Amidst the state-wide strike by the tourist taxi associations over the stringent punishment in hit-and-run cases under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the law which has replaced the over 160-year-old Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Assam tourist cabbies have decided to resume their services from Saturday morning onwards.
Khyndailad, the heart of Shillong, is bustling as thousands come to witness the glitz and glitter the shipping hub has been adorned with for the Christmas season. But the crowd is not just for the late evening, it is through the night as people thronged the area even at midnight.
In a historic shift within the Catholic Church, the Shillong Archdiocese has granted permission for priests to bestow blessings upon same-sex couples, but without any type of ritual of the Church that resembles marriage rite.
Ah, Christmas—a time filled with cheer, goodwill, and the promise of love and joy. Yet, amidst the festive spirit, one cannot ignore the frustration that brews when confronted with a heavy traffic jam at Khyndailad (GS Road), threatening to dim the radiance of this beautiful and blessed season.
Acting on specific information that a sizable quantity of gold of foreign origin smuggled across the border would be carried in a car to Barpeta, officers of CCP Shillong intercepted a Maruti EECO van in the evening of 13.12.23 at Diengpasoh, on the outskirts of Shillong.
