http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Thu, 10 May 2012 04:28:01 GMT Thu, 10 May 2012 04:28:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Shutdown_called_in_Meghalaya_over_dubious_voters_128109 Shillong: Continuing to mount pressure on the Meghalaya government over the enrolment of dubious voters, three powerful organisations Wednesday announced a 12-hour shutdown May 14 in four districts in eastern part of the state.  The Khasi... Thu, 10 May 2012 04:28:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Curfew_imposed_in_Meghalaya_128042 Shillong: A curfew has been imposed in western Meghalaya to foil communal clashes, an official said Wednesday.  "A curfew was clamped Tuesday night to prevent clashes between the (tribal) Garos and Muslims," West Garo Hills Dist... Wed, 09 May 2012 08:02:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Meghalaya_CM_demands_law_for_safety_of_NE_students_127866 New Delhi: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Monday called for a stringent law to address the safety concerns of students from the Northeast and to regulate the behaviour of the authorities at educational institutions.Sangma was in the capi... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:52:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Meghalaya_CM_confident_of_tackling_GNLA_125783 Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday exuded confidence that his government will effectively tackle insurgency in the Garo Hills and ensure lasting peace in the state.The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), headed by former ... Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:43:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Meghalaya_to_compensate_rape_victims_125254 Shillong: The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a comprehensive policy to pay compensation to victims of rape and human trafficking, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said Wednesday.  "Rape victims in Meghalaya will now be eligible for compen... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:54:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Bank_official_abducted_in_Meghalaya_124972 Shillong: Suspected tribal rebels Thursday abducted an official of State Bank of India in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district bordering Assam, police said.V.K. Gupta, the assistant general manager (inspection) of the bank, was kidnapped by fou... Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:57:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/2000_dead_birds_set_off_flu_fears_in_Meghalaya_124034 Shillong: Around 2,000 poultry birds have died in the past few weeks on a farm in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, fuelling fears of bird flu, even as a general alert was sounded in the area, officials said Monday.A government official sai... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:35:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Traffic_cop_books_legislator_summoned_by_house_panel_123496 Shillong: A Meghalaya legislator who heads the state assembly's privileges and ethics committee has summoned two traffic policemen for booking him for traffic violation, according to an official Monday.Congress legislator Ronnie V. Lyngdoh, wh... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:00:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Five_killed_in_Meghalaya_ambush_122810 Shillong: Four police personnel and a civilian were killed and two policemen critically injured Monday in a militant ambush in insurgency-ravaged western Meghalaya, police said.A group of 10 heavily armed militants hiding on a hilltop attacked a... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:14:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Festivals/In_Meghalaya_celebrating_Durga_Puja_differently_122433 Nartiang (Meghalaya), As millions across India thronged Durga Puja marquees on the penultimate day of the festival Wednesday, so did the Jaintias, an indigenous tribe of Meghalaya comprising Christians, continuing a 400-year-old unique tradition... Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:44:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/New_voting_machines_found_perfect_Election_Commission_120812 Sohra (Meghalaya),The Voter Verifiable Paper Trial (VVPT), a new electronic voting machine (EVM) that gives out a paper trail as proof, operated flawlessly in a mock poll conducted in Meghalaya, an Election Commission official said Thursday.On T... Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:04:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Meghalaya_takes_precautionary_steps_after_bomb_threat_120497 Shillong: The government has taken all steps to prevent a terror attack and people should not panic, Meghalaya Home Minister H.D.R. Lyngdoh said Monday, a day after Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels threatened bombings across the state.&n... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:15:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/____Four_Meghalaya_legislators_demand_Sangmas_resignation_120229 Shillong: Demanding Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's resignation, four Meghalaya Congress legislators have threatened to quit, even as party president Sonia Gandhi meets him and and his political rival D.D. Lapang later Friday.  The rebel le... Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:48:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Villagers_found_Khandu_chopper_wreckage_ITBP_official_118528 Shillong: While the aerial survey and satellite imagery data failed to pinpoint the exact location, it was a team of local people, untrained and with no equipment, that found the wreckage of the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister ... Wed, 04 May 2011 12:45:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Mild_earthquake_rocks_Shillong_118497 Shillong: An earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale jolted the Meghalaya capital Shillong Wednesday morning, an official said.  The tremor was felt at 6.22 a.m., with the epicentre located 20 km from the Regional Seismological Cent... Wed, 04 May 2011 08:23:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Wild_elephants_trample_man_to_death_in_Meghalaya_117778 Shillong: Wild elephants trampled a villager to death in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, a forest official said Saturday.  "The wild elephants killed Ainin R. Sangma, 40, while he along with his two other villagers went deep in... Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:36:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Meghalaya_to_probe_policerebel_nexus_117722 Shillong: Meghalaya Home Minister H.D.R Lyngdoh Friday said the government will investigate the alleged nexus between the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels and some police personnel.  "It could be only a suspicion (nexus be... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:04:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/___Meghalaya_official_held_for_bribe_sent_to_police_custody_117300 Shillong: A Meghalaya government official arrested on charges of accepting a bribe was Wednesday remanded in two days' police custody by a local court, an official said.  Meghalaya Police Tuesday arrested Langstar Kharkongor, a block deve... Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:38:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___BJP_demands_CBI_probe_into_Meghalaya_assembly_scam_116854 Shillong: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Meghalaya Wednesday demanded the resignation of senior Congress legislator and former assembly speaker Martin M. Danggo and a CBI probe into corruption charges against him.  The Comptroller an... Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:08:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/CBI_to_take_custody_of_NDFB_rebel_115267 Nongpoh (Meghalaya), Feb 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would soon take custody of National Democratic Front of Bodoland's (NDFB) cadre  Mathuram Brahma alias Mudoi, the prime accused in several bombings and killings in Ass... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:40:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/__Protests_in_Megalaya_over_fake_gunfight_114957 Shillong: Angry villagers Thursday protested in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district against the killing of a Garo rebel leader in an alleged fake gunfight by security forces. Washington N.Marak, 50, a Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebe... Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:52:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/__Army_court_finds_Lt_Gen_Rath_guilty_in_Sukna_land_scam_114813 Shillong: An army court martial Friday pronounced former 33 Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Rath guilty on three counts in a land scam in the Sukna military station in West Bengal. The sentence in the case will be delivered in a couple of days. ... Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:31:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___Curfew_further_relaxed_in_Meghalaya_114524 Shillong: With the situation in riot-hit areas limping to normalcy, authorities in Meghalaya Saturday further relaxed curfew in the Resublepara sub-division in East Garo Hills district. The curfew was relaxed for six hours starting 11 a.m. &nb... Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:47:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Meghalaya_riot_toll_rises_curfew_relaxed_114461 Shillong: Curfew was relaxed in Meghalaya's Resublepara area Friday as the toll in the ethnic clashes between Garo and Rabha tribals rose to eight with the recovery of three bodies and one person dying of his injuries, officials said. Curfew i... Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:02:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/__Meghalaya_rebel_chief_surrenders_113560 Shillong: Dimrim N. Sangma, the chairman of Liberation A'chik Elite Force (LAEF), a separatist group operating in Meghalaya, has surrendered along with arms and ammunition, police said Friday. Four of Dimrim's aides - 'Sergeants' Rakshimbirth ... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:08:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Four_separatists_killed_in_Meghalaya_gunfight_113096 Shillong: Four tribal separatists were killed and five arrested in a gun battle with security forces Friday in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, police said. The gunfight took place at Gajingpara near Mendipathar in the East Garo Hills dist... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:45:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Imprisonment_a_lifetime_experience_says_convicted_official_111809 Shillong: Convicted former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official L.R. Mitran has termed her four years' rigorous imprisonment as "a lifetime experience".  A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Meghalaya Monday... Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:52:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_CBI_court_convicts_five_in_Meghalaya_loan_fraud_111745 Shillong: A special CBI court in Meghalaya has convicted five people, including a top official of the Punjab National Bank (PNB), and sentenced them to two years\' imprisonment in a Rs.69.75 lakh loan scam.Special Judge S.R. Sen also imposed a fine... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:07:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/Security_stepped_up_in_Meghalaya_as_rebels_call_shutdown_109977 Shillong: Security was tightened across Meghalaya ahead of the 36-hour shutdown called by the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) coinciding with the Independence Day celebrations, police officials said Saturday.Chief Minister M... Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:13:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Poor_facilities_washing_away_Cherrapunjees_tourism_prospects_109148 Cherrapunjee (Meghalaya), July 31 (IANS) Dotted with waterfalls cascading over deep gorges, this town - renamed Sohra - is famous the world over as the wettest place on earth due to its magical rains. But lack of facilities have prompted some to dub... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:21:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Entertainment/Kareena_and_I_bonded_big_time_Delnaz_Paul_107747 Mumbai: Bubbly actress Delnaz Paul, who is playing Kareena Kapoor's close friend in the forthcoming movie "Milenge Milenge", says during shooting the two clicked instantly and had a great time."Working with Kareena is one of my most ... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:25:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Life_in_Meghalaya_hit_by_militant_outfits_shutdown_104755 Shillong: Normal life came to a standstill in Meghalaya Thursday following a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) to protest the killing of four people in police firing at the disputed Langpih ... Thu, 20 May 2010 13:05:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Meghalaya_chief_minister_to_meet_PM_over_Assam_police_firing_104634 Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday said he would seek an appointment with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to discuss the "indiscriminate" firing by Assam police that left four peop... Tue, 18 May 2010 15:13:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Shutdown_affects_life_in_Meghalaya_104603 Shillong: Normal life came to a standstill in Meghalaya Tuesday following a dawn-to-dusk shutdown enforced by six NGOs to protest the killing of four people in firing at Langpih village on the state's border with Assam. