Foundation laid for Meghalaya’s first railway line
September 8th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 8 (IANS) The railways will be coming into Meghalaya for the first time with Chief Minister Mukul Sangma laying the foundation of the Dudhnoi-Mendipathar railway station in Garo ... Read more...
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Assam businessman killed, another abducted in Meghalaya
August 8th, 2012 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 7 (IANS) Rebels of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday gunned down a businessman from Assam and abducted another at gunpoint in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills ... Read more...
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ULFA militants killed in Assam
August 6th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 6 (IANS) The police and the army in a joint operation in Assam's Goalpara district have gunned down two hardcore ULFA militants and also recovered arms, including one ... Read more...
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Blast targets army convoy in Assam
July 31st, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 31 (IANS) A blast targeted an army convoy in Assam's Goalpara district Tuesday. Officials said six army personnel were injured and reports had come in of one ... Read more...
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Three Bodo militants killed in Assam
July 13th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Three suspected cadres of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) were gunned down Friday, police said.The incident took place in Salpara ... Read more...
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Three ULFA cadres nabbed in Assam
June 30th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) Three cadres of the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were arrested in Assam's Goalpara district Saturday and a large amount of ... Read more...
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Garo militant nabbed in Assam
June 16th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 16 (IANS) A cadre of Meghalaya's banned Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) was arrested in Assam's Goalpara district Saturday, police said.Cash amounting to Rs.6 lakh and a Maruti ... Read more...
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Ulfa’s bomb-making unit busted; 2 held
May 21st, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 21 (IANS) Security forces have busted a bomb-making unit of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and arrested two people in this connection at the ... Read more...
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Ulfa cadre killed in Assam
April 8th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 8 (IANS) A hard-core member of the Ulfa's anti-talk faction was killed during a gun battle with the army and the police in lower Assam's Goalpara district on ... Read more...
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rail budget criticised in northeast
March 14th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 14 (IANS) The railway budget for 2012-13 presented in parliament Wednesday was criticised in the northeast, with an industry body and a powerful student's body lamenting it had ... Read more...
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GNLA rebels, forces exchange fire in Meghalaya
March 2nd, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 2 (IANS) There was fierce exchange of fire Friday between security forces and the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) that ended in the guerrillas retreating into the forests ... Read more...
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Bank official abducted in Meghalaya
February 24th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 23 (IANS) Suspected tribal rebels Thursday abducted an official of State Bank of India in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district bordering Assam, police said.V.K. Gupta, the assistant ... Read more...
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Two suspected militants killed in Assam
February 20th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Two suspected militants were shot dead by security forces in Assam's Goalpara district early Monday after they opened fire at a checkpoint, officials said.The exchange of ... Read more...
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Manager abducted in Meghalaya
January 16th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 16 (IANS) Suspected Rabha tribal rebels Monday abducted the manager of a firm working on a railway project in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, bordering Assam, police said.Ganeshyam ... Read more...
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Bomb found in Assam train, defused
August 12th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IANS) A passenger train carrying about 500 people had a miraculous escape in Assam Friday when police seized a powerful bomb from one of the coaches.A police ... Read more...
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Meghalaya assembly adjourned over ‘academic’ feud
March 18th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 18 (IANS) The Meghalaya assembly was Friday adjourned for twenty minutes after a verbal duel between Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and members of the opposition Nationalist Congress Party.The ... Read more...
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Curfew lifted in Meghalaya’s riot-hit areas
January 19th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mendipathar (Meghalaya), Jan 19 (IANS) Curfew was lifted in Meghalaya's Resulbelpara sub-division Wednesday after 18 days, even as life returned to normal in the riot-hit areas bordering Assam's Goalpara district.Amid massive security ... Read more...
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Meghalaya chief minister to complain against Agatha
January 12th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 12 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday said he would register his complaint with Prime Minster Manmohan Singh against union Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha K. ... Read more...
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1,800 displaced people returned home in Meghalaya
January 12th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mendipathar (Meghalaya), Jan 12 (IANS) Around 1,800 people, who were displaced following the ethnic clashes in Meghalaya and Assam, have returned home and no reports of fresh violence were reported in the ... Read more...
