Aizawl, Dec 20 (UNI) Even though Mizoram has not
been doing bad in tax collection during the last ten years,the hike in
salaries of government employees has eaten up major portion of the
state's revenues.State finance minister H Liansailova,in his...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Mizoram Church wants Mizo custom abolished
Aizawl, Dec 8 :
Synod, the highest body of the Mizoram Presbyterian Church, has passed
an agenda for abolition of Hlamzuih death from the Mizo Christian
customary law. In the pre-Christian Mizo society, if a baby died before
attaining one year of...
Lone Mizoram MP not to vote for govt
Lone member of the Rajya Sabha from Mizoram Lalhming Liana on Friday said he would not support the United Progressive Alliance government when voting takes place in the upper house on Foreign Direct Investment in retail.Liana told PTI that the Congress...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Mizoram district police takes custody of 3 Bru militants
The police in Kolasib district on the Mizoram-Assam border has secured the custody of three Bru militants, wanted in the state for murder and abduction from the jail in neighbouring Assam's Hailakandi district prison.The police said that one of the militants,...
Monday, December 3, 2012
One-day winter session of Mizoram assembly on Dec 11
The coming winter session of the Mizoram assembly summoned by state governor Vakkom Purushothaman from December 11 would be held only for a day, state assembly secretariat officials today said.The officials told PTI that the business advisory committee...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Appeal for fair treatment
Aizawl, Dec 3 : Mizoram health minister Lalrinliana today appealed to the people to stop discriminating against HIV-positive people, echoing the words of Malsawndawnga, an HIV+ peer educator, at a World AIDS Day function.Malsawmdawnga, secretary of Mizoram...
Mizoram to get Rs 81-cr projects
Aizawl, Dec 3 : Union Minister for the Development of the North Eastern Region Paban
Singh Ghatowar has flagged off a number of projects at a cost about Rs
81 crore, to be implemented with funding from his ministry in Mizoram.
The projects are...
Tripura insurgents using Mizoram soil: Minister
Agartala, Dec 3 : The outlawed insurgents of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) are trying to enter Tripura ahead of next year's assembly elections through Mizoram, a minister claimed today. "The NLFT insurgents are trying to enter Tripura...
Duhlian tawng hmang chauh Mizo an ni lo, ti
Azl; 1 Dec: Home Minister Pu R Lalzirliana’n Mizorama cheng Zohnahthlak zawng zawngte inpumkhata awm chu thil pawimawh ber a ni a ti. Nizana Aizawl Thakthing Veng Branch YMA Platinum Jubilee lawmna a hmanpuinaah he thu hi sawiin, Mizoramah Duhlian...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Two persons killed, eight injured in accident in Assam
Aizawl: Two persons were killed and eight others injured when a maxi-cab they were travelling met with an accident near Chamring village in Aizawl district on Wednesday, police said in Aizawl on Wednesday.The Mizoram-bound maxi-cab coming from Silchar...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Abductors demand Rs 30 lakh
Aizawl, Nov 28 : The abductors of the two timber merchants and their driver have sent a ransom note demanding Rs 30 lakh for their release, police today said.“Though concrete information was yet to be obtained, the ransom note was reported to have been...
Friday, November 23, 2012
Expert for federal agro approach
Aizawl, Nov 24 : A federal approach is the urgent need of the Northeast to achieve development, particularly in the field of agriculture.Mizoram Economics Association president Lianzela said this while delivering the keynote address at the inaugural...
Mizoram begins rationalisation of teacher-student ratio
Zodin Sanga, Aizawl, Nov 24 : Under pressure, the Mizoram government has agreed to revalidate marching orders for over 60 teachers, the first major step towards the much demanded rationalisation of teacher-student ratio.Succumbing to pressure from the...
