The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in an interim order has stayed rat hole mining in Jaintia Hills.

The petitioners contended in the original application no 73/2014; M.A.No.174/2014 that the water bodies which are sources of water for human consumption and other related activities were severely contaminated in the downstream areas of Assam due to acid mine discharge from the mining areas in Jaintia Hills located in the upstream.

The Meghalaya Agrovet Private Limited has been served a one month deadline by the Headmen of Umsning area under the umbrella of Umtrew River Protection Committee (URPC), urging the company to rem

SHILLONG: The National Green Tribunal will hold a hearing in Shillong on Friday on the matter of threat to life arising out of coal mining in South Garo Hills District.

NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee will hear the matter.

“Bomb, bomb, bomb!” shouted the miner, and his warning echoed off the walls of the decapitated hillock.

The Division Bench of the High Court of Meghalaya has rejected the PIL filed by Shella Action Committee (SAC) which demanded a halt on excavation and transportation lime stones being carried out by

Purchase & transmission cost put at Rs. 600 cr. in 2014-15

The Meghalaya Government has proposed a whopping 90 per cent hike in power tariff to meet skyrocketing purchase and transmission cost of power, projected over Rs.600 crore for 2014-15, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said on Thursday.

Chief Minister, Dr Mukul Sangma today said that companies operating in the state will be mandatorily guided by the new law that stipulates the portion of profits that companies must spend on Corpor

Meghalaya, famed across the globe for its famous, rich and long cave system, is on the verge of losing the naturally occurring geomorphological wonders of nature, thanks to rampant and unscientific