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FIH Mens Junior World Cup CHENNAI, Dec 10: India produced a brave-heart performance, nullifying a two-goal deficit to beat Argentina 4-2 and clinch the bronze medal in the FIH Mens Junior World Cup here on Wednesday. India, who won the title in 2016 in Lucknow, failed to finish on the podium on the last two []

NEW DELHI, Dec 10: The inaugural edition of the Shooting League of India (SLI) will be held from February 16 to 26 next year, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) said on Wednesday. The dates have been finalised in alignment with the International Shooting Sport Federations (ISSF) 2026 calendar to avoid clashes with major []

SANTIAGO (Chile), Dec 10: Goalkeeper Nidhi made several brilliant saves as India defeated Uruguay 3-1 in shootout after an intense 1-1 draw to stay in contention for a ninth place finish in the hockey Junior Womens World Cup here. Manisha (19) scored for India while Justina Arregui (60) slammed the equaliser for Uruguay on Tuesday []

LONDON, Dec 10: Linda Caicedo raced clear from halfway to score the goal that clinched Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg in the Womens Champions League on Tuesday, while there were also victories for defending champion Arsenal and Juventus. Paris Saint-Germain stayed winless after five rounds after a 0-0 draw with OH Leuven, however, []

ODISHA MASTERS CUTTACK, Dec 10: Top seeds Unnati Hooda and Tharun Mannepalli as well as other leading Indian shuttlers progressed comfortably to the pre-quarterfinals across singles categories of the Odisha Masters Super 100, here on Wednesday. In womens singles, Unnati began her campaign in commanding fashion, defeating UAEs P. Bharath 21-12, 21-18. Sixth seed Anmol []

LAHORE, Dec 10: A Cricket Australia (CA) delegation is in Lahore to review security arrangements ahead of the teams three-match T20I series against Pakistan in January. The delegation includes an independent security advisor and an official of the Australian Cricketers Association. Australia will tour Pakistan in early next year for a white-ball series, scheduled to []

DUBAI, Dec 10: India great Virat Kohlis push to regain the top ODI batter spot received a boost as he moved up to the second place in the latest ICC rankings released on Wednesday. Kohli hasnt held the No.1 position for ODI batters since he was displaced by Pakistans Babar Azam in April 2021. But []

FORT LAUDERDALE, Dec 10: Best player. Best team. Inter Miamis Lionel Messi is the unquestioned force in Major League Soccer right now, on a run like nobody else the league has ever seen. =The 38-year-old Argentine star and captain of the MLS Cup champions has become the first back-to-back MVP in MLS history, []

UEFA Champions League London, Dec 10: Even from the penalty spot, Liverpool managed just fine without Mohamed Salah. After leaving the Egypt forward in England, Liverpool got a much-needed boost with a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday. Barcelona and Bayern Munich celebrated comeback wins and Chelsea lost. With regular []

SSA Champions Cup 2025 By Our Reporter Shillong, Dec 10: Shillong Lajong easily defeated Meghalaya Police 2-0 in the second semifinal of the SSA Champions Cup 2025, which means fans will be treated to the final they would have wanted all along between Nongkseh and Lajong this Saturday. Iohborlang L Lyngkhoi (41) and Deibormame Tongper []

Cooch Behar Trophy By Our Reporter Shillong, Dec 10: Meghalaya are four wickets away from victory against Nagaland in the U-19 mens Cooch Behar Trophy 2025-26 plate group after a crucial last 45 minutes of the third day saw the home side seize the upper hand on Wednesday. Set an imposing target of 375 to []

Dubai, Dec 10: Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations which target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup football match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Leaders in the nations football federations publicly rebuked the idea of playing the match June 26 at Seattle Stadium, which local []

By Our Reporter Shillong-based singer Jayanta Saha has secured a place among the top 50 contestants of Indias Talent Fight Season 6, one of the countrys leading multi-talent reality competitions. The show, promoted by Bollywood personalities Anu Malik, Shakti Kapoor, and Neha Dhupia, and broadcast on major platforms including 9xm Music Channel, Hungama Play, Vi, []

Anurag Kashyaps globally acclaimed directorial Kennedy became the only Indian film to be selected for Letterboxds first-ever Video Store. Letterboxd, a social platform for film lovers to log, review, rate, and discover movies, will officially launch its online film-rental platform, Video Store, on Wednesday. It will feature a curated mix of acclaimed movies, exclusive Academy []

Actors Agastya Nanda and Simar Bhatia during a promotional event for Ikkis in New Delhi, on Wednesday. (PTI)

Global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas is currently in town, in Mumbai. The actress was clicked on the sets of star comedian Kapil Sharmas show, The Great Indian Kapil Show season 4, which is all set to air in a few days. The actress, as always, left everyone mesmerised with her style. She opted for a []

