#Meghalaya
Meghalaya Ramps Up Aadhaar Enrolment to Secure Welfare Access
Meghalaya is pushing for total Aadhaar and e-KYC coverage to ensure residents keep receiving benefits from state and central welfare schemes.
NEWire Desk • 17 Jul 2026
Shillong vendors face August 17 relocation deadline
Shillong officials ordered street vendors to vacate several busy areas and move to new notified zones by August 17 to clear traffic congestion.
NEWire Desk • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Power Utility Faces Negligence Claims After Three Children Die
MeECL faces heavy scrutiny after ignoring warnings about a dangerous power line that electrocuted three children in Umtangling village on Wednesday.
Walrik Marak • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Pushes for New Hydropower and Solar Expansion
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is moving ahead with the Leshka Stage-II power project to boost the state's electricity generation capacity.
Walrik Marak • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Power Policy Stalls Two Years After Launch
Meghalaya’s ambitious 2024 energy plan remains mostly on paper, failing to curb power outages as major projects and institutional reforms remain stuck.
Walrik Marak • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Targets Over 90 Percent Institutional Births
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma held a health review to push maternal care targets and boost delivery rates above 90 percent using expanded community support.
NEWire Desk • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Farmers Give Away Cabbage After Price Crash
Meghalaya farmers distributed six tonnes of cabbage for free to protest a market crash that saw prices plummet to Rs 2 per kilogram.
Walrik Marak • 17 Jul 2026
Government Sets Monsoon Session Vote on Controversial FCRA Bill
The Union government plans to table the contested FCRA Amendment Bill despite fierce opposition from Meghalaya church leaders and local political groups.
NEWire Desk • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya to Ban Uranium Mining Amid Land Deal Scandal
Meghalaya plans an assembly resolution to ban uranium mining as the KSU probes former MLAs for land deals in Domiasiat linked to project revival.
Walrik Marak • 17 Jul 2026
East Khasi Hills Officials Issue Monsoon Health Alert
East Khasi Hills health authorities issued a monsoon advisory warning residents to prevent mosquito breeding and waterborne diseases through strict hygiene.
NEWire Desk • 17 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Honours WWI Garo Labour Corps on 108th Anniversary
Meghalaya marked 108 years since the Garo Labour Corps returned from WWI, with officials pushing to add the soldiers' history to school curricula.
NEWire Desk • 16 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Marks 108 Years of Garo Labour Corps Service
Meghalaya honored 108 years of the Garo Labour Corps with calls to teach the soldiers' World War I history in schools and finalize a memorial museum.
NEWire Desk • 16 Jul 2026
KSU Targets Ex-MLAs Over Uranium Land Deals as Meghalaya Moves to Ban Mining
The KSU is tracking alleged land grabs by former MLAs in Domiasiat, while the Meghalaya government prepares a formal resolution to ban uranium mining.
Walrik Marak • 16 Jul 2026
Meghalaya Targets Higher Institutional Births to Save Mothers
CM Conrad K. Sangma pushed for improved maternal health and higher institutional birth rates during a review of Meghalaya's state health sector.
NEWire Desk • 16 Jul 2026
Jaintia National Council Shuts Down Airtel Jowai Office Over Broken Promises
The Jaintia National Council locked the Airtel office in Jowai on Thursday, protesting the company's failure to install a promised network tower.
NEWire Desk • 16 Jul 2026
KSU Plans to Expose Former MLAs Linked to Uranium Land Deals
The KSU is gathering evidence to name former MLAs allegedly buying land in Domiasiat to push for controversial uranium mining against local wishes.
Walrik Marak • 16 Jul 2026
Jaintia National Council Shuts Down Airtel Office in Jowai Over Network Failures
The Jaintia National Council locked Airtel's Jowai office Thursday, citing broken promises to improve failing network coverage in the region.
Walrik Marak • 16 Jul 2026
DNA Evidence Closes Williamnagar Murder Case
East Garo Hills police confirmed the death of murder suspect James R. Sangma via DNA testing, officially closing the investigation into a 2025 killing.
NEWire Desk • 16 Jul 2026
Khasi Students Union targets illegal temple and drug smuggling in Meghalaya
The KSU locked an allegedly illegal temple at a CBI office and intercepted a vehicle suspected of smuggling drugs in two separate actions this week.
Walrik Marak • 16 Jul 2026
Assam Earmarks 150 Crore to Fix Jorabat Flooding
Assam is spending 150 crore to stop flash floods at the Jorabat gateway. The project aims to fix the chronic traffic and drainage issues by next monsoon.
NEWire Desk • 16 Jul 2026
