Fresh tension erupts along Assam-Meghalaya border; villagers attack with bow and arrow, catapults

Fresh clashes erupted between two communities living at the Assam-Meghalaya border, where the groups were reportedly found indulging in physical attacks using bows, arrows, and catapults in Lapangap village. The tension between Assam and Meghalaya is not new. Even though both states have partially resolved a 50-year-old border dispute in six […]

Assam-Meghalaya border dispute is tense in the Jaintia Hills, and only state-registered vehicles are allowed to enter Meghalaya

A spectre of tension continued in Meghalaya and Assam on Thursday, in aftermath of the firing incident along the Assam-Meghalaya border. Only vehicles with Meghalaya’s registration were allowed entry into the state. As reported earlier, tension gripped Meghalaya’s capital Shillong too after miscreants torched a traffic booth on Thursday evening […]