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'Mukroh Part of Meghalaya': Dy CM Tynsong Rejects Assam Govt's 'Unfortunate' Claim Over Border Village

Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Monday said Mukroh is part of the state territory and described Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government’s claim over the region in the state assembly as “unfortunate.” Speaking to reporters, Tynsong said, “our stand is very clear that Mukroh is well within Meghalaya. Even till this moment, it is under the territory …

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Months After Interstate Border Clash, CM Sarma Says Mukroh Village Part of Assam

Almost four months after a bloody clash claimed six lives along the Assam-Meghalaya border, the Himanta Biswa Sarma government on Monday stated that the disputed Mukroh village, where the incident had taken place, falls under its jurisdiction. In a written reply to a query by BJP MLA Bidya Sing Engleng, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Mukroh village is a …

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the incident of firing in Mukroh, and stated that West Bengal, too, shares border with Assam, "but …

Assam-Meghalaya boundary on the boil after Mukroh firing

Published : Dec 12, 2022 13:41 IST On March 29, Chief Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma of Assam and Meghalaya reached what they hailed was a “historic” out-of-court settlement in the decades-long boundary dispute in six of the 12 disputed areas. Mukroh falls in Block I. Meghalaya claims that Mukroh is in West Jaintia Hills district, while Assam …

At 7 am on the morning of November 22, Skhem Myrten was attending to her three grandchildren in her two room hut in the village of Mukroh, on the Assam Meghalaya border. While the Assam police did not issue any official statement, the state’s information department issued a press release which claimed Mukroh as a part of Assam’s West Karbi …

The Meghalaya Cabinet on November 29 approved a proposal to set up police outposts at seven locations, including the violence-hit Mukroh village, along the State’s boundary with Assam. The Cabinet nod was given following the killing of six people in the violence that had on November 22 broken out along the inter-State border after a truck allegedly laden with illegally …

Mukroh: A Spark for Underlying Resentments

For the group going by the name of Hyyniewtrep Youth Council, it was a moment of triumph that they could fulfil their mission of embarrassing the National Peoples’ Party -led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government, of which the Bharatiya Janata Party is also a partner. The latest killing of five Meghalaya villagers by Assam Police and Forest Guards, in Mukroh village, …

MUKROH/GUWAHATI: A group of villagers from Meghalaya allegedly vandalised and burnt down a forest office in Assam's West Karbi Anglong district, following the killing of six people in violence that occurred in a disputed area along the border between the two states, officials claimed on Wednesday. The influential Khasi Students' Union took responsibility for the torching of the forest beat …

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed anguish over the violence at a disputed Assam-Meghalaya border location that killed six people a day before and prayed for peace there. Expressing shock over the incident, the TMC MP tweeted, "I am shocked and deeply saddened by the extremely unfortunate firing incident at Mukroh, Meghalaya which took away lives of …

Mobile internet suspended in 7 Meghalaya districts after Mukroh firing

The Meghalaya government has suspended mobile internet services in seven districts of the state following a firing incident in the Mukroh area of West Jaintia Hills District where four people were killed. At least four persons, including three people from West Jaintia Hills and an Assam forest guard, were killed in a firing incident that took place at the Mukroh …