Aizawl, Dec 23 A former director general of Mizoram police and his colleague were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on charges of misappropriation of funds meant for modernisation of the state police, officials said here Wednesday. The duo...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Ex-Mizoram police chief, colleague held for funds misuse
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Former Mizo DGP arrested in graft case
Aizawl, Dec 22 (PTI) M Tumsanga, former Director General of Police of Mizoram, was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau on the charge of misappropriation of crores of rupees meant for modernisation of the state police during the year 2000, police said...
Monday, December 21, 2009
Gorkhas in Mizoram support Gorkhaland
Aizawl, Dec 21 Members of the Gorkha community in Mizoram Monday staged a day-long sit-in here in support of a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of West Bengal.
‘The demonstration was organised to express our solidarity with the Gorkha Janamukti...
Friday, December 18, 2009
New Highway from Mizoram to Myanmar Border Sanctioned
The High Powered Committee (HPC) of Government of India set up for the projects of North East has sanctioned a new highway from Mizoram to Myanmar border . The Committee headed by Shri Brahm Dutt, Secretary, Road Transport & Highways in its meeting...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Fate of Mizoram tribal refugees uncertain
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 16 (IANS) The much-awaited process of repatriation of 35,000 Reang tribal refugees from Tripura to Mizoram hangs in the balance despite pressure from the Centre, the Tripura government and rights bodies on the Mizoram government...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Viewing porn on rise in Mizoram
Aizawl, Dec 14 : Viewing pornographic pictures and other 'bad pictures' among high school and college students is increasing in Mizoram if the results of ‘Survey on Sex and Sexuality’ by the Aizawl-based Shalom, an organisation working for the reduction...
Friday, December 11, 2009
14-year rape sentence for Mizo Girl Rape Accused
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Ajit Singh Katiyar
New Delhi, Dec. 11: The lone arrested accused in the 2005 gang-rape of a...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tripura unhappy with Mizoram govt on refugee issue
Agartala, Dec 10 : The Tripura government has lambasted its Mizoram counterpart's 'lackadaisical attitude' towards repatriation of Bru (Reang) refugees from Tripura camps.
Talking to mediapersons here today, Rural Development Minister Jitendra Choudhury...
Mizo tribes demand for government intervention to stop attacks
Aizwal Dec 10 : The decade old conflict between the Mizos and the Bru (Reang) tribes took violent turn in November with the burning of 500 houses belonging to Reangs.
This incident was followed by the gunning down of a Mizo youth.
Now displaced Mizo...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Many Burmese infected with HIV in Mizoram
7 December 2009: A sizeable section of Burmese living in Mizoram state, northeast India are infected with the HIV virus, according to a report of the Voluntary Public Health Education Network (VPHEN)
Chin people are the ones who are mostly infected...
Dhaula Kuan rape case verdict today
New Delhi, Dec 8 : A city court has deferred the verdict in the Dhaula Kuan rape case to Tuesday, December 8.
Additional Sessions Judge N K Gupta deferred pronouncement of the verdict in the case in which a Delhi University student was allegedly abducted...
Monday, December 7, 2009
79-year-old woman raped by youth
Aizawl, Dec 7 : A youth was arrested for allegedly raping an aged woman at Champhai town on Mizoram-Myanmar border, the police said here today.
The victim, a 79-year-old woman who is hearing impaired was allegedly raped by a 23-year-old man at Champhai...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Violence against women on rise in Mizoram : Activists
Aizawl: Violence against woman has been on the rise in Mizoram, where 40 cases of minor rape had been recorded by the police during this year, despite the fair sex holding high position in Mizo society, social activists said.
Referring to the police...
Friday, November 27, 2009
Earth scientists at Aizawl
AIZAWL, Nov 27: A three-day seminar on ‘Geodynamics, Sedimentation and Biotic Response in the Context of India-Asia Collision’ kickstarted today at Beraw Tlang in Aizawl.
Altogether 125 delegates from 21 States are participating in the seminar – the...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Disabled to march Dec 3 to reiterate demands
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of disabled people along with their supporters are expected to take part in a ‘Walk to Freedom’ march in the capital on Dec 3 on the occasion of World Disability Day, to reiterate their demand to right to education, employment opportunities...
