Shillong [TST] : With climate changes being felt in the 'Scotland of the East' and the world in general, the urgency to sensitise people, particularly the students, about global warming and adopt measures to address climate change was emphasised by many conscientious citizens.

SHILLONG [TST] : In a fresh revolt against Congress leadership, as many as 304 workers under Laitumkhrah Block Congress Committee (LBCC) resigned en bloc from primary membership of the party on Monday in protest against expulsion of former minister RG Lyngdoh from Congress for a period of six years.

SHILLONG [TST] : In a renewed effort to rein in traffic congestion in Shillong, the government has adopted a slew of harsh steps against errant drivers. Now, drivers will have to forfeit their driving licences temporarily or permanently and pay penalty if they are found violating the rules regarding embarkation and disembarkation points in various parts of the city.

Shillong [PTI] : Independence Day was celebrated with fervour in Meghalaya with people defying a 24-hour bandh called by the banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council and participating in celebrations despite heavy rains since the early hours.

SMB takes steps to regulate hoardings

SHILLONG [TST] : Are hoardings of different hues taking the sheen off the Scotland of the East?

SHILLONG [TST] : The State Government has intensified security in and around Shillong city to foil the 24-hour HNLC-sponsored bandh from Thursday evening and make the Independence Day celebrations a gala affair on August 15.

SHILLONG [TST] : In tourism, Darjeeling's and Kashmir's loss is Meghalaya's gain. Last year the tourist inflow to the state was 4,62,952, out of which 4,57,685 were domestic tourists and 5,267 were of foreign origin. The number has doubled since 2002. But Shillong has a total of only 600 rooms in all the hotels. While a few bed and breakfast facilities have come up in different parts of the city these are inadequate to cope up with the tourist inflow.

Shillong [TST] : St Anthony's Higher Secondary School, Shillong has been conferred the fifth Computer Literacy Excellence award for 2007 by the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (IT).

SHILLONG [TST] : Everyone knows what scuba diving is about thanks to Channels like Discovery and Nat Geo. Most people only dream or wonder what it is about, how it feels to be under water? How it feels to be weightless? Diving is a very popular adventure sport all around the world.

SHILLONG [TST] : Sixty-four years is a lifetime for many. The Shillong Times has made this journey amidst ups and downs but never faltered in its commitment to the pursuit of truth and justice and also the cause of the underprivileged. This paper has raised uncomfortable issues for those in power and continues to do so with the unstinted support of its readers.

SHILLONG [TST] : North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) made sanctions and disbursements amounting to Rs 8510 lakh and Rs1405 lakh respectively for various development activities in Meghalaya during 2007-08.

SHILLONG [TST] : Why is it that people in the North-East are shorter and more emotional than others? State Governor Ranjit S Mooshahary posed this question at a function here on Thursday.

BEIJING [AFP] - China took an early lead in the Olympic march to sports supremacy, winning two of the first seven golds when the Beijing Games began in earnest Saturday.

SHILLONG [TST] : Meghalaya Parents and Guardians' Association (MPGA) has opposed the government move to raise school tuition fees by 10 per cent and urged the authorities to prohibit private tuition by teachers inside educational institutions.

SHILLONG [TST] : In a bid to reduce the burden on the State exchequer, the State Government has decided to issue electronic tickets for air travel of ministers, political appointees and government officials including Grade IV employees.

KAZIRANGA [TST] : She learnt to watch TV, reacted to pictures of food in magazines and even ate with a spoon -- but in the end she went to live in the woods with her partner.

SHILLONG [TST] : The State Government has constituted an expert committee on health to study the implications of uranium mining by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) in Kylleng-Pyndeng-Sohiong in West Khasi Hills district of the state.

SHILLONG [TST] : 'Nishchay', a scheme meant for rural women, will now help the poor and ignorant women folks be assured about their pregnancy at an early stage in order to avoid undesired pregnancy.

The biggest club in the North East of India, Lajong FC, is set to take the Indian stage by storm as the club’s General Secretary, Mr. Larsing Ming Sawyan, has just declared that the club is going to rename itself.

SHILLONG [TST] : Health Minister Dr Adviser Pariong on Tuesday made a sudden inspection at two drug stores run under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at Mawlai and Mawprem and expressed dissatisfaction over the unhygienic and unsystematic way of storing medicines there.

SHILLONG [TST] : In a climb-down on the issue of power deals, FKJGP has agreed to the MPA Government's decision to go for fresh MoAs with private firms on projects below 100-MW capacity, but with a caveat that the newly-drafted agreements should bring "maximum benefit" to people of the State.