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Meghalaya to bet big on casinos for tourists

April 24, 2022703 Views

The picturesque north-eastern state of Meghalaya has drawn up big plans to bring in casinos and on-line gambling and gaming for tourists to rake in much needed revenues, top officials said. Taxation Minister James PK Sangma said the state government has come up with the Gaming Act following which the Gaming Rules 2021 will facilitate issuing of licenses to operators to conduct games of skill and chance both in online and offline version. As we have seen in many states, this venture has positive impacts not just in terms of GST revenues but also in terms of generating a lot of employment opportunities from the vibrant tourism industry, Sangma told PTI. The move to get into gaming in a big way comes some forty years after archery-based betting was first legalized in Meghalaya, ...

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मेघालय के अनोखे ‘जीवित’ पुलों को देख कर आप दंग रह जाएंगे

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December 21, 20211564 Views

दुनिया में कई नए-पुराने पुल अपने वास्तुशिल्प और इंजीनियरिंग कौशल के लिए मशहूर हैं। लेकिन भारत के पूर्वोत्तर राज्य मेघालय के जीवित पुलों को देख कर आप दांतो तले उंगलियां दबाए बगैर नहीं रह पाएंगे। मनोरम प्राकृतिक छटा बिखरने वाले ये अनोखे पुल स्थानीय मूल निवासियों के उत्कृष्ट तकनीकी कौशल के जीते-जागते उदाहरण हैं। मेघालय में घने जंगल, दुर्गम घाटियां व बीहड़ जंगल हैं। यहां छोटी-छोटी पहाड़ी नदियां हैं जो मानसून के दौरान उफनती रहती हैं। यहां लकड़ी के पुल बहुत जल्द गलने लगेंगे या बह जाएंगे। स्टील और कंक्रीट से बने पुलों की भी सीमाएं हैं। लेकिन आपको यह जानकर अचरज होगा कि जिंदा पेड़ों की जड़ों से बनाए गए पुल कई सदियों तक चल सकते हैं। जंगलों में बहने वाली छोटी नदियां मानसून के महीनों में बड़ी नदियों में तब्दील हो जाती हैं। इन उफनती हुई नदियों को पार करने के लिए स्थानीय खासी और जयंतिया आदिवासियों न...

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Meghalaya and Mizoram issue new travel guidelines

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December 8, 2021701 Views

North-eastern states of Meghalaya and Mizoram have issued new guidelines for national and international travellers coming to these states. The new guidelines were issued after the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected in some states, the officials said on Tuesday. Meghalaya government has issued new guidelines making it mandatory for people entering the state to register with the government website and download the Arogya Setu App and the Behavioural Change Management App, an official said. "It is mandatory for all persons entering Meghalaya to register themselves prior to their travel at http://meghalayaonline.gov.in/covid/testing.htm and to download the Arogya Setu App and the Behavioural Change Management App of Meghalaya from Google play store or App store. However, touri...

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Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 begins at Shillong

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November 25, 2021602 Views

The three-day Cherry Blossom Festival was on Thursday inaugurated by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Ambassador of Japan to India Satoshi Suzuki at the scenic Wards Lake here. The festival coincides with the blooming of pink cherry blossom flowers that dot the state capital here and across the state at this time of the year. The popular event was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic last year. The first edition of the Shillong Literary Festival was also inaugurated on the occasion. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma gave an assurance that the government is trying to make it an annual event and more innovative by promoting music, art and culture. For a region like the Northeast that has immense talent, it is not only about giving people a platform but also providing th...

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Meghalaya to reopen tourism from Sep 1

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August 27, 20211575 Views

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday announced reopening of the state's tourism sector from September 1 with relaxations of COVID protocols for travellers. Tourists, who have been fully inoculated, will be allowed to visit Meghalaya, while negative COVID test reports, conducted 72 hours before arrival in the state, will be mandatory for those who received the first dose of vaccines, he said. Krang Suri Waterfall at West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. It’s deep blue water is the main attraction for the visitors . The waterfall is around 90 KM towards south from Shillong and 187 KM from Guwahati. Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said, Meghalaya will restart its tourism (sector) from 1st September 2021 with the following protocols: Fully vaccinated tourists will be ...

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Meghalaya bars entry of travellers from UK

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December 24, 20201242 Views

Amid concerns over the detection of a mutated and more infectious strain of COVID-19 in the UK, the Meghalaya government has barred the entry of individuals from the European country into the state. The government has also urged people who have recently returned from Britain or transited through the country to stay in isolation and inform the government about their travel history, according to an official order. Krang Suri Waterfall at West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya "Tourists coming from the UK are prohibited from entering the state with immediate effect in view of the (detection of) a new highly infectious COVID-19 strain. "All entrants to the state (who have come) from or transited through the UK in the past 4 weeks (from 25th November to 23rd December 2020) are required to ...

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Meghalaya to reopen doors for tourists from December 21

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December 8, 2020532 Views

Meghalaya will be open to tourists from December 21 for the first since the COVID-19 pandemic made its way into the country earlier this year, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Tuesday. Travellers, however, will have to adhere to a host of guidelines and health protocols to visit the 'Land of Clouds', he said. "#Meghalaya reopens its #Tourism from 21st December, 2020... The Home of Clouds looks forward to welcoming you," Sangma said on Twitter. A Tourism Department official said registration would be made mandatory through a dedicated app of Meghalaya Tourism, along with standard operating procedures (SOPs) put in place to ensure the safety of everyone. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",n=e.fwn=function(){ n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,argum...

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Meghalaya ready to receive tourists

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October 17, 2020466 Views

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said the northeastern state is ready to receive tourists. People can take advantage of the better COVID-19 situation in the Northeast to explore the scenic beauty of the region instead of going abroad, he said during a virtual meeting of ministers and officials from northeastern states with Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on ease of travel to boost domestic tourism. Sangma told Patel about the initiatives taken by the Meghalaya administration to promote tourism and ensure the safety of visitors as the state gears to open up for tourism. He said Meghalaya has inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with a private airliner to operationalise direct flights between Delhi and Shillong. "Direct flights between Delhi and...