Meghalaya

5 of Meghalaya's natural wonders: Waterfalls, living bridges, and more!

Though there are plenty of tourist attractions to explore in Meghalaya, here are 5 mesmerising places you just can’t miss!

Another wake-up call amid raging floods

Urgent humanitarian aid needed in flood-hit northeast

15 workers trapped inside flooded mine in India's Meghalaya for over 3 weeks

Indian rescuers trying to reach a group of miners trapped in a remote and illegal “rat-hole” coal mine struggle to pump out water from the 370-foot-deep pit, further dimming their chances of survival more than three weeks into their ordeal.

Salahuddin’s trial begins in Shillong court

Trial of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, accused of trespassing into India, begins at a Shillong court with the recording of the statement of one of the two witnesses.

Charge framed against Salahuddin

A court in Meghalaya frames charges against Salahuddin Ahmed for trespassing into Indian territory, a charge the BNP leader denied. Salahuddin, who went missing in Dhaka in March and was found in Shillong two months later, maintains that he was taken there forcibly.

Charge framing hearing against Salahuddin July 22

A Shillong court in the Meghalaya state of India fix July 22 for hearing on charge framing against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespass.

Salahuddin’s wife returns home

BNP leader Salahuddin's wife Hasina Ahmed has returned Bangladesh to collect necessary documents and papers relating to her husband’s disappearance, BNP insiders say.

Conditions bar BNP leader Salahuddin from leaving Shillong

A Shillong court India grantes conditional bail to BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespass.

Shillong police charge BNP leader with trespassing

Shillong police press charges against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed in a case filed for trespassing.

May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015

Family worried about Salahuddin’s fate in Bangladesh

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's elder brother expresses concern that his brother will not remain “safe” if he returns to Bangladesh.

May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015

Salahuddin seeks bail at Meghalaya court

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed submits a petition to a Meghalaya lower court seeking his bail in a case filed against him for trespassing India.

May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015

Salahuddin shifted to Neigrihms hospital

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is shifted to North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (Neigrihms) hospital from Shillong Civil Hospital in Meghalaya for better treatment.

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

Salahuddin to be brought back after India’s decision: Asaduzzman

State Minister for Home Asaduzzman Khan says government will take necessary steps to bring Salahuddin Ahmed back home when India decides to hand him over.

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Wife’s emotional reunion with Salahuddin

Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, has an emotional reunion with her husband at a Shillong hospital.

May 16, 2015
May 16, 2015

Salahuddin ill, BNP for treatment in Singapore

BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is physically ill, what is keeping Meghalaya police from producing him at court for breaching foreigners’ act.

May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015

BNP leader visits Salahuddin at Shillong hospital

BNP’s assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony visits Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital in the Meghalaya state of India.

May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015

BSF embarrassed over Salahuddin’s ‘trespassing’

Border Security Force guarding 440 kilometers of Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya is red faced as to how the top opposition politician from Bangladesh, Salahuddin Ahmed, managed to sneak in to India.

May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015

BNP leader to meet Salahuddin at Shillong

BNP Assistant Office Secretary Abdul Latif Jony reaches Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, to meet with Salahuddin Ahmed.

May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015

Meghalaya cops to push back Salahuddin if court orders

Meghalaya cops say the arrested Bangladeshi political leader Salahuddin Ahmed will be pushed back if court orders for so.

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