http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Wed, 09 May 2012 08:02:32 GMT Wed, 09 May 2012 08:02:32 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_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/Chidambaram_to_review_Meghalaya_security_situation_Sunday_124749 Shillong: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will  Sunday to review the security situation and the fencing of the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, an official said Friday.  “The home minister will review the security situa... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:04:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/Abducted_Meghalaya_engineers_freed_Police_124273 Shillong: Two engineers kidnapped by terrorist outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) were released unharmed Saturday after 10 days in captivity, police said.Assistant executive engineer Apus Pothmi and junior engineer Bonnieface Majaw of ... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:42:28 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/Shillong/Meghalaya_rebel_chief_nabbed_in_Bangladesh__Police__123141 Shillong: In a major setback to the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), its top leader Champion R. Sangma has been detained in Bangladesh and is likely to be handed over to India soon, a police official Thursday. Champion, who claims to be fig... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:55:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/Rise_of_Maoists_due_to_injustice_with_tribals_122988 Shillong: Maoist activities are growing in India's tribal areas because the traditional forest dwellers have been denied justice, a tribal leader said Saturday."Had there been justice for tribals, Maoist activities would have not have f... Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:07:28 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/Shillong/IndiaBangladesh_border_haats_reopen_after_40_years_120666 Shillong: It made for an emotional moment when Indian and Bangladeshi traders met after 40 years at Kalaichar in Meghalaya where the traditional 'haats' along the border reopened Saturday.At 10 a.m., India Commerce and Industry Minister Anand S... Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:07:46 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/___Sixday_strike_to_oppose_Meghalaya_civic_polls_120346 Shillong: A students' group has called for a six-day shutdown in Meghalaya to oppose the civic polls in three districts of the state.  "We have decided to go on strike starting from 5 a.m. July 15 to 5 a.m. July 21 in the three distr... Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:13:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Rebel_Meghalaya_legislators_seek_chief_ministers_ouster_119450 Shillong: Exerting pressure on party leadership to remove Mukul Sangma from the chief minister's post, rebel Congress legislators in Meghalaya Wednesday told party chief Sonia Gandhi that Sangma had lost majority in the state assembly.  &... Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:31:18 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/Politics/__Against_odds_Meghalayas_Sangma_completes_a_year_in_office_118013 Shillong: In Meghalaya, that has seen four chief ministers in the last three years, incumbent Mukul Sangma Wednesday completed one-year in office even as rebel Congress legislators are New Delhi asking the central leadership to remove him. &nb... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:56:28 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/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/____Chamber_choir_gives_balm_to_Meghalaya_in_turmoil_2010_in_Retrospect_114237 Shillong: Political turmoil, corruption and a spurt of violence dominated Meghalaya throughout 2010. But the chamber choir music of Shillong's young talent brought some cheer to the state in distress. Like in the previous year, Meghalaya witne... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:00:43 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/Assam/Lt_Gen_Rameshwar_Roy_is_new_Assam_Rifles_chief___113019 Shillong: Lt. Gen. Rameshwar Roy Wednesday took over as the director general of the Assam Rifles, India's oldest paramilitary force. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Karan Singh Yadava, who has retired. On arrival here, the general was presented a tr... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:10:23 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/Sports/_Concern_over_40000_northeast_women_hired_for_CWG_services_111647 Shillong: An estimated 40,000 women from India's northeast were recruited by various escort services for the Commonwealth Games, sparking fears that a vast majority of the women could be engaged in a prostitution racket in New Delhi during the 12-d... Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:06:23 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/Arunachal_Pradesh/India_taking_up_China_dam_issue_Arunachal_minister_109793 Shillong: India is negotiating with the international community over China's plans to construct a dam across the Brahmaputra in Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh Power Minister Jabron Gamlin said here Wednesday."The Indian government is taking up the m... Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:44:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/Assam/ULFA_militant_aide_held_in_Meghalaya_108880 Shillong: A militant of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and an aide of the group were arrested in separate incidents Wednesday by Border Security Force (BSF) troopers along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, officials said.“... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:28:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/_Shillong_ensemble_wins_three_golds_at_choir_Olympics_108699 Shillong: A Shillong ensemble has won what are perhaps India's first golds at a choir Olympics, claiming three of the medals at the sixth edition of the event at Shaoxing in China.The 16-member Shillong Chamber Choir won the golds Monday night in t... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:18:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/Three_quakes_hit_Meghalaya_Assam_108693 Shillong: Three earthquakes shook parts of Meghalaya and Assam within eight hours Tuesday, triggering panic among residents. No casualties were reported.The first tremor measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale with its epicentre at Barpeta region in Ass... