Thursday, September 30, 2010

Second Additional Financing for Mizoram State Roads Project : restructuring

A World Bank Report The objective of the Second Additional Financing for Mizoram State Roads Project for India is to improve the management and carrying capacity of the Mizoram core state road network. The additional financing will help finance cost...
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Mizoram buys Insas rifles for armed battalions

Aizawl, Sep 30 : The Mizoram government has so far purchased 1,280 INSAS rifles from the Rifle Factory, Icchapore in West Bengal with permission from the Ministry of Home Affairs, state home minister R. Lalzirliana informed the state assembly Monday. Replying...
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Mizoram MNF holds rally condemning Lal Thanhawla govt

Aizawl, Sep 30 : The opposition Mizo National Front today organised a worker's rally here where resolutions were passed condemning the Congress government led by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla for allegedly using the state Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB)...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Mizo IRB Police missing in Delhi

Aizawl, Sep 30 : A Mizo cop who had gone to New Delhi for duty at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games has been missing since September 25. According to sources, Havildar, PB Lalsangliana of the 5th IR Battalion had been missing since September 25 from...
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Monsoon session of Mizoram assembly adjourned sine die

Aizawl, Sep 29 (PTI) The 10-day-long monsoon session of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly was adjourned sine die by the speaker R Romawia this afternoon. The first Supplementary demand for grants to incorporate the increase in the annual plan outlay,...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

No rehabilitation yet for Mizoram's 35,000 fencing victims

Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana has stated that over 35,000 people from 45 villages are needed to be relocated inside fence being constructed along India-Bangladesh border. But Centre is non-committal. Paritosh Chakma ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010, Mizoram...
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Mizo Villages Need to be Relocated for Border Fencing

Forty five villages in Mizoram were required to be relocated due to the fencing work on the Indo-Bangladesh border. Of the villages, 29 in Lawngtlai district, seven in Lunglei district and two in Mamit district needed to be relocated, Home Minister...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Fog delays president's departure from Thuampui

President Pratibha Patil's scheduled departure to Agartala from Aizawl was today delayed due to inclement weather.The IAF helicopter which was to ferry her from Thuampui helipad here to nearby Lengpui airport could not take off due to dense fog, officials...
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President Patil lauds Mizoram University

Aizawl (Mizoram), Sep 24 (ANI): In her convocation address to the Mizoram University here today President Pratibha Patil lauded the University for its high traditions, and said she was glad to know that the university was free from the menace of ragging. ...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Text reading system in Mizo language

CDAC has an ongoing project 'Text reading system in Mizo language' this system will help in the development of Mizo Text reading System for visually challenged people of Mizoram. A scanned Mizo-document will be fed to the Mizo-OCR system integrated...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Landslide kills a woman in Mizoram

Aizawl, Sept 13 (PTI) A 30-year-old woman was killed at Tuikual locality here today after a landslide buried her alive near a traditional water source. The unmarried woman was fetching water with her friend when the landslide hit her as she could not...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Mizoram Anthurium festival 2010 Inaugurated

Aizawl, Sep 11 : Mizoram governor MM Lakhera today inaugurated the two-day long Anthurium Festival at Reiek Tourist Resort. Anthurium is a popular flower and the festival on the flora has been organised by state tourism department to woo tourists. Speaking...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

MoU to supply bamboo for incense sticks

MYSORE: The city-based NR Group has signed an MoU with Mizoram Bamboo Development Agency (MBDA) to supply bamboo for making of incense sticks. The MBDA is promoting bamboo, a major untapped resource in the Northeastern state, as an ecological product....
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Mizoram Chief Minister warmly welcomed by Mizo Society of America

Aizawl: Chief Minister Pu Lal Thanhawla and his wife Pi Lal Riliani were warmly welcomed on 4th September in Washington DC by the leaders of the Mizo Society of America, besides the Head of Councellor and the Head of Chancery of the Indian Embassy in...
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Mizo student drowns in JU pond

Kolkata: A student from Mizoram drowned in a pond at Jadvapur University on early Tuesday morning. Jorangthara (22) was in the city to meet his friend Pujan Narjinari — a student of electrical engineering at JU who stayed at the university’s main hostel. According...
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