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma... Tue, 18 May 2010 13:28:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Meghalaya_calls_allparty_meeting_on_crisis_Lead_104390 Shillong: Six NGOs Saturday called for a 24-hour Meghalaya shutdown May 18, even as Chief Minister Mukul Sangma called an all-party meeting May 17 to discuss the situation in the state after the police firing at the disputed Langpih village in whic... Sat, 15 May 2010 16:53:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Security_up_in_Meghalaya_after_firing_kills_two_Lead_104344 Shillong: Security was tightened across Meghalaya Saturday and Chief Minister Mukul Sangma appealed for calm, a day after two people were killed in police firing at the disputed Langpih village on the state's border with Assam. The incident led to ... Sat, 15 May 2010 09:43:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/NCP_demands_Meghalaya_CMs_resignation_104316 Shillong: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Saturday demanded Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's resignation over Friday's firing incident at the disputed Langpih village on the Meghalaya-Assam border."The chief minister has failed the... Sat, 15 May 2010 05:35:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Two_killed_in_police_firing_in_Meghalaya_104300 Shillong: Two people were killed and several others were injured Friday in police firing at the disputed Langpih village on the Meghalaya-Assam border, a top police officer said.Meghalaya's former home minister and local legislator H.S. Lyngdoh put... Fri, 14 May 2010 16:51:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Sangma_to_be_elected_next_Meghalaya_chief_minister_103232 Shillong: Congress legislators are expected to meet here later Monday to elect Mukul M. Sangma as their new leader in place of outgoing Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang, party leaders said."I am coming to Shillong today and have convened a... Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:21:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Lafarge_denies_mining_in_Meghalaya_despite_court_ban_102413 Shillong: Lafarge Umiam Mining Private Limited (LUMPL), a subsidiary of French firm Lafarge, Saturday dismissed a civil society group's allegations that the company was ignoring the Supreme Court's stay on mining in Meghalaya.On Thursday, Shella Ac... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:07:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Lapang_in_Delhi_as_rebels_demand_his_removal_102169 Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D Lapang flew to New Delhi Wednesday to meet party president Sonia Gandhi as legislators stepped up their campaign to oust him and seek changes in the cabinet."I am going to meet the party high command and ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:43:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/56_magnitude_quake_hits_Meghalaya_101917 Shillong: A 5.6 magnitude earthquake rocked Meghalaya Saturday morning, triggering panic among residents. No casualties have been reported.According to the Regional Seismological Centre here, the tremor was felt at 4.50 a.m. in most parts of Meghal... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:14:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/_Congress_distances_from_Meghalaya_ministers_remarks_101657 Shillong: The Congress leadership has directed its Meghalaya unit to distance itself from state Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M. Lanong over his alleged defamatory remarks for calling a group of women "venomous vipers"."The AICC (All In... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:02 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Joint_mechanism_suggested_to_tackle_terror_in_northeast_92455 Shillong:   Civilian and militray intelligence agencies have suggested a joint mechanism and effective border management to tackle terrorism in the northeast, officials said. The police and intelligence chiefs of the northeastern states a... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:59:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Bangladeshi_intruders_rape_Indian_woman_in_Meghalaya_92009 Shillong:   Tension prevailed in a number of Meghalaya villages on the border with Bangladesh after an Indian woman was raped by five Bangladeshi intruders. Four of the men have been arrested, police said here Tuesday. The victim, a mothe... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:40:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Road_blockade_against_uranium_mining_in_Meghalaya_91239 Shillong: The influential Khasi Students Union (KSU) has decided to intensify its agitation by enforcing a night-long road blockade on national highways from Tuesday night to protest a proposed uranium mining project in the state. KSU president Sam... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:13:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Uttar_Pradesh/Junior_cricketer_shot_dead_in_Uttar_Pradesh_one_held__90571 Meerut: An under-19 national-level cricketer Gagandeep was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late Friday. Police Saturday claimed to have arrested the main accused in the shooting in which another person also died. Gagandeep was shot wh... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:21:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/Meghalaya/Five_killed_15_missing_as_dam_overflows_in_Meghalaya_90469 Shillong: At least five people were killed and 15 were missing after water from a dam flooded a hydro electric power project, trapping dozens of workers inside a tunnel in Meghalaya, officials Friday said. The incident occurred late Thusrday at the... Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:51:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Santhanam_sticks_to_guns__1998_thermonuclear_test_was_a_dud__89075 New Delhi: Rebutting National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan's assertions, K. Santhanam, the scientist who was involved in India's nuclear tests in 1998, Monday reiterated that the thermonuclear device exploded by India had not worked according to ... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:52:18 GMT