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:52:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/MiG_27_crashes_in_West_Bengal_debris_kills_one_Third_Lead_108641 Siliguri/Shillong: A MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Saturday morning, killing a civilian and injuring 16 others, Indian Air Force (IAF) officials and police said. The pilot ejected safely.The accident occurred ... Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:52:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/MiG_27_crashes_in_West_Bengal_one_dead_Second_Lead_108627 Siliguri/Shillong: A MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Saturday morning, killing a civilian and injuring 10 others, an Indian Air Force (IAF) official said. The pilot ejected safely.The accident occurred at around... Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:01:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Sangma_hurt_in_Bangladesh_road_accident_107290 Shillong: Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A. Sangma, his wife and former Rajya Sabha MP B.B. Dutta were injured in a road accident in Bangladesh, Sangma's son Conrad K. Sangma said here Friday."They are on the way to Shillong (India) and they w... Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:06:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/Tension_on_border_after_firing_by_Bangladesh_Rifles_Lead_106652 Shillong: Tension prevailed along the India-Bangladesh border in southern Meghalaya Tuesday after Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troops resorted to "unprovoked firing" in different areas.Border Security Force (BSF) troops, however, did not retal... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:31:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/BSF_Bangladesh_Rifles_exchange_gunfire_106616 Shillong: The Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Tuesday traded gunfire in three areas along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya in which a woman was injured, officials here said.The firing started around 9.30 a.m. in Jain... Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:27:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/International/Two_held_with_drugs_worth_Rs50_lakh_on_Bangladesh_border_106438 Shillong: Indian border guards detained two people near the Bangladesh border in Meghalaya and recovered brown sugar worth nearly Rs.50 lakh from them, a Border Security Force (BSF) official said Sunday. "The smugglers were detained Saturday ... Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:35:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/Langpih_firing_governments_asked_to_reply_in_four_weeks_105076 Shillong: The Shillong bench of the Gauhati High Court Tuesday sought a response from the central, Meghalaya and Assam governments on a petition seeking action against the policemen involved in the firing in the disputed Langpih village that killed... Tue, 25 May 2010 16:18:52 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/Sports/_Not_an_ordinary_insect_it_monitors_FIFA_World_Cup__104223 hillong: You are not the only one waiting impatiently for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to start at Johannesburg in South Africa June 11 -- a tiny insect in a remote corner of the earth is also expected to join the football frenzy!Residents in Meghalaya\... Fri, 14 May 2010 09:48:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_I_will_ensure_coherence_and_unity_in_CLP_Sangma_103250 Shillong: Designated Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma Monday said he would try to ensure coherence and unity within the Congress Legislature Party to prevent frequent change of government."Some exercise will be done to make certain tha... Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:02:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Rebel_Congress_legislators_press_for_Lapangs_removal_103033 Shillong: Rebel Congress legislators in Meghalaya Thursday kept their pressure on the party leadership to remove D.D. Lapang from the chief minister's post."We sent a fax letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, reiterating our demand to cha... Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:25:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/With_100_percent_placement_cheer_at_youngest_IIM_102705 Shillong: All the 63 first-batch graduates of the youngest Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Meghalaya have got job offers, with an annual average salary of around Rs.10 lakhs and the highest pay package worth a whopping Rs.34 lakhs.The mood ... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:37:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Mumbai/Knight_Riders_start_IPL_campaign_with_a_stunning_win_101897 Mumbai: A stunning display of powerful batting from Angelo Matthews and Owais Shah guided Kolkata Knight Riders to a comprehensive 11-run win over defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Frid... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:47:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Assam/Assam_Rifles_set_for_UN_mission_in_quakehit_Haiti_101780 Shillong: Troopers of the Assam Rifles, India's oldest paramilitary force, will join the UN mission in Haiti next month to provide relief and aid to the quake-hit nation, an official said Thursday."In all, 140 Assam Rifles personnel, including... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:07:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Shillong/BSF_tightens_security_on_Bangladesh_border_after_firing_100545 Shillong: The Border Security Force (BSF) has tightened security along the India-Bangladesh border after Bangladesh's border guards have been resorting to "intermittent unprovoked firing" in south-western Meghalaya, officials said here Tue... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:25:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/India_keeping_strict_vigil_along_northeastern_border_Lead_99687 Shillong/Aizawl: Indian forces are maintaining strict vigil along the border with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar in the northeastern region to check terrorist infiltration, union Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken has said."All-out efforts h... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:51:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Bhutan_to_export_oranges_to_Bangladesh_via_northeast_India_99320 Shillong: Bhutan will export oranges and other horticultural products to Bangladesh through India's northeastern states, officials said here Saturday."The first consignment of oranges would be exported to Sylhet in Bangladesh soon through the D... Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:05:45 GMT