In Nartiang, a little village deep inside the West Jaintia hills in the northeastern state of Meghalaya in India, there is a temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga. The temple not very popular ...

Meghalaya, a north-eastern tribal state in India, is inhabited by three tribal communities: The Khasi, Jaintia, and Garo. The Khasi community primarily reside in the East and West Khasi Hills, the ...

Shillong: The colourful and vibrant festival of Behdienkhlam, celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community, culminated in Jowai on Monday amid joy and religious fervour. It is the most important ...

What mining has done to ‘these hills which we call home’ is unimaginable. The prodigious alterations caused by the extraction of coal and limestone have changed the very environmental, social and ...

It is the most important festival of the Jaintias and is celebrated mid-July every year after the sowing is over."Khlam" means plague or pestilence'and "beh dien" means to drive away with sticks.

Some 40 kilometres away from Sylhet city, lies the small charming town of Jaintapur. Located in the foothills of cloud covered Jaintia hills, the town consists of several Khasi villages, pine apple ...

Silchar, June 25: Tension prevailed at Joypur in Lakhipur constituency of Assam's Cachar district following an alleged attack on the Hmars of Choto Kumpi village by a few members of the Pnar (Jaintia) ...

Nov. 18: Panic-stricken Karbis, mostly students, today fled Shillong in droves as tension mounted over the persecution of the community in retaliation for militant attacks on Khasi and Pnar residents ...

West Jaintia Hills District Unit on Wednesday intensified its long-standing opposition to the proposed railway lines in Khasi Hills and any future extension of the railways into the Jaintia Hills ...

January 21 saw the 52nd statehood day of Meghalaya. On this day, the state government released the official anthem of the state in the ceremony. The release of the official state anthem is seen as a ...