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Curfew re-imposed in Meghalaya’s riot-hit areas
January 9th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 9 (IANS) Curfew was re-imposed Sunday in the riot-hit areas of Meghalaya's Resubelpara sub-division after fresh cases of arson in Assam's Goalpara district, an official said.
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Meghalaya politicians advised not to travel to Assam
January 8th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 8 (IANS) Authorities in Meghalaya's East Garo Hill district Saturday strongly advised ministers and legislators against venturing into riot-hit areas of Assam. The advisory note to all politicians was ... Read more...
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Curfew further relaxed in Meghalaya
January 8th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 8 (IANS) With the situation in riot-hit areas limping to normalcy, authorities in Meghalaya Saturday further relaxed curfew in the Resublepara sub-division in East Garo Hills district.The curfew was relaxed ... Read more...
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Agatha Sangma, family escape mob fury in riot-hit Assam areas
January 8th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 7 (IANS) Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha K. Sangma, her brother and Meghalaya's Leader Of Opposition Conrad K. Sangma and their father and former Lok Sabha speaker Purno ... Read more...
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Curfew extended to more areas in Meghalaya after clashes
January 6th, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 6 (IANS) Curfew was extended to other areas in Meghalaya's Resubelpara sub-division Thursday in the wake of escalation of violence in the ethnic clashes between Garo and Rabha tribals ... Read more...
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Four killed in Meghalaya ethnic clash, army called in (Lead)
January 6th, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 5 (IANS) The army was called out in Meghalaya's violence-hit East Garo Hills district after four people were killed Wednesday in an ethnic clash between Garo and Rabha tribals. "Three ... Read more...
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Four killed in Meghalaya ethnic clash
January 5th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 5 (IANS) Four people were killed and eight injured Wednesday in ethnic clashes between the Garo and Rabha tribals along the Meghalaya-Assam border, an official said. "Three Rabha youths died ... Read more...
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Meghalaya curfew relaxed
January 5th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 5 (IANS) Authorities Wednesday relaxed for three hours the curfew in Mendipathar in Meghalaya's East Garo district that witnessed ethnic violence, an official said.Curfew was imposed in Mendipathar and adjoining ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in Meghalaya areas, situation tense (Lead)
January 4th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 4 (IANS) With the situation still tense along the Meghalaya-Assam border following ethnic violence in the area, the authorities Tuesday decided against relaxing the curfew imposed there. Curfew was imposed ... Read more...
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Two ULFA militants killed in Assam
August 17th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Aug 17 (ANI) Two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants were killed in a gun battle with the security forces in Assam's Goalpara District on Monday.Based on specific inputs about ... Read more...
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ULFA bombers killed in Assam gunfight
August 16th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 16 (IANS) Two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) bombers, accused of blowing up a paramilitary bus and leaving six troopers dead last month, were killed in a gunfight with ... Read more...
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Four CRPF personnel killed, 36 injured in Assam blast
July 30th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Goalpara (Assam), July 30 (ANI): Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and 36 others were injured when militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at Dhalukbudi in Assam's ... Read more...
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Four CRPF troopers killed in Assam blast
July 30th, 2010 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) At least four paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 15 injured, four of them critically, in a powerful landmine explosion Friday in Holmari in ... Read more...
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Rubber cultivation getting popular than traditional farming in Assam
May 23rd, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Goalpara (Assam), May 23 (ANI): Tribals and traditional farmers in Assam's Goalpara District are shifting to highly lucrative rubber cultivation, instead of continuing with traditional farming.The rubber board is arranging various ... Read more...
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12 killed in Assam accident
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and four critically injured when a speeding truck mowed through a crowd returning from a cultural function in a town in Assam's ... Read more...
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Serial explosions in Manipur, bombs recovered in Assam (Lead)
January 25th, 2010 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal/Guwahati, Jan 25 (IANS) Serial blasts rocked India's restive northeastern state of Manipur Monday, injuring two police commandos and two civilians, while security forces in adjoining Assam arrested a militant and seized ... Read more...
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