Thursday, November 22, 2012
CIPHET signs MoU with Mizoram for providing cost effective storage
LUDHIANA: Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) here today licensed the technology of Evaporative Cooled (EC) room structure to state of Mizoram.Director CIPHET U.S Shivhare signed a memorandum of understanding with...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Meeting with Bru refugees before voter list revision
Aizawl: A six-member team of election officials from three districts in Mizoram left for Tripura Tuesday to conduct hearing on the ongoing summary revision of electoral rolls among the Bru refugees lodged in six relief camps in Kanchanpur Sub-Division...
Mizoram villagers donate land for Sainik School
In Mizoram, 61 families of Chhingchhip village, about 50 km from Aizawl,
have donated land for setting up the state’s first Sainik School. While
the land donated by 44 families will be part of the campus, that
donated by the 17 others will be used...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
CM lauds Mizoram journalists
Aizawl, Nov 15 : Chief minister Lalthanhawla lauded the state press for the selfless service they have rendered for the past four decades. He encouraged the gathering of journalists to show more perseverance and courage in their pursuit of factual reports,...
Trio arrested at IGI airport for smuggling drugs
Three persons were arrested today from the IGI airport here for allegedly smuggling narcotic drugs worth more than Rs 60 lakh in domestic market.The trio, identified by security agencies as C Lalchhal (28), C Znanghak (27) and Zorema (21), hailing from...
Mizoram to sign Rs 151.15 cr loan with ADB
Aizawl, Nov 14 : With project-1 under the North Eastern Region Capital Cities Investment Programme (NERCCDIP) having been implemented, Mizoram is soon to sign another loan deal worth Rs 151.15 crore with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to execute project-2.Urban...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Arrested PLA cadres quizzed in Aizawl
Three hardcore militants of Manipur-based People's Liberation Army, arrested at Saitual in Mizoram on Saturday, were questioned by sleuths of investigation agencies, including the National Investigation Agency. Police sources said 'SS 2nd Lt' Moirangthem...
Narcotics worth over 1cr seized
GUWAHATI: In one of the biggest seizures of narcotics in the region, customs sleuths on Monday succeeded in seizing a huge consignment of pseudoephedrine tablets worth over Rs 1 crore from a godown in the city's Boragaon area. Two persons have...
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Mizoram chief minister's biography released
The biography of Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, authored by
journalist-turned-writer David M Thangliana, was released here today.
Releasing the book, Home Minister R Lalzirliana said Lal
Thanhawla was a man of principle. "He is a good...
Myanmarese drug cartels find new route via Mizoram
Mizoram, which shares a 404-kilometre porous border with Myanmar, has
become a favoured passage for cross-border ‘party drug’ cartels based in
the neighbouring country. A recent spurt in seizures of
pseudoephedrine-based drugs from Aizawl, majority...
Mizoram hydro projects violating safeguards
AIZAWL, Nov 12 – Two major hydro electric projects in Mizoram have gone ahead without following any of the safeguard mechanisms under the Environment Impact Assessment notifications (1994 and 2006).While the construction for the resurrected 60...
Women dominate workplaces in Mizoram
Woman working at a meat shop in Aizawl. Post Photo
Zodin Sanga, Aizawl (Nov 12 ): From meat shop to stone
quarry to government offices, the womenfolk dominate workplaces in the
otherwise traditionally strict patriarchal tribal society in...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Mizo boy who conquered Mount Gorichen to be awarded Rs 1 lakh
Aizawl Nov 8 : A Mizo boy who conquered the 6,488 metre Mount Gorichen in Arunachal Pradesh will be given Rs one lakh by the Arunachal Pradesh government, an official statement said here today.The statement said that Zoramsanga was the first to reach...
Monday, November 5, 2012
Mizoram Hmeithai Association received national award
New Delhi, Nov 6 : Four voluntary organisations were today conferred the Durgabai Deshmukh awards by President Pranab Mukherjee here today for their contribution to women’s development.Mukherjee gave away the award for 2005 to joint winners — Mizoram...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Mizoram Staffer jailed for swindling funds
A woman cashier of the Cooperation department under the Mizoram Government was sentenced yesterday to two-year imprisonment for swindling public money to the tune of Rs 26 lakh way back in 1994. Official sources said the Court of Additional District...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Aizawl civil hospital moves out of town
The Mizoram government is taking expeditious steps to shift five departments from Aizawl civil hospital in the heart of the city to yet-to-be completed Falkawn Referral Hospital on the southern periphery of the city. Members of working committee on operationalisation...
