Common ailments such as cold, cough, diarrhea, and fever are frequently brought up in general discussions about health and disease. Known to be generally harmless, these symptoms and illnesses are ...

The clamour for including Khasi in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution is gaining ground and rightly so. Till date there are 22 recognised languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Indian ...

By HH Mohrmen The plains of Bangladesh, nestled at the foothills of Meghalaya, share a long and intricate history with the Pnar people of the region. Despite belonging to different ethnic groups—those ...

NEW DELHI, Oct 21: Despite stiff opposition to the railway projects in Khasi-Jaintia Hills, the Ministry of Railways has announced the Vande Bharat Express service to Mendipathar by March next year.

One of the different approaches in NEP 2020 is that the policy lays very strong emphasis on using local language and culture while also providing learners with a global perspective. The attempt is to ...

The history of Jaintia Hills is different from those of other chieftainships within the grand HynniewTrep tribe and it begins right from the stories of the origin of the kingdoms. The Jaintia kingdom ...

Amid the onslaught of westernisation and the heavy influence of Christianity in the 1800s, the traditional practices of the Khasis were at the edge of a precipice – one nudge and the identity would be ...

By HH Mohrmen Of-late debates on the identity of the Jañtias vis a vis the Khasis has been a topic of hot debate on social media and outside it. That the two communities the Khasi and the Jañtia ...

By Dr Omarlin Kyndiah Transparency International – the global coalition against corruption defined corruption as ‘the misuse of entrusted public power or function for private benefit.’ Corruption ...

Chairman of the Board of Governors, NIT Meghalaya, Sunil Alagh and Director of NIT Meghalaya, Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta, call on Governor Phagu Chauhan, at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. During the meeting, ...

JOWAI/SHILLONG, May 10: Governor Phagu Chauhan was on Wednesday apprised of the poor mobile network coverage along the border areas by the local headmen during his visit to Dawki in West Jaintia Hills ...

SHILLONG, Oct 7: The Meghalaya Rural Tourism Forum (MRTF) said on Monday that the Sikkim taxi model cannot be replicated in Meghalaya as the landlocked Himalayan state is protected because of its ...