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Meghalaya: Police and BSF foil smuggling attempt in joint op, seize dry be
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Meghalaya police in a joint operation foiled a trans-border smuggling bid and seized over 11,000 kg of dry betel nuts and three heavy-duty trucks in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills, officials said on Sunday.
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Union Minister Parshottam Rupala to visit Meghalaya's South West Garo Hill
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala is going to visit the South West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya which lies at the border of Bangladesh on January 9 to 10, according to a notification issued by the ministry on Sunday.
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Meghalaya: Army organises Veteran Outreach Programme at Tura
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to Army, a total of 400 veterans from West Garo Hills and East Garo Hills districts participated in the programme and were benefitted from the various facilities provided.
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Meghalaya: Govt to create new Community and Rural Development blocks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Meghalaya government has initiated an approach to create new Community and Rural Development blocks and Sub-Division in different parts of the state to ensure better delivery of Government Services and implementation of welfare and development programs.
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits near Meghalaya's Tura
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the NCS, the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface was felt around 3:46 am in 37 kilometres east northeast of Tura. The depth of the earthquake was 5 km below the ground.
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Two kidnappers killed in encounter in Meghalaya; minor boy, taxi driver re
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The police safely rescued a minor boy and a taxi driver Bikas Chetia who had been kidnapped from Assam's Goalpara and Meghalaya's Tikrikilla on November 9 and 4 respectively, West Garo Hills district Superintendent of Police Vivekanand Singh Rathore said.
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Meghalaya: BSF, BGB hold commander level meeting in West Garo Hills
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
During the meeting commanders of both the border guarding forces discussed various border related issues i.e trans-border crimes, illegal sand mining, illegal cattle grazing, etc.
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Meghalaya: 3 dreaded criminals arrested from West Garo Hills
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya) [India] October 15 (ANI): Police arrested three dreaded criminals along with arms and ammunition in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district late Friday night, said officials on Saturday.
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Anti-aircraft ammunition among huge cache of arms and explosives recovered
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
East Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], August 13 (ANI): A huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, suspected to be hidden by the proscribed outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), was recovered in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, police said.
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Conrad Sangma rolls out 'YESS Meghalaya' programme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], August 12 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday rolled out the YESS (Youth Engagement through empowered Youth organizations) programme in Garo Hills in presence of MLAs Thomas A Sangma and Marcuise Marak.
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Meghalaya disbursed Rs 1,000 crore to farmers in 4 years: CM
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
South West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], August 11 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that over Rs 1,000 crore has been disbursed to farming communities in the state through different welfare schemes, including FOCUS programme, in the last four years.
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Meghalaya CM announces Rs 5,000 for every household under FOCUS+ scheme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
North Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], July 29 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday launched FOCUS+, an expansion of his flagship initiative FOCUS, to benefit all households across Meghalaya.
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