SHILLONG: KHNAM president Paul Lyngdoh who is a member of the MUA Cabinet has changed his stand on the pre-development projects on uranium mining a day before Chief Minister DD Lapang holds talks with the student organisation on the issue. This creates an awkward political situation for the ruling alliance.
SHILLONG, Nov 3: Opinions by individual members from among the ruling Khasi Hills United Democratic Alliance (KHUDA) in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) should not be taken as the official opinion of the council, categorically stated the Chief executive member (CEM), Mansturdy Nongrem.
SHILLONG, Nov 3: Renowned Green activist Sunderlal Bahuguna today said that preserving environment for sustainable development is far more important than mining of uranium ore.
Shillong: In a bid to end the stand-off over the uranium mining issue the Meghalaya government will hold talks with the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) and Coordination Committee for Social Organisation (CCSO) on November 4.
Chief Minister DD Lapang has agreed to hold 'positive talks' with the agitating KSU and CCSO leaders.
SHILLONG: Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala is in disagreement with the claims of the Congress led MUA Government that the UCIL would also develop the whole of West Khasi Hills district.
contract labourers working at the Banduhurang mines in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand went on strike last month demanding health facilities and minimum wages. The protesting workers said the mine operator, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (ucil), had turned down their demand to give information about radiation levels in the open cast mines.
For quite some time the print media has been publishing tales of misery caused by high prevalence of cancer cases in the Bathinda district of Punjab. Cancer appears to have