Actor Salman Khan has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights. The plea is scheduled to be heard on Thursday by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora. Khan has moved the high court seeking to restrain various social media platforms and e-commerce websites from unauthorisedly using his name, images, persona and likeness []

Mumbai, Dec 10: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined for the third straight day on Wednesday to close at a nearly months low, dragged by a last-hour selloff in consumer durables, private banks and IT shares. In a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped by 275.01 points, or 0.32 per cent, to settle []

Mumbai, Dec 10: The rupee depreciated 7 paise to close at 89.94 against the US dollar on Wednesday, tracking a negative trend in domestic equities and sustained foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said investors are in a wait-and-watch mode, awaiting clarity from the US Federal Reserve before taking decisive positions. Investors are also awaiting cues []

New Delhi, Dec 10: Over two lakh entities have been recognised as startups by the government so far, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said on Wednesday. As on date, a total of 2,01,335 startups has been recognised by DPIIT, and these start-ups have created 21 lakh plus jobs across the country, the Ministry said. (PTI)

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Nepal has charged 55 former ministers, officials, and the Chinese company China CAMC Engineering Limited with corruption over financial irregularities in the construction of Pokhara International Airport. The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority alleged that the parties colluded to inflate project costs by over USD 74 million, making it one []

NEW YORK, Dec 10: A US judge has ruled that secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epsteins 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, granting the Justice Departments request to unseal the material. US District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the files sealed, citing the recently passed Epstein Files []

A young girl looks on as she holds a sandwich at a tent camp for displaced Palestinians on the beach in Gaza City, on Wednesday. (PTI)

Online short-form video has shifted from a light distraction to a constant backdrop in many childrens lives. What used to fill a spare moment now shapes how young people relax, communicate and form opinions, with TikTok, Instagram Reels, Douyin and YouTube Shorts drawing in hundreds of millions of under-18s through endlessly personalised feeds. These apps []

Deodhar trees in Batseri, a scenic village in Sangla valley on the Baspa river in Himachal Pradesh, have revealed a story of shift from wetter spring conditions during the Little Ice Age to the progressively drier conditions since 1757 CE, with increased spring drought years in recent decades, buried in their rings, says a study. []

SHILLONG: Brigipa changna Shillong songjinmani Wards Lake-o ongatenggipa Tri Hills Ensemble-ko Budbar salo, adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, abachengate onangaha aro ia program-ko abachengatanio, adokni Arts & Culture Minister Sanbor Shullai, adok sorkarini Advisor Paul Lyngdoh, adokni Chief Secretary Dr Shakil P Ahammed aro dingtang dingtang official-rangba bak raangtokaha. Ia Tri Hills Ensemble-o Meghalaya []

SHILLONG: Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC)-ni namroro silroroanina chamatgipa tangka paisarangko adita sak manderangni jakkalsretaniko Enforcement Directorate (ED)-ni gita sandirokengon, iani bidingo adokni Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, mamingkoba kuwatna gita jechakaha. ED-ara jakgitele sandirokna mangipa bimangsa ongani gimin ia kamo sorkari, jak onpaani ba kurang onpaani katta dongja aro dao dipet iani bidingo []

TURA: East Garo Hills ajao alu gee mananiko bariatna gita Budbar salo, East Garo Hills ajani Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) aro ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) nangrimenba, game gee chagiparangna dingtangmancha training program-ko ongatangaha. Ia training program-ko Megagre songo donggipa EGH-KVK-ni training hall-o ongatangaha aro ia training program-o kg 5500 []

TURA: Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019-ko mamong sorkarini ragataniara salgro salaram jolni Tribal manderangnade kragijani onga ine matnangenba, batanggimin bilsirango gitan daal December-ni 11 tarik Bristibar saloba, North East Students Organisation (NESO)-ni gita salgro salaram jolni damsni adokrangon Black Day ba Andalgipa salko-ko ongattaienga. NESO-ni uiatani gitade, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019-ko salgro salaram adokrango songdongenggipa Tribal []

Manderangna kasae dangdikchina sorkari official-rangko, police-rangko Marcuise didia TURA: Agilsakni gipin biaprango gitan International Human Rights Day-ko Budbar salo, Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Tura-ni District Auditorium-o maniangaha aro ia salko manianio, adokni PHE Minister Marcuise N Marak, mongsonggipa sokgipa onge bak raangaha. Ia salko maniani bak gita program-ko ongatanio, Captain Williamson Sangma State University-ni []

Editor, In the last couple of days we have seen reports and write-ups on NEP 2020 in the Shillong Times. On Dec 9, 2025 the Shillong Times published an article titled UG teachers views on 4-year undergraduate program. The following day we read a letter to the editor with the prescription, Needed a holistic perspective []

