South West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], August 11 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that over Rs 1,000 crore has been disbursed to farming communities in the state through different welfare schemes, including FOCUS programme, in the last four years.
West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], June 17 (ANI): Incessant rainfall in Meghalaya caused a landslide in Darrang village on Darrang Shnongpdeng Road under Dawki Police Station limits in the West Jaintia Hills district. The restoration work is underway at present.
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], June 16 (ANI): Four minors were killed and two injured in a landslide that occurred at Laitlarem village under Mawphlang C&RD block in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Thursday.
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], June 11 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday held a review meeting to assess the situation in the state's Garo Hills region, which has been hit by landslides and floods.
South West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], June 9 (ANI): At least three members of a family including two minors were killed in a landslide in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills district on Thursday morning, police said.
Shillong Mar 25 PTI A POCSO court here has convicted a police officer for raping two minor sisters at a police station in Meghalayas South West Garo Hills district in 2013 The accused Nurul Islam was then the officer in-charge of Ampati police station when he committed the crime against the two sisters at the police station Nurul Islam is found guilty and convicted for committing offences defined and punishable under POCSO Act 2012 and also IPC act the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO court said on Thursday The quantum of sentence will be announced later the court said Islam raped the two sisters a 14-year-old- girl at the Ampati police station on March 13 and also on March 14 2013 On March 31 the same year he raped her 17-year-old elder sister too at gunpoint following which the father of the victims filed an FIR against the officer in charge The father in his FIR alleged Islam threatened to kill both the victims and also to implicate them in criminal cases if they dared to inform anyone about the crime The investigation of the case was later shifted to East Khasi Hills district considering the sensitivity of the case PTI JOP RG RG
Shillong Feb 26 PTI Meghalaya on Saturday recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases two less than the previous day pushing the caseload to 93437 while two more deaths took the toll to 1577 health officials saidOf the new infections East Khasi Hills district reported seven followed by three each from East Garo Hills Ri Bhoi South West Khasi Hills and West Garo Hills one each from East Jaintia Hills Eastern West Khasi Hills North Garo Hills South West Garo Hills and West Jaintia Hills districts Health Services director Dr Aman War saidThe state now has 189 active coronavirus cases he saidA total of 91671 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease so far including 44 on Saturday he saidMeghalaya has conducted more than 1361 lakh sample tests for COVID-19 to date and more than 1268 lakh people have tested negative he saidAs of Friday the state has inoculated a total of 2348 lakh people with more than 963296 of them receiving both doses of the vaccine War said PTI JOP SBN MM MM
Shillong Jan 26 PTI Meghalaya on Wednesday recorded 392 new COVID-19 cases five less than the previous day pushing the tally to 89553 a senior health department official said Health Services Director Dr Aman War said the COVID-19 death toll rose to 1503 with one more fatality He said of the 392 new cases 178 were reported from East Khasi Hills district West Garo Hills 48 Ri Bhoi 11 South West Garo Hills 4 three cases each from East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills two cases each from Eastern West Khasi Hills West Jaintia Hills and West Khasi Hills district War said the state currently has 2494 active COVID-19 cases while 85556 people have recovered from the disease including 254 on Wednesday The state has so far tested over 1310 lakh samples for COVID-19 A total of 2268 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine of whom over 927180 have received both doses of vaccines War added PTI JOP RG RG
Shillong Jan 23 PTI Meghalaya on Sunday recorded 318 new COVID-19 cases 88 less than the previous days count pushing the tally to 88459 a senior health department official said Health Services Director Dr Aman War said that one new COVID-19 fatality pushed the death toll to 1497 He said that out of the 318 new cases 201 were reported from East Khasi Hills District West Garo Hills District 70 Ri Bhoi District 24 South West Garo Hills District 8 West Jaintia Hills District 6 Eastern West Khasi Hills District3 and 2 cases each from South West Khasi Hills and West Khasi Hills District and one case each from East Jaintia Hills and South Garo Hills District respectively War said that the state now has 2121 active coronavirus cases The Health Services Director said a total of 84841 patients have recovered from the disease so far including 198 on Sunday The state has tested over 1303 lakh samples for COVID-19 till date he said A total of 2263 lakh people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine in the state so far War added PTI JOP RG RG