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30-36 disputed villages along Assam border to remain in Meghalaya: CM

Thirty of the 36 disputed villages along the Meghalaya-Assam border have been recommended by regional committees of the two states to remain in Meghalaya, CM Conrad K Sangma said

Eleven more students from Meghalaya arrived in Delhi from Ukraine: CM

Still, several students from the state remained stranded in the restive country, an official said

Meghalaya students stuck in Ukraine, CM Sangma seeks MEA intervention

Appeals to the Centre have also been made by the chief ministers of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Jharkhand

Cong supporting MDA will not affect relationship with BJP: Conrad Sangma

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has said that decision of all five Congress MLAs to join the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance

Meghalaya logs 158 new COVID cases, 4 more fatalities

Meghalaya on Tuesday recorded 158 new COVID-19 cases, 86 more than the previous day, with the tally mounting to 92,521, a health department official said. The death toll rose to 1,552 as four more people succumbed to the disease, he said. Of the fresh cases, 52 were reported from East Khasi Hills, 35 from West Garo Hills, 21 from West Jaintia Hills and 17 from Ri Bhoi. The remaining infections were registered in eight other districts. Meghalaya now has 1,208 active cases, Health Services Director Dr Aman War said. At least 285 people recuperated from the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 89,761, he said. The state has conducted over 13.39 lakh sample tests for COVID-19 so far. Over 23.05 lakh people have been inoculated in the state till Monday with 9,38,630 of them having received both doses of vaccines, War added.

Covid-19 pandemic: Meghalaya logs 211 new cases, 2 fresh fatalities

Meghalaya's Covid-19 tally rose to 92,021 as 211 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 1,538

Covid-19 pandemic: Meghalaya logs 362 new cases, four more deaths

East Khasi Hills district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 149

Meghalaya coronavirus update: State reports 305 new cases, 1 death

Meghalaya recorded 305 new Covid-19 cases, 13 less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 88,764, a senior health department official said

Meghalaya reports 318 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 new death

Meghalaya on Sunday recorded 318 new Covid-19 cases, 88 less than the previous day's count, pushing the tally to 88,459, a senior health department official said

Assam, Meghalaya CMs apprise Shah of efforts to resolve border disputes

Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad K. Sangma met Amit Shah in Delhi and apprised him about the efforts being made to resolve six of the 12 inter-state border disputes between Assam and Meghalaya

Border row: CMs of Assam, Meghalaya to meet Amit Shah today in Delhi

A vital meeting regarding the resolving of the border dispute between neighbouring states of Assam and Meghalaya will take place with Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Meghalaya extends upper age limit for job aspirants by 5 years: CM Sangma

The Meghalaya government on Wednesday extended the upper age limit of government job aspirants from 27 years to 32 years for non-tribals, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said.

Sixty-four new cases take Meghalaya's Covid-19 tally to 85,085

Fourteen more people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 83,338

Covid-19: After Manipur, Omicron cases detected in Meghalaya

After one case in Manipur, five cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were detected in Meghalaya on Tuesday, health officials said

Covid-19 pandemic: Five Omicron cases detected in Meghalaya

Health Services Director Aman War that three cases were detected in Shillong, and two in Ri-Bhoi district

Resolution of border rows with Meghalaya, AP expected this year: Assam CM

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km border and there are 1,200 points of dispute

Meghalaya to restrict movement of people to prevent spread of Covid: CM

Sangma said details of the measures will be announced by officials later

Cong targets PM after Meghalaya governor's 'arrogant' remark about him

"Narendra Modi ji is this true?" the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge asked

Meghalaya: Congress loses main opposition status, TMC gains big in 2021

Former chief minister Mukul Sangma and his close aide Charles Pyngrope, a former assembly speaker, led a coup against AICC-appointed Congress state president Vincent H Pala

Assam, Meghalaya CMs meet, say will resolve their border issues by Jan 15

In a breakthrough in their long-standing inter-state boundary disputes between Assam and Meghalaya, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday held a meeting and decided to resolve the issues on or before January 15."Meeting was held at a political level with the Assam counterpart on the border issue taking the 6 areas of differences for Phase I discussions. We have made considerable positive progress through our joint dialogue & hope to arrive at an amicable solution shortly," Conrad Sangma tweeted.After the meeting, Meghalaya Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong said, "It was a very productive and good meeting. The CMs have decided to make an announcement on or before January 15.""There are disputes in six areas and I am sure that we will be able to find a solution in at least some areas," he added."Our regional committees have submitted their reports and we are working towards a final agreement on many disputed border areas," ...