The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday summoned the Superintendent of Police (SP) East Jaintia Hills on December 11 in regards to the ongoing illegal mining of coal in the district.
Cabinet Minister in-charge Food Civil Supplies & Consumers, Water Resources, Home (Civil Defense & Home Guards) and Cooperation, Comingone Ymbon, on Friday said he welcomes the decision to introduce railway lines in Jaintia Hills as it would benefit the people of the region.
Joseph Hmangaih Zuala from South Aizawl, Mizoram was arrested from a night super bus (AS 01 LC 6216) at Nongsning village along NH-6, district police chief Jagpal Singh Dhanoa said.
The Jaintia Students' Union (JSU) on Friday said only a handful of businessmen of Jaintia Hills support railway line in the region even as it argued that having railways may not necessarily bring down the prices of essential commodities.