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The Shillong Times first appeared as a tabloid weekly on 10th August 1945 under the editorship of Late Sudhindra Bhusan Chaudhuri. In 1958 it was converted to a Daily. Owing to financial constraints, ...
SHILLONG, Dec 3: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often face significant challenges with posture, movement, and coordination, which can hinder their comfort, mobility, and participation in education ...
The Directorate of Dairy Development will celebrate National Milk Day from 11 am at Central Dairy campus, Mawiong.
A common slur against matrilineal customs is that they somehow cause broken families and the high prevalence of single parenthood in Meghalaya. This claim comes from a certain study titled ...
The dorbar-shnongs had existed in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills as modern indigenous grassroots institutions before the formation of the state of Meghalaya. However, they functioned only as informal and ...
Guwahati, Nov 5: Dr. T.K. Sundara Murthy, a prominent figure in India’s space research community was here today at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) to address a workshop ...
Rabindranath Tagore and Rudyard Kipling never met each other but their admirers often hailed them together in the newsstand. Both are contemporary Indians. Tagore (1861-1941) and Rudyard Kipling (1865 ...
By Bhogtoram Mawroh A couple of weeks ago, I cycled to Umsning to eat lunch at a local food shop known for serving indigenous dishes. This particular shop, run by a Catholic family, is well-known for ...
However, on closer analysis, this narrative is found to be flawed, and not consistent with the actual processes in the evolution of the Khasi polity, and I beg to differ with this narrative. At the ...
By Erwin K. Syiem Sutnga In the Khasi-Jaintia Hills, the land of the Hynniewtrep, our traditional governance system is deeply rooted in the will of the people, with the villagers at the grassroot ...
By Kenneth Nongsiej Prior to the enactment of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India, the Draft Sixth Schedule was rigorously discussed in the Constituent Assembly on September 5,6,7 1949. Dr ...
Recently, I came across the NEHU’s notification seeking applications from professors for the position of Honorary Director of North Eastern Regional Council of ICSSR. Earlier, the position of Honorary ...