but have reaffirmed their demand for the removal of Advocate General Amit Kumar, making it clear that the agitation will continue in other forms. In a joint notice dated []

SHILLONG, Oct 10: Voice of the People Party (VPP) candidate for the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, Batskhem Myrboh, has pledged to prioritise quality, affordable, and secure education, stating he will take up the states concerns with the Centre if elected to Parliament. Warning that a substandard education system threatens Meghalayas prospects, Myrboh said learning plays []

SHILLONG, Oct 10: The Opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) has called for an early resolution of the Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute, cautioning that the urgency to settle the issue must not come at the cost of Meghalayas territorial interests. VPP leader and Shillong Lok Sabha by-election candidate Batskhem Myrboh stressed that any settlement must []

SHILLONG, Oct 10: The Opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP) on Saturday organised a massive rally at Polo Ground to extend best wishes to its candidate, Batskhem Myrboh, ahead of the Shillong Lok Sabha by-election, with party president Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit confident of the partys victory. The strong turnout featured prominently in Basaiawmoits remarks, []

SHILLONG, Oct 10: Amid questions over land ownership records and the proposed Shree Cement project at Lum Syrman in East Jaintia Hills, the Meghalaya governments Fact-finding Committee will hear representations at the Circuit House in Khliehriat on October 13. The hearing will begin at 10 am, according to a public notice issued by the committee. []

JOWAI, Oct 10: A woman farmer in West Jaintia Hills district has suffered a major setback after unidentified miscreants allegedly set fire to her freshly harvested paddy, causing an estimated financial loss of Rs 40,000. The farmer, Toieid Iaka Papiah, is a resident of Tum Tum village near Sahsniang. She said her agricultural land is []

Proposed road is likely to cut travel time to one hour SHILLONG, Oct 10: Survey work has commenced for a new Shillong-Guwahati road alignment that could reduce the distance between the cities from approximately 100 km to 66 km. The proposed road aims to cut travel time between Shillong and Guwahati from around two-and-a-half hours []

SHILLONG, Oct 10: More than 3,000 visitors attended a five-day climate festival at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, which brought together students and communities to explore Indias diverse ecosystems and the links between nature, culture and sustainability. Titled Festivals of Life: Where the Rivers, Forests, Mountains, Coasts and Oceans Are!, the festival was organised by []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: The High Court of Meghalaya on Thursday issued notices under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, read with Article 215 of the Constitution, to 24 office-bearers and executive members of the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar Association. The bench of Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: NPP national vice-president and Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar on Wednesday dismissed BJP MLA Alexander Laloo Heks claim that several sitting Garo Hills legislators are ready to switch sides, comparing the allegation to a baseless personal claim. If I claim that your wife is my wife, how would you feel? This is []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: The VPP-led Executive Committee of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council has suffered a setback after the Governor returned the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (Regulation and Administration of Land) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with observations. Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of District Council Affairs Prestone Tynsong confirmed on Thursday that the government had []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: Breaking silence over his political strategy after TMC split five months ago, Leader of Opposition and senior Meghalaya TMC leader Mukul M. Sangma on Thursday categorically ruled out joining the BJP or any other national party while asserting that he belongs to the original TMC led by Mamata Banerjee. Addressing queries on []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council election will be held only after the ongoing delimitation exercise and revision of electoral rolls are completed, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said on Thursday, adding that the Meghalaya government has extended the councils term to allow both processes to finish. Tynsong, who holds the District []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: Leader of Opposition Mukul M. Sangma has questioned the decision to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Meghalaya on the eve of the Shillong parliamentary by-election. Terming the delay in holding the by-election as peculiar, Sangma said the responsibility for conducting both elections and the SIR rests with []

NONGSTOIN, Oct 8: Three traditional heads of Meghalaya announced that they would not give their consent to the proposed dam on the Kulsi River, even as over 2,000 people from Khasi, Garo, Rabha and Bodo communities gathered at Kyrshai near the Assam-Meghalaya border on Thursday to oppose the project. The massive rally at the Kyrshai []

Over 300 entrepreneurs, 32 natl, intl buyers converge at RBSM 2.0 SHILLONG, Oct 8: Meghalaya is stepping up efforts to take its local products beyond regional markets, with more than 300 entrepreneurs from all 12 districts meeting 32 national and international buyers at the second edition of the Reverse Buyers Seller Meet (RBSM 2.0) here []

