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Topic: Meghalaya

Meghalaya HC judge does about-turn on ‘Hindu nation’ after CPI(M) threatens impeachment

Justice S.R. Sen says secularism is one of Indian Constitution's basic structure – after CPI(M) said it was considering impeaching him.

Governor Tathagata Roy targets Gandhi, blames Nehru for Bengal’s high Muslim population

During an interview on Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Tathagata Roy claims Gandhi conspired against Netaji, says Nehru-Liaquat pact ‘bordered on stupidity’.

Senior Meghalaya police official says state emerging as heroin distribution centre

Davis Marak says many players are involved in the drug trafficking in Meghalaya, with Shillong as the transit point.

When the marginalised strike back: Lessons to learn from Shillong

Fake news, lack of decisive police action and breakdown of local institutions led to the Shillong incident. The city can ignore all this and its minorities at its peril

Fear and suspicion in Shillong: How civic and political apathy led to a fractured society

After a week of violence, calm has returned to Shillong. But for how long? The root cause of the communal flare-up is yet to be addressed.

No fresh violence in Shillong, curfew relaxed for 7 hours in ‘vulnerable’ areas

Shillong authorities say they will examine the possibility of relaxing night curfew imposed in the Meghalaya capital.

The inside story of the outsiders of Shillong

Dalits from Punjab were first moved to the hill-station about 160 years ago when the British brought them as 'manual scavengers' but clashes over land rights still continue.

Social media might change the way we vote, but that day is still far

In case of Meghalaya, for example, social media could be a factor in urban constituencies as the younger generations are becoming more active users of social media, but not beyond.

Cong wins Ampati, becomes single largest party in Meghalaya Assembly

Now Congress has 21 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, one more than the NPP, which is leading the coalition government with the support of the regional parties and the BJP.

Morally wrong to negotiate with militants, says Meghalaya home minister James K. Sangma

Engagement possible with militants only if they give up violence & surrender, said Sangma at the sixth edition of Democracy Wall.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.