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Topic: Shillong

SC stays Meghalaya HC ultimatum to IndiGo, SpiceJet for launch of flights from Shillong

IndiGo and SpiceJet had moved top court after Meghalaya High Court put airlines on notice over flights connecting Umroi airport near Shillong to metros. 

Month after Shillong violence, Sikhs in no mood to relocate, threaten to move court

Residents of Punjabi Line protest and lock doors as municipal officials arrive to conduct survey of the locality.

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.

Meghalaya DGP says security to be tightened in some Shillong localities

The government has approved deployment of six additional companies of paramilitary forces in Shillong, adds Meghalaya DGP S.B. Singh.

Pakistan violates ceasefire, and the Centre wants Rohingya confined to camps

Pakistan resumes shelling at the border six days after the DGMOs of India and Pakistan agreed to implement the 2003 ceasefire pact.

On Shillong stage, tips on VIP traffic control, rap on racism and a journalism lesson

Meghalaya home minister James Sangma apologises for "bulldozing his way" through city traffic, tells audience how to curb VIP culture. Shillong: The sixth edition of...

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.