Shillong: Curfew was reimposed curfew in the Meghalaya capital and adjoining areas on Thursday night even as a 21-year-old non-tribal youth was stabbed here by unidentified assailants, officials said. East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner Matsiewdor War Nongbri, after several hours of relaxation, reimposed the curfew from 9 p.m. in Shillong and its adjoining areas. The curfew […]
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Shah’s Shillong visit put off, train services hit in Assam
Shillong/Agartala/Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to Shillong on December 15 to attend a function in North-Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), has been postponed in view of the “law and order situation in the region” following agitation against the new citizenship law, officials said on Friday. “The Union Home Minister was supposed to visit NEPA […]
CBI begins to grill Kolkata Police chief in Shillong
Shillong | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday began questioning Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the chit fund case, an official said. “They (CBI) have started interrogating Kumar in their (CBI) Shillong branch office since 11 a.m. on the matter,” an official told IANS on the condition of anonymity. Kumar […]
CBI to grill Kolkata Police chief in Shillong today
Shillong : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Saturday in connection with the Saradha chit fund case, an official said on Friday. Kumar arrived in the state capital of Meghalaya on Friday evening from Kolkata via Guwahati by road with three more West Bengal cadre IPS officers […]
Curfew to be relaxed in Shillong on Wednesday, Congress seeks judicial probe
Shillong : Authorities here on Tuesday decided to briefly relax the curfew in the state capital on Wednesday while internet on mobile telephones remained restricted even as the situation was showing steady improvement. Meanwhile, the opposition Congress demanded setting up of a judicial inquiry into the issue of shifting the Sikh inhabitants from Sweepers Lane, […]
No relaxation in curfew in Shillong
Shillong : Curfew continued on Tuesday in violence-hit areas in the Meghalaya capital Shillong while Internet on mobile telephones was restricted even as the situation was showing steady improvement. “For today (Tuesday) we have decided not to relax the curfew even as the situation in the area is slowly limping back to normalcy. We are […]
Army stages flag march in Shillong, security breached in Secretariat
Shillong : The Army on Monday staged a flag march in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong as violence continued in tension-hit areas overnight, with mobs indulging in stone-pelting on security forces. Authorities clamped night curfew from 4 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday fearing that the trouble may spread to other parts of the city. Half […]
Situation tense in Shillong, curfew from 4 p.m.
Shillong : The authorities on Monday extended curfew in the Meghalaya capital as violence continued in tension-hit areas the previous night with mobs indulging in stone-pelting on security forces for the last four days. “Curfew has been imposed from 4 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday in Shillong as there is likelihood that breach of […]
Curfew relaxed in Shillong, CM says stone-pelters were funded
Shillong : Curfew was relaxed for seven hours on Sunday in violence-hit areas here but Internet services remained restricted even as Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said police had found that some people were funding stone-pelters. Meanwhile, Sikh leaders denied reports that a gurdwara here was attacked or damaged. “There were no reports of any […]
Curfew to be relaxed in Shillong on Sunday
Shillong : Curfew will be lifted for seven hours on Sunday in curfew-bound areas in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong, but restrictions will remain in force, a senior government said on Saturday. “Curfew would be lifted from 8.00 a.m to 3.00 p.m tomorrow (Sunday) in curfew areas under Lumdiengjri Police Station and Cantonment Beat House areas to […]