SHILLONG, Oct 8: Leader of the Opposition Dr Mukul Sangma has said he will raise the alleged nexus between politicians and police in Meghalaya at the upcoming meeting of the State Security Commission. His remarks follow sharp public scrutiny of the East Khasi Hills district police after the Khasi Students Union (KSU) exposed police personnel []

Buenos Aires, Oct 7: Argentina is confronting a once-unimaginable reality: a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, 39-year-old Messi bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 126 goals, two Copa America titles and a World Cup championship, scoring a penalty and setting up Argentinas other two goals for a 3-0 victory []

Lisbon, Oct 7: Cristiano Ronaldo is not following Lionel Messi into international retirement just yet. The Portugal superstar said he will remain available to play for his national team, despite having walked out on the squad during the current international window. In a long statement posted Tuesday, just hours before Messis much-anticipated farewell game with []

Madrid, Oct 7: Spain preserved its 2-year unbeaten streak by rallying to beat Croatia thanks to a clutch second-half double from super-sub Mikel Merino, while Harry Kane scored two more goals on another record-setting match for the England captain. The marathon batch of Nations League matches ended Tuesday with Merino a star off the []

Beijing, Oct 7: Coco Gauff lost to a player she had beaten in all five of their previous matchups after receiving what she described as an insane amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in the preceding round. The 19th-ranked Elise Mertens beat the fourth-ranked Gauff 6-3, 6-3 to reach the []

New Delhi, Oct 7: The painful autopsy of Indias recent international outings has laid bare a truth many in Football House are terrified to admit: the national team has outgrown low-ambition stopgaps. Keeping Khalid Jamil at the helm is no longer an experiment in backing domestic tacticians; it has become an act of self-sabotage that []

SHILLONG, Oct 7: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a further six-month extension of the term of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council to facilitate the conduct of elections. Cabinet spokesperson Wailadmiki Shylla said the decision was taken because the delimitation exercise and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls are still under way in the []

SHILLONG, Oct 7: A High Court-appointed committee has laid bare the scale of unresolved coal illegalities in Meghalaya, recording an undisputed shortage of 13,02,456.184 metric tonnes of inventoried coal and noting that not a single abandoned rat-hole mine has been closed or fenced despite years of court directions. The 41st interim report of the single-member []

SHILLONG, Oct 7: A day after Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma firmly dismissed speculation of any rift in the National Peoples Party or instability in the MDA-II government, asserting that the coalition remains very, very stable and that the NPPs 33 MLAs stand absolutely intact, a fresh claim by senior BJP leader and MLA A.L. []

SHILLONG, Oct 7: Hundreds of lawyers from across Meghalaya marched through the streets of Shillong on Wednesday, demanding the immediate removal of Advocate General Amit Kumar and accusing the state government of shielding information on public expenditure incurred on his office. The High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar Association, joined by []

Court relieves two Amici Curiae for skipping hearings amid strike call, warns of action against similar conduct in future SHILLONG, Oct 7: Observing that an Amicus Curiae is an officer of the court whose loyalty must be to justice rather than a Bar Association, the High Court of Meghalaya has relieved S. Sen and P. []

Family seeks probe into womans mysterious death in Ri-Bhoi after husband leaves before last rites NONGPOH, Oct 7: The family of a 27-year-old woman from Umkaduh village in Ri-Bhoi district has sought a thorough police investigation into her mysterious death in Maroit village after her husband allegedly left with his relatives without waiting for her []

SHILLONG, Oct 7: Meghalayas matrilineal identity came under sharp scrutiny on Wednesday as women, queer, trans persons and feminist allies took to the streets at Don Bosco Square, Laitumkhrah, demanding greater freedom, dignity and safety for women in public spaces. At the Dressed to Protest gathering, protesters used pointed slogans such as Girls just wanna []

SHILLONG, Oct 7: Hundreds of teachers from across Meghalaya, on Wednesday, took to the streets of Shillong in a show of strength as the All Meghalaya Primary School Teachers Association (AMPSTA) warned of school closures and a demonstration outside the Main Secretariat if the state government fails to address its remaining demands. Teachers from the []