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Mizoram Home minister blasts Asian rights group
Aizawl, Nov 23 : The Mizoram Home minister R Lalzirliana on Sunday strongly reacted to the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) allegations and said that before making serious accusations, it would have been a wise move for ACHR to approach the Government...
Joseph Mizo supplied weapons to DHD(J)
GUWAHATI, Nov 23 – Dreaded gunrunner Joseph Mizo alias Vanlalchhana who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) during the course of its investigation into the diversion of public money to insurgent activities, had supplied at least ten...
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Firing in Karimganj by miscreants from Mizoram
SILCHAR, Nov 21 : Close on the heels of Mizoram Government’s alleged encroachment of Assam land in Cachar district, a group of Mizo youths created a great deal of sensation in the Katamoni area in Karimganj district which shares its border with both...
Bru leaders visit border villages in Tripura
Aizawl, Nov 20 (PTI) Leaders of three Mizoram-based Bru organisations today visited some villages on the Tripura border, appealing for peaceful co-existence between majority Mizo and minority Bru communities following incidents of arson and the murder...
Refugees pour into Tripura
More than 2000 Reangs cross over in past 36 hours
File picture of a Reang camp
Agaratala, Nov. 21 : Altogether 2,220 Reang tribesmen belonging to 487 families have taken shelter in the refugee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision of North...
Bru leaders visit border villages in Mamit
Aizawl: Leaders of three Mizoram-based Bru organisations today visited some villages in Mamit district, located on the Tripura border, appealing for peaceful co-existence between majority Mizo and the minority Bru communities.
Members of Bru Students...
Thursday, November 5, 2009
River poisoning results in water scarcity in Aizawl, Mizoram
AIZAWL, Nov 5 – City dwellers are reeling under acute water scarcity after its supply was stopped due to the poisoning of a river.
State Public Health Engineering department officials today said that the poisoning of Serlui river, a tributary of river...
Displaced Bru- Mizo Govt talks held
AIZAWL, Nov 5 – A delegation of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People Forum (MBDPF) held talks today with representatives from the Mizoram government headed by state home secretary Lalmalsawma here.
The proposed repatriation of Bru refugees from the six...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Revenue targets from Commonwealth Games are too optimistic
A recent detailed report carried out by Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) has highlighted that Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee (OC) is aiming at mopping up highly optimistic revenues out of the Commonwealth Games scheduled for...
Man commits twin murders
AIZAWL, Oct 29: A man held in connection with the murder of a Public Health Engineering Department pump operator has confessed to have committed another murder.
Police sources today said here that Joseph Thanga (23), son of Sikar Marandi, a resident...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Mizo women most cancer-prone in country
AIZAWL: A central government survey has revealed that a high percentage of women in Mizoram consume tobacco in various forms, making them the most cancer-prone in the country.
As per the latest National Family Health Survey report, 22% Mizo women are...
Monday, June 1, 2009
Chakmas face discrimination in Mizoram
By Paritosh Chakma
According to the ACHR report, the state government has failed to provide Chakmas access to basic healthcare facilities. Most villages had no health care facilities at all and the poor villagers lived at the mercy of ojhas (traditional...
Friday, May 29, 2009
That Sounds Unusual
By Suanshu Khurana
Daughter-in-law of former MP minister dies Daughter-in-law of former MP minister diesDaughter-in-law of former MP minister diesMan dies defending girl from eve-teaser in D...I'm back after scoring a century: Sports Min...Indian community...
The Dark Age of Forced Conversions
There is nothing in black and white when it comes to conversion
Oswald Pereira in Delhi
The concerted attacks against Christians in Orissa and sporadic incidents of violence against the minority community in other parts of the country ought to be condemned...
Friday, April 17, 2009
Parties feel the heat as voters stay home
The low voter turnout in the first phase of elections makes political parties jittery
Posted On Friday, April 17, 2009 at 12:42:56 PM
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Mizoram sees lowest turnout ever
Aizawl, Apr 18 : Mizoram has witnessed a 48.66 per cent poll turnout, the lowest in the history of Lok Sabha elections in the state since it became a Union Territory in 1972.
''Owing to poor communication network
, the results could not be received...
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Polling for 10 N-E LS seats peaceful with high turnout
GUWAHATI: Polling for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in six north eastern states went off pretty peacefully on Thursday with a fairly high turnout.
By northeast standards, the first phase of elections went off without a hitch except for a gun battle beween...
