The Shillong Times

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 []

WILLIAMNAGAR: East Garo Hills ajao, Dobu, Nengkha aro Naringgre songni aa nokgiparang, National Highway (NH-217) ramako apalbatate tarina ragipa aani tangka paisarangko taraken gamchina sorkario dabiangtokaha. Iani bidingo, adokni Chief Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management department-ni official-rang, East Garo Hills ajani Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA) aro NHIDCL-na sedoatengon, ia NH-217 ramako tarina aa []

SHILLONG: United Democratic Party (UDP)-ni sakchet MLA-rang napangani jaman, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-na Meghalaya Cabinet-o Deputy Chief Minister-ni kamko manchape minister-ni damgittam biaprangko bienga ine koborrangko knasona manengon, BJP-o napanggipa UDP-ni sakchet MLA-rangko Cabinet-o rimnapna gita BJP-ni high command baksa Meghalaya sorkari songgigrika dongja ine National Peoples Party (NPP) talataniko onangskaaha. Iani bidingo talataniko onangengon, []

SHILLONG: Deficit skulrango skigiparangni dabianirangko sorkari knachakna gisik nangjaenga ine Khasi-Jaintia Deficit School Teachers Association (KJDSTA) parakatenba, ia dabianirangko chusokate onjagenchimode bilakbate jingjengatanirangko dakanggen ine mikrakataniko onangaha. KJDSTA-ni general secretary Barbara Lamin-ni parakatani gitade, reanggipa September-ni 25 tariko, KJDSTA aro Garo Hills Deficit School Teachers & Employees Association (GHDSTEA), jinma rejomaniko ongatangani jaman, uamangni

TURA: Achik State Peoples Front (ASPF) Kharkutta regional unit-ni membor saksako, North Garo Hills ajani Kharkutta police station ningo donggipa Chigrang songo, matchu badingsrukanio jak donggipa manderang, kragija dake chadrapenba rime donaha ine police-na FIR kadoangaha. Ia songni rama gita Assam-oni Bangladesh asongona matchu badingsrukatenggipa manderang, matchurangko raangenga ineba ASPF-ni FIR-o parakaha. ASPF Kharkutta regional []

TURA: Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) election-ko radodapanggija jadokna radogipa bonahaode taraken election-ko ongatchina warachakgipa dolni MDC-rang parakangtoka. Iani bidingo Tura-ni MDC Bernard N Marak aganangengon, jadokna election-ko radoatani dao October 18 tariko bonengaha uni jamanba delimitation aro Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-ko pasike election-ko radona chanchienga. Daalo Separate Electoral Roll (SER) ba gital electoral []

TURA: West Garo Hills ajani Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Department baksa nangrime, Organic Farming ba ongtelaigipa asalrangchi gama geani bidingo Kisan Mela 2026-ko New Tura-o donggipa Matchakolgre LP skul kalchakramo ongatangaha aro ia Kisan Mela-o dingtang dingtang songrangoni sak 150-mangni gita game gee chagiparang aro sorkari official-rang bak raangtokaha. Ia []

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 []