Meghalaya

15 Aug

Meghalaya:Curfew In Shillong, Internet Snapped After Violence On Independence Day

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A total curfew has been imposed in Shillong and internet services have been shut down in the capital city of Meghalaya and several other parts of the state after stray incidence of violence marred Independence Day celebrations. The curfew will be in place till August 17, said a state government order.A police vehicle of the Mawkynroh Police Outpost was set ablaze by unidentified men in Jaiaw locality in Shillong this afternoon. Police personnel aboard the vehicle, including the officer in-charge of the outpost, escaped the spot unhurt. According to reports, the men seized the vehicle with weapons belonging to the…

21 Jul

Over one lakh people affected in Meghalaya Floods

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Over a lakh have been affected due to the floods in the plain belt of West Garo Hills in Meghalaya, the area District Collector Ram Singh said. Five people have lost their lives. The area has witnessed a surge in water levels since the last one week, with most areas submerged under the flood, caused by the backflow of the Brahmaputra river. As many as 175 villages have been affected by the flood, he added. With over 1,70,000 people affected by the floods, the district administration has set up 22 relief camps. The government has promised an ex gratia payment…

21 Jun

Meghalaya: Extends night curfew, ban on inter-state movement of people till June 30.

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The Meghalaya government has extended the night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am till June 30, officials said on Sunday. The night curfew was to be in force till Monday. The state government has also extended the ban on inter-state movement of people till June 30, they said. "District deputy commissioners have been asked to issue extension of night curfew orders and directives to extend ban on inter-state movement of people," a senior government official told .The official orders, however, will not apply to security forces, medical teams on duty, wholesale and retail pharmacies and other essential services, he…

11 Jun

Maharastra saw a big surge of COVID 19 cases and deaths.

editor0 CommentsArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, North East

On Wednesday, Maharastra as well as mumbai experienced a highest 24 hours toll. Only after a week of the first phase of 'mission begin again' started the death rate was highest in a day. The state saw its highest single-day rise in cases (3,254) ,the previous highest toll was on June 5 (139 cases).The city in total has more positive cases (52,667) than the cases of Wuhan (50,333) the epicentre of corona virus outbreak. Mumbai city, which recorded a staggering 1,595 of these new cases to post its highest day-surge as well, breached the 20,000-case mark to rise to 20,150…

28 Mar

Tata Group commits ₹1,500 crore to fight Covid-19

nebm0 CommentsBusiness, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, North Bengal

The Tata Group--Tata Trusts and Tata Sons-- is the latest to join the fight against coronavirus and will together donate ₹1,500 crore towards coronavirus relief fund, chairman Ratan Tata announced in an Instagram post on Saturday. The funds will be utilized for providing protective equipment to medical personnel, respiratory systems for treating increasing cases, testing kits to ramp up testing in the country and setting up treatment facilities for those who have already caught the virus. The group has also said that it will train health workers and the general public to empower them against coronavirus. “Urgent emergency resources need to…