Judging by the point and counterpoint between the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya it would appear that there are no bigger issues than holding world class concerts where western singing idols decorate the stage and woo the crowd. In fact, every state of Indias North East is trying to outdo the other in terms []

Mullanpur (New Chandigarh), Dec 10: Yet to stamp his authority in the shortest format, Shubman Gill would be eying major gains on home soil when a well-rounded India look to extend their dominance over South Africa in the second T20 International here on Thursday. With only a travel day separating the first two games of []

By Melarbor L Thabah As a Christian, I am duty bound to write about this genocide and apartheid of the new millennium. On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists broke through the Gaza fence and killed innocent civilians including Israeli women, children and defence forces resulting in the deaths of around 1,219 people. This a brazen []

Mullanpur, Dec 10: If starting with Jitesh Sharma in the last three T20s in Australia felt like an experiment, his selection over fellow wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson in the series opener against South Africa provided ample clarity over team managements thought process going in to the World Cup at home. The think tank cant be []

Yunus administration faces mounting questions amid political uncertainty By Tajul Islam The political situation in Bangladesh has entered an era of heightened complexity and instability, shaped most dramatically by the events of August 5, 2024. On that day, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India, reportedly fearing for her life as the Meticulous Design []

New Delhi, Dec 10: To be or not to be could well be the dilemma in Shubman Gills mind as he crisscrosses formats, having tweaked his technique from an unorthodox style to a more classical one that is not quite yielding the returns he may have envisaged in T20 Internationals. Gill, who produced a coming-of-age []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: Ahead of the festive season, the PHE Department has announced yet another suspension of water supply in the city. The Executive Engineer (PHE) Greater Shillong Water Supply informed that the water supply will remain suspended for four days from December 10-13 for emergency repair work due to bursting of []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: The North East Students Organisation (NESO) has announced that black flags and black banners will be displayed across all major locations in the seven northeastern states on Thursday as part of its continued protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday, NESO chairman []

From Our Correspondent AMPATI, Dec 10: South West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Hama Nayak has clamped a night curfew in areas along the international border with immediate effect, in view of the volatile situation in Bangladesh. Citing fears of increased infiltration by undesirable elements, including militants, smugglers and illegal migrants, the DC invoked Section 163 []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: Marking International Human Rights Day 2025, the Meghalaya Peoples Human Rights Council (MPHRC) said the years global theme, Our Everyday Essentials, underscored how fundamental rights remain central to daily life, even as many citizens in the state continue to face entrenched discrimination, exclusion and systemic rights violations. The Council []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: The High Court of Meghalaya has directed that S.R.R. Marak, Additional Judge of the District Council Court, must immediately cease functioning as Secretary to the Executive Committee of the GHADC. The ruling came from a Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew while hearing []

Shillong-Dawki road project By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: The KSU Riwar South Central East Circle and the FKJGP Mihngi Circle have accused contractors involved in the Shillong-Dawki road project of providing false information to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) regarding the frequency of blasting activities. Leaders of both organisations called []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday said that the MDA government is committed to taking all necessary steps to respect, safeguard, and promote Meghalayas traditions and heritage. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating newly developed cultural and tourism amenities for the renowned Nongkrem Dance at Lum Pomblang and Madan []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday underscored the urgent need for deeper documentation of tribal histories, languages, rituals, dance forms and migratory origins, as he warned that critical gaps in recorded knowledge could threaten the preservation of Meghalayas cultural identity. Speaking at the inauguration of the fourth edition []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: The North Eastern Council (NEC) released Rs 8.46 crore in November for a range of development programmes in Meghalaya, as per official reports issued by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). The funds have been allocated to strengthen sports and youth infrastructure, improve bridge connectivity, enhance []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Dec 10: The Shillong Municipal Board (SMB), in an affidavit filed before the High Court of Meghalaya, has asserted that the location for the hawkers of Laitumkhrah would be completed by the first week of January 2026. The affidavit, disclosing details and the current status of the vending zones, was taken []

GUWAHATI, Dec 10: A major fire broke out during the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday in a multi-storied building, housing a high-end shopping mall and a retail assets central processing centre of State Bank of India (SBI), in the Bhangagarh area on GS Road. Various sections across floors of the structure were engulfed by the blaze []

Opening a savings account for your child ensures a simple way to build financial awareness. A minors savings account offers both security and financial knowledge by letting kids start saving under their guardians supervision. With online banking, this process has become easier and faster. This guide explains what a child bank account is, how to []

Miami, Dec 9: Carlos Alcaraz wanted to play in front of an energetic crowd at the inaugural Miami Invitational. The No. 1 mens tennis player got his wish, drawing a roar of applause when he stepped onto the court and electric cheers throughout an exhibition event Monday night at loanDepot Park, the home of Major []