Monday, April 13, 2009
Mizoram News Briefs
The first batch of 123 Polling Parties in Lunglei and Lawngtlai District have left today for their respective Polling Stations which are situated in interior areas. These comprised of 58 Polling Parties in Lunglei District and 65 in Lawngtlai District....
Mizoram's international border sealed
Aizawl, Apr 13 : Mizoram's international border with Myanmar and Bangladesh have been sealed to prevent disruptive forces from entering the state during the elections on April 16, official sources said on Monday.
Mizoram's 722-km long international...
Sangliana’s wife is five times richer than him
BANGALORE: It seems there is a rich woman behind every male politician if one goes by the assets declared while filing nominations for Lok Sabha polls.
After the better-halves of H N Ananth Kumar and H D Kumaraswamy, it is the wife of H T Sangliana...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Bandhs to greet Sonia in N-E
SHILLONG/IMPHAL: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's visit to Meghalaya and Manipur will be greeted by bandhs. While a Khasi rebel outfit called bandh on Monday when Sonia visits Shillong, the Joint Action Committee in Manipur formed against MCS officer Kishan's...
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thailand declares emergency as protesters storm summit
GETTY IMAGESSupporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra battle with pro-government supporters
Anti-government protesters stormed a building...
Bru voters in Mizoram to cast votes on April 14 and 15
Aizawl , Apr 11 Bru voters in North Tripura district would cast their votes through postal ballots in their relief camps on April 14 and 15 for the lone Mizoram Parliamentary seat, for which the rest of the state would vote on April 16, election...
Monday, March 30, 2009
MPA stakes claim to form govt in Meghalaya, Cong counters
SHILLONG: Shell-shocked at losing power even after winning a controversial trust vote in the Assembly, the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) on Sunday made a renewed effort to revive its lost power by sending a representation to Governor RS Mooshahary...
Sangma, others to lose post in Meghalaya
Shillong, March 30 : Over 100 persons with political affiliations, including NCP leader P A Sangma, who were in boards and corporations under the Meghalaya government, have lost their posts after they were de-notified in the wake of imposition of President's...
Human rights law network organised
ALLAHABAD: Human Rights Law Network organised a state level legal training workshop on the implementation of SC/ST Act and other related issues at the Nirala Sabhagar wherein over hundreds of advocates and activists from 15 districts participated.
Inaugurating...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Fake currencies worth Rs 1 lakh found from Reang refugees
Agartala , Mar 30 Fake currencies worth Rs one lakh were recovered from two inmates of Reang refugee camps of Kanchanpur sub-division in North Tripura district, police said today.
The duo were apprehended with the counterfeit notes at tribal...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mizoram News Briefs 24th March
The Chief Minister, Mr. Lal Thanhawla said, the boundary between Mizoram and Assam as accepted by the Government of Mizoram is the boundary drawn by Governor General-in-Council in 1875. Intervening in the reply to a question asked by the MPC member, ...
Friday, March 20, 2009
It was 'murder' of democracy in Meghalaya, claims ousted CM
New Delhi, Mar 20 : Terming the imposition of President's rule in Meghalaya as "murder of democracy", ousted chief minister Donkupar Roy today accused Governor R S Moosahary of acting as a "stooge" of Congress party.
"It is nothing but murder of democracy...
MSU-in thudik lo report-ah puh
Aizawl:Mizo Students’ Union chuan Kolasib district, Saihapui V-a Assam sawrkarin school a din nia an sawi school education department-in minister hnena report a pek danah thil dik tawk lo a awm nia sawiin, he school chungchangah hian Mizoram sawrkar...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Speaker stand irks governor
R.S. Mooshahary
Shillong, March 19 : Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary was apparently angered by Speaker Bindo Lanong’s refusal to adhere to Raj Bhavan’s list of dos and don’ts during the trial of strength, prompting him to take the drastic...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Bush fires spark alert
Silchar, March 18 : The Mizoram government has placed its forest and environment department on alert following the death of four farmers in bush fires over the past week. According to official sources, the state government has asked the department to...
Kerala church Vs Mizoram church in politics
By Paritosh Chakma
Is it necessary to put religion aside from politics? Well, the Church in Kerala does not seem to think so. Recently, the powerful Latin Catholic Church in Kerala has reportedly sent a recommendation letter to Congress President...
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