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Missing Garo youth found after five years
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Garo (Meghalaya) [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): In a miraculous incident, a youth from Rongchigre village near Rongram in West Garo Hills who had gone missing for about four years in Kolkata recently reunited with his family.
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To strike chord with Meghalaya, American saxophonist George Brooks visits
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura, Garo Hills, (Meghalaya), [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): American Jazz saxophonist George Brooks and his wife Emily Klion were thrilled with their recent visit to Meghalaya, where they explored the unique traditional music of the hills.
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Never ending festivities in Garo hills
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura, (Meghalaya), [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): Goalpara district of Assam and North Garo Hills district of Meghalaya on Monday saw people converging to celebrate the advent of 2017 and perform the annual "Song Kristan" Dance at Nishangram and Bangsi A'pal in North Garo Hills.
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Dimchrang Festival seeks branding of Meghalaya's Garo Hills as '
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], Dec.14 (ANI): In an effort to market Meghalaya's Garo Hills as a winter holiday destination, the annual Dimchrang Festival at Ampati in South West Garo Hills made its pitch to showcase a volley of activities, which were aimed at spreading awareness about the re
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Magisterial probe will determine any action against negligent West Garo Hi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], Oct. 20 (ANI): The Deputy Commissioner of West Garo Hills, Pravin Bakshi, on Thursday said action would be taken against the doctor if it was proved that he committed an act of medical negligence by prematurely releasing a fatally injured youth who was involved in a
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Changing track: From militancy to being a preacher
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], Sept. 13 (ANI): For the past 15 years Heldison M. Sangma, a rebel turned preacher has been spreading the gospel of God in Garo hills.
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Ex-rebels play friendly football match in Meghalaya's Garo Hills
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya), Aug.18 (ANI): To mark the 70th Independence Day, surrendered cadres of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and the disbanded United A'chik Liberation Army (UALA) played a friendly football match.
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Elite NSG commandos train cops in Meghalaya's insurgency-hit Garo hil
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya), Aug 14 (ANI): As the presence of insurgents, separatist groups and growing rift between tribal people in Meghalaya are posing a serious security challenge, the police and paramilitary forces are facing a tough challenge to deal with the incidents of kidnappings, killing
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Greening Garo hills campaign aimed at halting degeneration of environment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya), July 25 (ANI): In an effort to restore green cover in Meghalaya's Garo Hills, a slew of new development works have been initiated to halt the degeneration of the environment.
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Over hundred homes displaced due to landslide in Meghalaya
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sibbari (Meghalaya), July 21 (ANI): At least three houses were destroyed and over a hundred others displaced by a massive landslide near Sibbari in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills District.
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Garo Hills villages create sustainable model for farm development
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya), July 12 (ANI): At least 20 villages in South West Garo Hills of Meghalaya have availed benefits under a project titled - Farm North East (Facilitating Agriculture Rejuvenating Measures) and is set to create a farming revolution in the region.
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