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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], July 3 (ANI): Four people including two BSF personnel were injured and six other vehicles were damaged in an accident in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district on Saturday.
Tura (Meghalaya) [India], June 13 (ANI): Meghalaya Police on Monday seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs and arrested one person in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya.
South West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], June 9 (ANI): At least three members of a family including two minors were killed in a landslide in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills district on Thursday morning, police said.
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], April 17 (ANI): The vigilant troops of the Border Security Force in Meghalaya on Sunday seized over 1,200 bottles of liquor from the international border of West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills, said a press release by the headquarters of Meghalaya frontier B
East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) [India], October 30 (ANI): The voting for the by-polls is underway at Mawryngkneng (ST) and Mawphlang (ST) Assembly constituencies in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills and Rajabala Assembly constituency in West Garo Hills district.