The rah moo khrah, one of the oldest games of the Jaintia , is more of a test of strength than speed. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement GUWAHATI: Some athletes in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills region don’t just race. They try to outpace each other while holding a rounded stone that can weigh up to 138 … Read more
River rafting across the waters of the Ganges in Rishikesh | Photo Credit: RAJATK/ Getty Images The curious case of the breathing bridges I still remember trying to catch the monsoons in the wettest place on Earth, Mawsynram in Meghalaya. That was a couple of years before the pandemic when climate change hadn’t overturned our … Read more
Perilla seeds, fermented bamboo shoot, soy beans, coffee grown in the Garo Hills, smoked fish, a beautiful book by Anurag Banerjee, and some cook books. My last stop before I fly back home from a holiday is always the fresh produce market. And when it is the incredible Iewduh in Shillong, Meghalaya — one of … Read more
GUWAHATI A new extremist organisation in Assam has made the border villagers in Meghalaya edgy, an MLA has told the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly. Nujorki Sungoh, an MLA representing the United Democratic Party, said the birth of the United People’s Front of Karbi Longri (UPFKL) a few months ago could spell trouble for the people of … Read more
The frog that was discovered from Siju cave in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The newest croaker recorded in India is a dark cave dweller, unlike most members of the Ranidae family belonging to Amolops, a genus of true frogs. Scientists from the Shillong and Pune units of the Zoological … Read more
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma with State Governor Phagu Chauhan and others during a meeting to submit his resignation and stake claim to form the government, in Shillong on Friday. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) appeared to have softened its stand after asking its two newly-elected MLAs – … Read more
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma with State Governor Phagu Chauhan and others in a group photo during a meeting to submit his resignation and stake claim to form the government, in Shillong on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI GUWAHATI The cup that cheers dashed the hopes of six political parties, including the Congress and the … Read more
Polling will take place across 59 Assembly constituencies each in Meghalaya and Nagaland between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. today February 27, 2023 07:05 am | Updated 07:10 am IST Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election equipment from a distribution centre, ahead of the Meghalaya Assembly elections, … Read more
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People’s Party (NPP) supremo Conrad K. Sangma asserted that neither he nor his party had any role in denying permission for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally at the P.A. Sangma Sports Complex in Tura. The Sports department has informed the … Read more
TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the … Read more