Following reports of EVM damage and instances of violence during the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls on April 19, repolling has commenced in eight polling stations across Arunachal Pradesh.

The Supreme Court is scheduled on April 24 to pass directions on petition seeking 100% cross verification of vote count in electronic voting machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) paper slips.

Addressing a press conference here, Kharga Bahadur Rai said, "BJP President JP Nadda recently urged Sikkim to join mainstream politics. If it happens then it will be the end of Article 371F which gives special provision to Sikkim. BJP doesn't understand the culture, heritage and traditions of Sikkim. They want to end the regional politics and that's why they have urged Sikkim to join mainstream,".

National People’s Party (NPP) leader and cabinet minister Rakkam A Sangma has said the April 19 Lok Sabha elections was an “unexpected tough fight” even as he expressed confidence that the party will win both Shillong and Tura parliamentary seats by a very thin margin.

In his reply during the Budget Session of the Assembly on February 21, 2024 , Rakkam had informed that the government is planning to make the state university functional by this year. However due to the Lok Sabha elections, the university will have to be made functional by 2025.

In 2019, the state government had launched the Chief Minister's Civil Services Fellows (Scholarship worth 1 crore for 100 youth), which has created an opportunity for deserving and talented IAS aspirants of Meghalaya to undergo free of cost coaching from ALS IAS.

In a Press Release, ABVP Meghalaya has pointed out that one of the minor girls is a student from an institution in South West Garo Hills. The other victims are enrolled in various educational institutions. The organization has called for justice for the victims and their families, urging society to voice its opposition to such heinous acts to prevent their recurrence.

Rongsrang was the main mastermind behind several kidnappings that took place in the South Garo Hills district in the recent past.

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According to police sources, one was arrested from Mawlai and the other from Nongthymmai.