EDS: IMAGE VIA @BCCIdomestic TWEETED ON JAN. 15, 2024** Karnataka's Prakhar Chaturvedi becomes the first player to score 400 ...

The Cherry Blossom Festival, celebrated worldwide as a symbol of spring, renewal, and the fleeting beauty of life, is a spectacle that holds deep cultural and environmental significance. Rooted in ...

Clans are social organisations/institutions that evolved to maintain social order. They emerged as loose associations of a large number of people connected by kinship ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recently, I came across the NEHU’s notification seeking applications from professors for the position of Honorary Director of North Eastern Regional Council of ICSSR. Earlier, the position of Honorary ...

JOWAI: Though coal mining has taken place in the State for decades, none of the coal mine owners have come forward to... From Our Correspondent  Guwahati: Protests rife in the State over unprecedented ...

The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution provides for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram, as outlined by Article 244(2). However, it has become evident ...

Land acquisition has been a highly contentious issue in various parts of India and our State. The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has been facing ...

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 ...

The dorbar-shnongs had existed in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills as modern indigenous grassroots institutions before the formation of the state of Meghalaya. However, they functioned only as informal and ...

Various aspects of the Khasi traditional institutions had been dealt with in my previous articles, but I feel it necessary to present a holistic picture for more clarity on this subject which I ...