According to Army, a total of 400 veterans from West Garo Hills and East Garo Hills districts participated in the programme and were benefitted from the various facilities provided.
The Meghalaya government has initiated an approach to create new Community and Rural Development blocks and Sub-Division in different parts of the state to ensure better delivery of Government Services and implementation of welfare and development programs.
According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface was felt around 3:46 am in 37 kilometres east northeast of Tura. The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.
The police safely rescued a minor boy and a taxi driver Bikas Chetia who had been kidnapped from Assam's Goalpara and Meghalaya's Tikrikilla on November 9 and 4 respectively, West Garo Hills district Superintendent of Police Vivekanand Singh Rathore said.
During the meeting commanders of both the border guarding forces discussed various border related issues i.e trans-border crimes, illegal sand mining, illegal cattle grazing, etc.
Tura (Meghalaya) [India] October 15 (ANI): Police arrested three dreaded criminals along with arms and ammunition in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district late Friday night, said officials on Saturday.
New Delhi [India] September 1 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh paid floral tributes to former Speaker of Lok Sabha PA Sangma at his portrait in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his birth anniversary on Thursday.
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], July 3 (ANI): Four people including two BSF personnel were injured and six other vehicles were damaged in an accident in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district on Saturday.
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.