The A’chik Conscious Holistically Integrated Krima (ACHIK) group has written to the chief minister complaining against the installation of a check gate by the district transport officer of South Garo Hills and the alleged “fee” collection from commuters.
One of the men involved in the racket, identified as Aaron T Sangma, reportedly from North Garo Hills, has been arrested from Laban area of Shillong, after a lookout notice was issued. He is suspected to be a mule with the main perpetrators of the scam lodged in some metro city of the country.
The Queer Muslim Project (TQMP) has won the Digital Deal Award 2024, conferred by Ars Electronica Linz GmbH, Austria. “I am beyond thrilled and honoured,” Rafiul Alom Rahman, founder of TQMP from Meghalaya, said.
In the remote, verdant expanse of Wari Chora gorge in Garo Hills, Meghalaya, an extraordinary discovery has set the botanical world abuzz. During a routine expedition in March 2023, Dipankar Borah from Kaliabor College, Nagaon, stumbled upon an unfamiliar species of Peliosanthes, a genus often mistaken for orchids due to their enchanting blooms.
"There are people, who have expressed interest to contest on a VPP ticket for the Gambegre bye election but as a party we have decided not to take any hasty decision on the matter if we want to get the full support of the people of Garo Hills region," he said.
As many as five organizations, namely ADE, FKJGP, AYWO and FAF, on Tuesday submitted a joint memorandum to East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner R M Kurbah, seeking her intervention to initiate a fresh probe to get to the bottom of the circumstances that led to Diana’s death.
The 106th Garo Labour Corps Day was solemnly observed on Tuesday at the Cenotaph in Lower Babupara, Tura, in remembrance of the several hundred Garos who perished during the First World War in France and the return of the few survivors on July 16, 1918.
Meghalaya Power Minister, Abu Taher Mondal, on Monday said all villages in the State will be able to get “uninterrupted power” within the next five years.
Thousands of Catholic faithful across Garo Hills will today give an emotional farewell to their beloved bishop George Mamalassery as he takes the last journey from the Sacred Heart Shrine to the Cathedral Chuch where he shall be laid to rest.
