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After treating the movie buffs with a powerful poster, the makers of the upcoming war drama, 120 Bahadur ...
The Shillong Times first appeared as a tabloid weekly on 10th August 1945 under the editorship of Late Sudhindra Bhusan Chaudhuri. In 1958 it was converted to a Daily. Owing to financial constraints, ...
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 ...
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Padma Shri Patricia Mukhim, Editor of The Shillong Times, was on Monday awarded the prestigious ‘Saahas Shrestha: Shero of Courage’ honour for her extraordinary contributions to ...
A working paper titled “Relative economic performance of Indian states over 1960- till 1923-24” released recently from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) casts the economy of ...
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 ...
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 ...
A common slur against matrilineal customs is that they somehow cause broken families and the high prevalence of single parenthood in Meghalaya. This claim comes from a certain study titled ...
SHILLONG, Nov 12: Meghalaya has witnessed progress in reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), as per the Health Management Information System. As of January this year, the state recorded 107 maternal ...
Politics and political partisanship is the last thing that should poison the atmosphere at the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU). The NEHU Students’ Union (NEHUSU) is right in warning political ...
Rabindranath Tagore and Rudyard Kipling never met each other but their admirers often hailed them together in the newsstand. Both are contemporary Indians. Tagore (1861-1941) and Rudyard Kipling (1865 ...
By Bhogtoram Mawroh A couple of weeks ago, I cycled to Umsning to eat lunch at a local food shop known for serving indigenous dishes. This particular shop, run by a Catholic family, is well-known for ...