The first case of death caused by rabies has been reported from West Garo Hills after a 14 year old boy who was bitten by a stray dog in December developed symptoms and passed away in the first week of January, this year.
The citizens of Tura and sports lovers of Garo Hills were in for a shock on Friday morning when they landed at the Pa Togan Nengminja Athletics stadium, also known as Tura Track & Field Stadium, to find a portion of the synthetic turf damaged from vandalism.
In the sub junior boys (45 kg) category, gold went to Eastern West Khasi Hills (EWKH) who beat West Khasi Hills (WKH). Bronze was shared by EKH and South West Khasi Hills (SWKH).
The results in the amateurs category had Jonathan Lawphniaw with gold, Sonu Kumar Rai (gold) in Professionals category, Gaurav Bajaj (gold) in Mid Amateurs, former MLA Billykid A Sangma (Gold) in seniors, Stephen Momin in Super Seniors (gold) and Ooma Tewari Tariang (gold) in the ladies category.
Athletes from the Khasi Hills region continue to stretch their lead in the medals tally by a large margin here at the 5th Meghalaya Games as day three of the competitions rounded up on Wednesday.
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, engaged with members of Self Help Groups (SHGs), entrepreneurs, and farmers from various parts of Meghalaya, mostly from Garo Hills, in a gathering at Baljek in Jengjal, West Garo Hills, on Tuesday
After ABVP Meghalaya caused controversy that only a particular community was recruited in the unreserved category for the post of assistant teachers for government lower primary schools under Dadanggre subdivision, alleging that the tribal candidates were ignored, the documents have revealed that in total 192 candidates were selected with SC/ST and the Khasi/Garo having separate lists. The Khasi/Garo list alone contains names of 147 candidates.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Meghalaya, on Thursday demanded immediate stay of the results declared for appointment of assistant teachers in government lower primary schools under Dadenggre subdivision, West Garo Hills District to pave way for investigation into the alleged discrepancies.