Man burns himself to death in Mizoram
Vanlalhruaii, a woman in Kolasib in northern Mizoram, was terrified by the sight of charred body of a man inside her kitchen garden this morning.She became extremely shocked when it was discovered that it was her husband. Police source said Vanlalsiama,...
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Man jailed for raping daughter in Mizoram
Aizawl: A court in Aizawl has convicted a man of raping his own 13-year-old daughter and sentenced him to four-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000.The 43-year-old Lalchhuanthanga was awarded light sentence on Friday by the court of the Additional...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
`Mizos in Manipur an integral part of the state`
By Alex GuiteLAMKA, October 25 : The Mizo ZillaiPawl, MZP Manipur today celebrated its diamond jubilee at its Hmuia veng, Lamka Churachandpur joint head quarter hall.Speaking on the occasion, chief guest Commissioner Lungmuana Lakher said Mizos are an...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Mizos get off to flying start
Playing his first match of the tournament, Ramdintluanga pumped six
goals as Government High School, Kawnpui from Mizoram, crushed a hapless
Motilalal Nehru Sports School 11-0 in their Pool E match of the 30th
Nehru sub-junior (U-15) hockey at Shivaji...
Mizo Zirlai Pawl, MZP, Manipur, celebrating Golden Jubilee - At YMA Hall Hmuia Veng - - 24 Oct 2012
The Mizo Zirlai Pawl, MZP, Manipur, is celebrating its Golden Jubilee
on the 24th October
from 11 : 30 am
at YMA Hall Hmuia Veng
under the theme "Unity is Strenght"
The main days programme will be attended as chief guest by L. Lakher
IAS...
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Barak Valley delegation meets Mizoram CM
AIZAWL, Oct 22 – In a move to bridge the already widened gap between Assam and Mizoram following the recent boundary dispute, Barak Valley Peace Delegation recently met Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla at his residence and held a discussion with...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Peoples Conference to merge with MNF in Mizoram
The Peoples Conference has reportedly agreed to merge with the main opposition party - the Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram, PC party sources said today.Sources in the PC party said that the high command deliberated on merging with the MNF and decided...
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Four die in landslides in Mizoram
Four people have died and several places remained inaccessible due to road blockade caused by landslides during the past 24 hours as heavy rains lashed Mizoram since Wednesday night, police said.The driver and operator of an excavator and the driver...
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Barak Valley Peace Delegation meets Mizoram CM
Aizawl, Oct 8 : In a move to bridge the already widened gap between Assam and Mizoram following the recent boundary fiasco, Barak Valley Peace Delegation today met Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla at his residential bungalow, and held a discussion...
300 Assamese workers to be allowed into Mizoram sans inner-line permit
SILCHAR: In a bid to ease tension along its border with Assam, Mizoram authorities have decided to ease the Inner-Line Permit (ILP) norms for at least 300 workers from Assam's Cachar district to enter the hill state.The issuance of the ILP, which is...
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Assam-Mizoram talk to resolve border dispute
Senior officials of Assam and Mizoram today decided to increase interaction between the two sides with a view to resolving the border dispute and de-escalate tension which has gripped Cachar-Kolasib belt during the last few days.This was resolved at...
Friday, October 5, 2012
German Football Coaching tips for Mizoram
On their current trip to
Mizoram, German coaching instructors Lutz Pfannenstiel and Felix Imm of
the German Football Association (DFB), have stated that Mizoram can
produce footballers of world class if the abundant talent among young
footballers...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Opposition slams Mizo government
Aizawl, Oct 4 : Opposition parties slammed the Lalthanhawla-led Congress government for neglecting the tense situation in the town of Vairengte on the Assam-Mizoram border.The town is under siege because of the threat of a blockade, led by the All Barak...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Tribute to the Father of the Nation
The band members of Boomarang
Artists
from Mizoram and Karnataka are coming together to promote the message
of peace and harmony between the two communities. Lalrinpui, president,
Bangalore Mizo Association, says, "We want to spread
the message...
