Minister calls women 'vipers'

Shillong: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister B M Lanong's controversial remarks calling women activists "vipers" has evoked vociferous protests from women's organisations who boycotted functions to mark the International Women's Day today.

"Some women have the habit of biting like vipers", Lanong had said while referring to two women activists. Read More................Meghalaya minister calls women 'vipers'

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Cigarette-holding Jesus in school book triggers row

Shillong, Feb 19 : Pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in another in a book for primary classes has triggered a row in Meghalaya and the state government is now contemplating legal action against the New Delhi-based publisher.

The objectionable pictures of Jesus Christ found in the cursive writing exercise copies at a private school in capital Shillong was brought to the notice of the influential church by some guardians. Read More................Cigarette-holding Jesus in school book triggers row

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Body in grave, kidnappers walk away with ransom

Shillong/Nagaon: A gang of criminals abducted the 30-year-old son of an Assam businessman, killed him and dumped the body in Byrnihat in Meghalaya’s Ri Bhoi district and then calmly collected Rs 8 lakh ransom from the family with a promise to release him “very soon”. Read More................Body in grave, kidnappers walk away with ransom

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26-year-old man trapped inside the body of a two-year-old toddler

Jerly Lyngdoh and his mother photographed at the paediatric department of Shillong hospital in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya, India, April 13, 2009. Surgeons are baffled after discovering a 26-year-old man trapped inside the body of a two-year-old toddler. Jerly Lyngdoh looks like any other tot with his tiny head and delicate 2 ft 9 ins long body. But when he opens his mouth he reveals a full set of adult teeth. Read More................26-yr-old suffers growth disorder

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A pickpocket who keeps money, returns papers

SHILLONG: "I'm a thief by profession. I only wanted your money, I have no use of your documents. You must be worried about the documents, so I am returning those. Hope you will forgive me - a well-wisher". Read more...............................A pickpocket who keeps money, returns papers

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Man with 12 toes and 13 fingers

SHILLONG: India could eye a hattrick in the Guinness Book of World Records with a man from Meghalaya vying for a place in the record books with the maximum number of fingers and toes.

If Tammiki Passah of Jowai in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills district, blessed with 12 toes and 13 fingers, does make it to the book, he will be in the company of two other Indians who now share the honour. Read more.................Third Indian with maximum fingers, toes sets sight on Guinness

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4 more Elephants electrocuted

In Shillong four elephants were electrocuted at Umdoh village near Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi district on Monday. Of the four, three were female adults and one male calf. This is the second such incident that took place this year. Last month six elephants died in a village in West Garo hills due to electrocution taking the total number of pachyderm death to 10 in Meghalaya. Read more..................4 more tuskers electrocuted

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Elephants die after Beer binge

Six elephants, including three calves, died after raiding an Indian village's rice beer and rampaging through a paddy field where they were electrocuted, as per the officials and residents.

Enticed by the aroma of rice beer being brewed by local tribal people, a herd of about 40 wild elephants came sniffing around the village of Chandan Nukat, about 250km west of Shillong, the capital of the north-eastern state of Meghalaya.

The elephants gorged on the beer on Sunday night after taking apart casks kept outside by local villagers and ran through a nearby paddy field that had an electrical pole running through it. Read more.........Elephants die after beer binge

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