The Northeastern States defied a boycott call by extremist groups to celebrate the country’s 79th Independence Day peacefully, barring a stray incident in Meghalaya’s capital, Shillong.
Officials said motorcycle-borne miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the Pasteur Beat House early on Friday (August 15, 2025) morning. A police vehicle was partially damaged in the attack, suspected to have been carried out by youths associated with the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, one of the extremist groups that gave the boycott call.
