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Pharma firm MD alleges unauthorised use of brand, seeks CMs intervention SHILLONG, Oct 25: A bitter trademark dispute over Livsav liver tonic has escalated into a politically charged confrontation, with the managing director of a pharmaceutical company accusing a Meghalaya BJP functionary of allegedly misappropriating his brand and promoting a rival product in the market. []

Our Bureau SHILLONG, Oct 23: A fresh wave of petrol bomb attacks has left Shillong on the edge, prompting East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner Abhilash Baranwal to stress confidence-building with local communities even as Congress leader Manuel Badwar dismissed plans for additional central forces as inadequate without a functioning intelligence network. Baranwal said the district []

Metbah Lyngdoh now lone party representative in Assembly By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 23: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Thomas A. Sangma on Friday formally recognised the merger of three United Democratic Party (UDP) legislators with the National Peoples Party (NPP), reducing the UDPs strength in the 60-member Assembly to just one MLA (Metbah Lyngdoh) and further []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 23: Khasi Students Union president Raymond Kharjana and general secretary Reuben Najiar walked out of Shillong District Jail on bail on Thursday evening. Hundreds of union members gathered to welcome them and later marched to the organisations Jaiaw office. The two leaders had been in custody since their arrest on []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 23: The Centre has no fixed criteria for including Khasi in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and has offered no timeline for taking the states long-standing demand forward. In a letter to Hynniewtrep Integrated Territorial Organization (HITO) president Donbok Dkhar, Director of the National Integration Wing of the Union []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Oct 23: The Meghalaya government has constituted a high-level committee to select the State Chief Information Commissioner under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. The committee, formed by the Governor under Section 15(3) of the RTI Act, will be chaired by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. Deputy Chief Minister Prestone []

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 []

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, []

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: 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 []

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 []

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: 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, []

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 []

By Bhogtoram Mawroh Last week, I was invited by the Sauramandala Foundation to take part in a workshop organized by the Neighbourhoods of the Future (NOTF). It was quite an engaging programme, with many people sharing different aspects of what they love about the city of Shillong, its challenges, and how they envisage its future. []

SHILLONG, Oct 1: East Khasi Hills Police on Thursday suspended a head constable and three constables and transferred an officer-in-charge after videos put out by the Khasi Students Union showed personnel allegedly collecting money from trucks at Mawkhanu and Thangshalai on the National Highway. The union said drivers were being made to pay between Rs []

Mumbai, Sep 30: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower for the third consecutive session on Wednesday, dragged down by last-hour selling in metal and pharma shares amid firm crude oil prices and elevated global bond yields. Giving up all intraday gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 48.78 points, or 0.07 per cent, to []

NEW DELHI/SHILLONG, Sep 30: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday extended the timeline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Meghalaya, with the final revised electoral roll now scheduled to be published on October 26. The earlier deadline for publication of the final electoral roll was October 21. The decision []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: Lawyers in Meghalaya will resume their agitation from Thursday by abstaining from judicial work over the continued appearance of Advocate General Amit Kumar in matters concerning the State Government. The decision was taken at an emergent joint executive committee meeting of the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: A VPP State Youth Wing delegation led by Nongstoin MDC Dr Juristman Iawphniaw faced a tense standoff with security personnel outside the West Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioners office on Wednesday while seeking to meet Deputy Commissioner Hema Nayak over the Staff Nurse recruitment at the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Hospital, Nongstoin. []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: The Meghalaya Government has left the door open for a fresh inspection of the proposed facilitation centres at Umling and Ratacherra if stakeholders remain dissatisfied with the earlier assessment. Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said the matter had already been entrusted to the district administration and there would be no objection to []

SHILLONG, Sep 30: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to visit Shillong on October 4-5 to confer the Presidents Colour on the Meghalaya Police at JN Stadium, Polo, on October 5. In preparation for the high-profile event, the East Khasi Hills district administration has declared a three-kilometre radius around JN Stadium a No-Drone Zone []

Nisshin, Sep 29: India will face Sri Lanka in the mens cricket semifinal at the 2026 Asian Games after persistent rain washed out the island nations quarterfinal against Nepal at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Tuesday. Sri Lanka progressed to the last four by virtue of their superior ICC T20I ranking after the []

New Delhi, Sep 29: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the results of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections be kept in a sealed cover and not be declared, while allowing the polling. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana passed the direction while hearing []

Karachi, Sep 29: Mohammad Rizwan on Tuesday asked the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency of Pakistan to return his phone and provide him with written details about allegations or suspicions they are investigating against him. In a letter sent on Tuesday to the NCCIA, Rizwan has also asked the agency to use official channels while []

SHILLONG, Sept 28: Shillong bodybuilder Daman Ropmay secured two medals at the India Premier Natural Championship Series Monster Muscle Naturals Global Fitness Expo in Lucknow, winning a gold and a bronze. Ropmay claimed the top spot in the 50-55kg bodybuilding category and later finished third in Classic Physique Class A, which featured competitors below []

SHILLONG, Sep 28: Meghalaya Police athletes Wandalin Syiemiong and Alan Sun Marbaniang struck gold at the 75th All India Police Wrestling Cluster 2026-27, held at the Haryana Police Academy in Madhuban, Haryana. Syiemiong emerged champion in the womens 60kg arm-wrestling category, while Marbaniang secured the mens 90kg gold. Marbaniang added another major achievement to his []