8 Meghalaya MLAs quit state Assembly to join BJP ally 
Eight MLAs from Meghalaya, including five from the ruling Congress, resigned from the state Assembly on Friday to reportedly join the National People's Party, a BJP ally. The strength of the Congress in the 60-member Assembly has now decreased to 24 from 29. Four of the five Congress MLAs were sacked from the state Cabinet by CM Mukul Sangma earlier.