VISAKHAPATNAM: A ruling TDP MLA and a former legislator of his party were shot dead on Sunday by Maoists in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district, police said. K. Sarveswara Rao, 45, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA from Araku…

GUWAHATI: Police are on the job to trace a 17-year-old girl from the Narengi area here who was reported missing by her family since September 15. Sangeeta Dey, a resident of Kamala Bagan and a Class XI student of Guwahati College had left…

  MUMBAI:  Filmmaker and screenwriter Kalpana Lajmi, niece of the legendary Guru Dutt and acclaimed for making women-oriented films like "Rudaali", "Ek Pal, "Daman" and "Chingaari", died here on Sunday following a multiple organ failure,…

By Our Reporter SHILLONG: Thousands of people from all walks of life participated in a rally that was organised on Saturday to garner support for the inclusion of Khasi language in the Eighth Schedule. School and college students,…

SHILLONG: Former Congress leader DD Lapang will not enter electoral politics but will continue to remain active in politics as a father figure. UDP leader Bindo Lanong, who called on Lapang on Friday evening, said indications from the…

SHILLONG: Governor Tathagata Roy has issued the warrant of appointment of the chairman of Meghalaya Lokayukta. An official source said on Saturday the governor approved the appointment of Pranoy Kumar Musahary, retired judge of the Gauhati…

SHILLONG: Rain played spoilsport at the rally called by the Khasi Authors' Society (KAS) on Saturday throwing the crowd in disarray. In the rush for shelter, the crowd took refuge under a marquee that was not set up by the KAS but left…

SHILLONG: Meghalaya will try to get additional funds for the Smart City project even as the agreement is for equal share between the Centre and the state government. Urban and Municipal Affairs Minister Hamlet Dohling said additional funds…

NEW DELHI: AICC president Rahul Gandhi met the three newly appointed secretaries from Meghalaya to chalk out a strategy to revive the party in poll-bound Mizoram. The AICC secretaries from Meghalaya are Zenith Sangma, Ampareen Lyngdoh and…

JOWAI: Two police officers from West Jaintia Hills died on Saturday when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge near Ratacherra. The duo, inspector in charge of district special branch Narayan Lapang and sub-inspector…