SHILLONG : In a move to boost tourism in Sohra, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on Monday inaugurated two major projects for tourist amenities at Nohkalikai Falls and Mawsmai cave which include kiosks, a parking lot, toilets and ticketing counters constructed at the cost of Rs 21 lakh each.

SHILLONG: The Centrally sponsored midday meal (MDM) scheme for school-going children has not been implemented in Meghalaya since October 2008 because of non-release of the State's quota of rice by the Union Government.

New Delhi: Elephants might be a cause for serious concern for elections in Meghalaya, but the huge animal has created elephantine problem in neighbouring Assam and Sikkim for the Asom Gana Prarishad and Sikkim Sangram Praishad, quite symbolically.

Renowned NGO PETA, has complained to the Election Commissions for parties like AGP using elephant as its election symbol.

By Rining L Mawphlang

SHILLONG: Lyngkyrdem village, about 50 km from the State capital, is grappling with a crisis that is worse than the one facing Sohra, the wettest place on earth.

Inhabitants of Lyngkyrdem toil day and night for a bucket of potable water. Let alone pipe or tap water, even natural sources of water in the village have almost run dry.

Shillong: Ahead of the first phase Lok Sabha elections, wild elephants in Meghalaya

JOWAI: Coal traders in Jaintia Hills under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising Jaintia Hills Trucks Owners' Association (JHTOA), Jaintia Social Welfare Organisation (JSWO) and Khliehriat Sub-Division Coal Miners' Association have threatened to agitate if cements companies under Lumshnong area in the district failed to accede to their demand.

Shillong: The Shillong Cantonment Board (SCB) and the Syiem of Mylliem will have to answer to state government for contributing to accumulated polluting garbage in Iew Mawlong- Mawlonghat in the heart of Shillong.

SHILLONG: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing has reiterated that Meghalaya should never allow the Centre to mine for uranium in the State, saying the proposed uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills would cause health hazards and environmental degradation.

Guwahati: A 62-year old tourist from the Netherlands was trampled to death by a wild elephant inside the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Tuesday. The tourist has been identified as Robert Goldbach.

SHILLONG: Farmers have often been considered as the backbone of society, but in reality they are the most neglected community in the state of Meghalaya.

Several facilities and programmes aimed at developing agricultural activities do not reach them and programmes and services of the government end only in paper work.