Month: February 2013
EVM smash bid, 8 held
JOWAI, FEB 23: Just hours before the polling ended on Saturday, eight persons were arrested for trying to break the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at[more...]
Meghalaya defies boycott call, votes big
[caption id="attachment_5223" align="alignleft" width="447"] A differently abled voter coming in his tri-cycle to vote in Jowai. Pix Evanjopline Dkhar[/caption] SHILLONG/JOWAI FEB 23: Braving the 36-hour[more...]
CID arrest director for Rs 1 crore scam
SHILLONG, FEB 22: The state CID arrested the Meghalaya Non-Conventional Rural Energy Development Agency (MNREDA) project director John E Rodborn for having swindled rupees one[more...]
Wheelchair & crutch voters
[caption id="attachment_5211" align="alignleft" width="399"] Congress candidate Charles Pyngrope & UDP candidate Paul Lyngdoh casting votes on Saturday. Pix by WT Lyttan[/caption] SHILLONG/JOWAI, FEB 23: An[more...]
Upbeat voters to vote
SHILLONG, FEB 22: Despite the 36-hour HNLC bandh coming into effect from 6 p.m. Friday, Meghalayans, cutting across all divides, are expected to vote in[more...]
Meghalaya misses Mayawatis & Mamatas
SHILLONG, FEB 22:: In the 65 years since Independence, 14 women have gone on to become chief ministers of different states, including Rajasthan in the[more...]
CID arrest director for Rs 1 crore scam
SHILLONG, FEB 22: The state CID arrested the Meghalaya Non-Conventional Rural Energy Development Agency (MNREDA) project director John E Rodborn for having swindled rupees one[more...]
Upbeat voters to have their say despite bandh
SHILLONG, FEB 22: Despite the 36-hour HNLC bandh coming into effect from 6 p.m. Friday, Meghalayans, cutting across all divides, are expected to vote in[more...]