Monday, October 1, 2012
Tripura Police nab three dog traffickers
Agartala : Tripura Police have arrested three people for trafficking stray dogs to other northeastern states, police said here Monday."Police acting on a tip-off arrested the three tribals with seven grownup dogs tied inside jute sacks at Kamalpur, 145...
Assam min's visit leads to tension along Mizo border
Aizawl, Oct 2 : There was tension in some areas along the Mizoram-Assam border when Assam minister Siddique Ahmed Majumdar visited the police checkgate in the border town of Vairengte with a large number of villagers.Mizoram Police officials said around...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
CM briefs central team of poor BSNL service
Chief minister Lal Thanhawla today brought up the issue of the prevailing problems that internet users in Mizoram have been facing due to the poor services rendered by the largest service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, in a brief meeting with...
Mizo parents are indulgent with their sons and daughters
Pagan or Christian, Mizora is Cupid’s own territoryMizo parents are indulgent with their sons and daughters and would not deprive them of the freedom they had known in their youth. The Mizo society is tolerant love peccadilloes. This does not mean permissiveness...
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Demand to resolve Assam-Mizoram boundary dispute
Silchar (Assam), Sept 21 : A protest march was taken by several organisations here today demanding immediate solution of the long-standing boundary dispute between Assam and Mizoram.The organisations, All Barak Youth and Students Association, Dalit Sena,...
Friday, September 7, 2012
Pangolin scales seized in Mizoram
More than 386 kg of pangolin scales were seized by the officials of Customs department from Tuirial Airfield village near here, sources said today.Customs officials said that the scales of pangolin held yesterday would cost more than Rs 2.3 crore in...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Pangolin scale haul in Aizawl
Silchar, Sep 5 : The central customs and excise sleuths in Mizoram have seized 63kg of pangolin scales, worth Rs 1.2 crore, from Bawgkawn in north Aizawl.Sources in Mizoram central customs last night said the scales were yesterday seized from the residence...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Mizoram finance commission office inagurated
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today inaugurated the new office of the state Finance Commission which would formally function with a full-time chairman and secretary.Van Hela Pauchua, who retired on August 31 as the chief secretary and Lalthansanga,...
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Mizoram free from female foeticide
Aizawl, Sep 3 : If child sex ratio is any indication, Mizoram with the highest child sex ratio in India, is free from female foeticide which still remains one of the biggest menaces in India.While the child sex ratio in India has dropped to 914 females...
Mizoram plans to open ‘branded hotel’ chain to boost tourism
Mizoram Tourism Development Board under the chairmanship of Pu
Lalthanhawla, Chief Minister, Government of Mizorma has plans to open up
‘branded hotel’ chain to boost tourism in the state, according to Sinlung News.
The board has also decided to privatise...
Three houses destroyed in Landslide
Aizawl, Sep 2 : Avalanche of rocks destroyed three
houses in Chanmary West locality in Aizawl today, Police said.
No one was killed or injured in the incident while five
other families were being evacuated to safer places, the
police said.
...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
MZP demands amendment of order
Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) or the Mizo students federation today submitted a representation to the chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribe Dr Rameshwar Oroan asking him to ensure amendment of the Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order 1950.The...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Home for HIV positive: Mizoram sets a negative trend
Aizawl, Aug 29 : Being positive is not always the best way in life.
Thousands
of HIV positive people of Mizoram have realised this harsh truth to
their utter dismay. These people, who are not welcomed in their
relatives’ homes, even for a short...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Mizoram GDP Second in Northeast
AIZAWL, Aug 28 : As issued by the Planning Commission, the growth rate of 'Gross State Domestic Product' of Mizoram in the 11th Five Year Plan is 11%, which is higher than the national average-7.9% and the North East average- 9.95 %.In connection with...
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