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Recent Investigative Reports

Shillong Drivers Struggle with E20 Fuel Performance Issues

17 Jun 2026

Shillong motorists report that E20 ethanol-blended petrol is damaging engines and reducing fuel efficiency, creating financial strain for local taxi drivers.

The Delimitation Paradox: A Double Blow to the Backward Tribes of Nagaland

17 Jun 2026

In a village on the India-Myanmar border, Konyak elders still speak of the day their young men returned from the trenches of France in 1919. They had gone as

Police investigate mysterious death of young couple in Shillong

17 Jun 2026

The community is mourning the deaths of 21-year-old Simanta Hajong and 22-year-old Prinomi Hajong, who were found dead in a shed near their workplaces.

Student Unions Challenge Official Suicide Finding in Meghalaya Deaths

17 Jun 2026

Student unions reject police findings that two Hajong youths died by suicide, demanding a transparent investigation into the suspicious discovery of bodies.

JICA Backs Major Highway Projects to Boost Meghalaya Economy

17 Jun 2026

JICA is investing Rs 1,592 crore in three Meghalaya highway corridors to improve regional connectivity, trade with Bangladesh, and local job opportunities.

NEHU Tura staff launch indefinite strike over long-standing pay grievances

17 Jun 2026

Tura Campus Staff Welfare Association members have launched an indefinite protest, demanding pay parity and resolution of long-standing administrative issues.

The Rat-Hole Economy: Why Meghalaya's Coal Mafia Keeps Winning

17 Jun 2026

On 17 March 2025, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma inaugurated Meghalaya's first 'scientific' coal mining project at Byndihati in East Jaintia Hills, calling it

The Dimapur Child Rape Case Is Not an Anomaly. It Is a Mirror.

17 Jun 2026

The girl was fourteen. She lived in Lengrijan, a village on the edge of Dimapur, where the hills roll into the plains and the traffic noise never quite dies.

Meghalaya BJP Criticizes Dynastic Politics as a Threat to Meritocracy

17 Jun 2026

Meghalaya BJP leaders are pushing against dynastic political structures, arguing that family inheritance undermines democratic merit and public service.

Justice Katakey Committee Demands Closure of All Rat-Hole Mines in Meghalaya

17 Jun 2026

The Katakey Committee has urged the Meghalaya government to permanently close all rat-hole coal mines to prevent further loss of human life and livestock.