Meghalaya  

According to a complaint made by the Niam Khasi leadership, allegedly a group of people led by nine Church elders attacked the temple while the Niam Khasi people were “performing annual religious ceremonies” 

The Bengal chief minister lost her cool after hearing the 'Jai Shri Ram' chant in Bengal a few days ago, the second time in a month, as reported by MyNation

Apart from PA Sangma, his daughter Agatha Sangma had won the seat in 2008, 2009 and his son and present Meghalaya chief minister Conrad won the by-election, which was necessitated by the demise of PA Sangma. In 2016, he defeated Dikkanchi D Shira by a margin of over 1.9 lakh votes

In the 2014 general election, a 79.88% voter turnout was recorded in Assam, while 78.61% was recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, 79.62% in Manipur, 68.79% in Meghalaya, 61.69% in Mizoram, 87.82% in Nagaland and 84.72% in Tripura.

Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting today in a single phase.

Voting for two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya – Shillong and Tura will be held on April 11 and these are the voters of Umniuh Tmar village under Shella assembly constituency and Shillong parliamentary constituency in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district.

The Arunachal Pradesh chief electoral officer added that the Election Commission will officially declare the two BJP candidates as having won without a contest only after the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers on March 28

To understand, why the Modi government deserves distinction, one should first take note that the region is at least 30 years behind the Indian growth story. It means the benefits of liberalisation more or less bypassed them.

BJP’s hyper animated TV face Sambit Patra will now contest from the beach city of Puri in Odisha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released 36 names from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam and Meghalaya at a little past 1 AM on Saturday.

The BJP will separately field its candidate for Tura and Shillong seats in Meghalaya. A top leader of the saffron party in Meghalaya said that the party has prepared a list of four probable candidates for both Tura and Shillong constituencies