The District-Level Inter-School Athletic Meet 2025, organised by the District Sports Office, Williamnagar, began at the Williamnagar District Sports Association Stadium began on Wednesday with over 400 enthusiastic students from 17 schools across the region participating.
Addressing media persons, Joint Director Civil Defence and Homeguards MK Sangma said, “The mock drill will start at 4pm and at 6.30pm we will have the sounding of siren and blackout exercise.”
In a significant move toward strengthening community-led early childhood development (ECD) initiatives, the Government of Meghalaya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BAKDIL, the social service wing of the Catholic Diocese of Tura.
The Assam Cabinet has approved the Assam Thermal Power Generation Promotion Policy 2025, setting the stage for the state to become a thermal power hub with a target of generating 5,000 MW by 2035.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the 166-km Shillong-Silchar corridor, expected to be completed within three years, will be a game-changer for inter-state connectivity, linking Guwahati, Shillong, Silchar, Imphal, Aizawl, and Agartala.
In a major drug bust, the Dungtlang Police Station team in Mizoram seized 236.33 kg of methamphetamine worth over ₹30 crore during a late-night patrol near Thinghrangkawn and Vanzau in Champhai district on Monday.
The Khasi Students' Union (KSU) on Tuesday demanded the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) to immediate call an emergent meeting of its Governing Council to resolve issues pertaining the recruitment process of nurses in the institute.
The long-awaited operationalization of Baljek Airport in Garo Hills is finally in sight, with the Meghalaya government on Tuesday signing crucial agreements on Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the airport with the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday said the government will take a final call on introducing railway connectivity in the state only after holding consultations with all stakeholders.
