Sunday, September 29, 2013

Bru families repatriation to resume from Monday

The return of Bru people from two relief camps in North Tripura district to Mizoram would resume from Monday with 121 families deciding to go back this week, a senior Mizoram official said today.State Home department Joint Secretary Lalbiakzama told...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

To give its infants 'their due', Mizoram attempts to change burial practices

High infant mortality was one of the reasons for the hasty burial of the young. (Picture for representation purpose) In March 2008, when her second child died suddenly after midnight, five days short of being three months old, Lalrindiki Hmar had...
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Sonia launches food security scheme in poll-bound Mizoram

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today formally launched the Food Security Scheme at a public rally here for Mizoram and said it would cater to the needs of lakhs of poor people in the country.The scheme would ensure that lakhs of malnourished and hungry...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Despite launch, food security scheme implementation to take time in Mizoram

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will officially launch the  food security scheme in Mizoram on September 20, but it would take some more time for its actual implementation, a state minister said today.While visiting Aizawl on September 20, Gandhi would...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

129 Reang families to be repatriared to Mizoram

Altogether 129 displaced Reang families, currently lodged in refugee camps in North Tripura district, will be repatriated on September 30, officials said today.A meeting of Mizoram's District Collector (Mamit) V Lalremthanga and Additional District Magistrate...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Arunachal studying Mizoram's NLUP project

Aizawl: The Nabam Tuki government in Arunachal Pradesh is studying Mizoram Chief Minister's New Land Use Policy being implemented in Mizoram as it wants to implement NLUP like projects in Arunachal Pradesh.An official statement on Tuesday said that Arunachal...
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Monday, September 9, 2013

Repatriation of Brus will start from Sept 30: Mizo govt

Repatriation of Bru refugees from six relief camps of Tripura to Mizoram will begin from September 30, a state official said today.In the first phase, 527 refugees, including 172 children, residing in Naisingpara and Asapara relief camps will be repatriated...
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Mizo cop body writes to CM for wage hike

Contending that they receive barely a fifth of the monthly allowances government nurses get, a body representing over 13,000 policemen, from constables to inspectors, in Mizoram directly petitioned the chief minister for a revision of wages and allowances,...
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Arrangements to repatriate Bru refugees

Arrangements are being made to soon resume the repatriation of the Bru refugees from Tripura to Mizoram, Joint Secretary of Home Department, Lalbiakzama said today.Members of the state-level Core Committee on Bru Repatriation will go to Mamit tomorrow...
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Murder case solved: Police

Police in Southern Mizoram's Lungle district today claimed to have solved the triple murder case at Tawipui North in which three members of a family, including an 11-year-old boy, were killed.C. Lalramzauva (39), the younger son of one of the victims...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Pig virus returns to haunt Mizoram

By Adam HallidayAizawl, Sep 5 : A deadly pig virus, which first broke out in India earlier this year, has made a comeback in Mizoram. Almost 250 infected pigs have been culled in the past two months and more than 900 suspected samples are currently awaiting...
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Monday, September 2, 2013

Kidnapped 6-yr-old traced in Mizoram, teenager held

A teenager suspected of kidnapping a six-year-old girl was arrested in Kawnpui town on Monday. After the arrest the police had to control an angry villagers who protested the alleged abduction of the girl.Vanrammawii had disappeared from her grandparents'...
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