In a significant step towards fostering entrepreneurship in Meghalaya's Garo Hills Region, the Investment Facilitation Roundtable for Private Sector Development was held on November 29, 2023.
The festival is being held after a gap of one year. It had to be called-off at the last-minute last year due to tensions on Assam – Meghalaya border due to the Mukroh firing incident in which five people from Meghalaya were killed.
The Meghalaya Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has given 15 days time to the Chief Secretary to submit a detailed report into the non-payment of salaries to six contractual employees of the transport department.
A gas cylinder was exploded in Kusimkolgre, Williamnagar in East Garo Hills region of Meghalaya on Saturday, resulting in a fire that engulfed three shops.
The Gasuapara unit of AHAM conducted an inspection of a recently constructed water tank as part of the Jal Jeevan Mission in Gasuapara village, South Garo Hills, on Thursday.
It must be noted that in October 2022, the Central Government had banned the use of the herbicide Glyphosate directly by farmers stating the effect of glyphosate on the health of humans and animals.
Search and rescue teams have found the missing BSF commandant who went off the beaten track inside Nokrek National Park in Garo Hills, alive and well after more than 8 long hours, shortly after 9 PM Monday night.
The spectacular rhythm of the Hundred Drums Wangala festival reached its spectacular peak on the concluding day at Baljek in Jengjal on Saturday. The grand finale of the enthralling event drew a record number of people from far and wide.
