In a tweet, NCS said, "Earthquake of Magnitude:3.5, Occurred on 23-04-2023, 15:33:33 IST, Lat: 25.26 & Long: 90.94, Depth: 5 Km, Location: South Garo Hills, Meghalaya."
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma cast his vote at Walbakgre -29 polling station in Tura, Garo Hills in the ongoing Assembly polls in the state and exuded confidence in the result being in his favour.
One of the polling officials injured in a road accident at Potamati village on Saturday, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital today, the police said.
According to officials, injured officials from the Polling Party were bound for 44/8 Jangrapara LP School of 44-Raksamgre Assembly Constituency when the accident took place.
Polling will be held at 3,419 polling stations across 59 Assembly constituencies in the state. The voting will begin at 7 am and continue till 4 pm, on Monday. Of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 36 fall in Khasi, Jaintia Hills region while 24 are in Garo Hills region.
In South Garo Hills, the first polling party to leave early morning is the team going to Rongcheng Polling Station where they will need to trek 8 km to reach the polling station from the last motorable point, officials said.
After permission for a rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the PA Sangma Sports Complex in Tura was denied by the administration in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, the BJP's state unit on Tuesday at the Conrad Sangma government saying "people will forever loathe the CM for this
A drug peddler was apprehended and 18,800 Yaba tablets were recovered in a joint operation by the Meghalaya Police and the 100 battalion BSF Meghalaya.
Clashes were reported between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and National People's Party (NPP) workers at the Charbatapara booth in the Phulbari assembly constituency of West Garo Hills late Tuesday night.
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleged that the National People's Party (NPP) workers attacked TMC workers in the Charbatapara of Phulbari constituency in West Garo Hills.
The All India Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee is slated to visit Meghalaya on January 18 for a public meeting in the North Garo Hills district, the party announced on Sunday.