Saturday, April 28, 2012

Mizoram ready to receive Bru refugees: Home Min

Aizawl: Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana on Saturday said that preparations to receive the next batch of Bru refugees were being made in case some of the refugees might agree to return to Mizoram from Tripura relief camps. Lalzirliana told a news...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Bru refugees refuse to return home

AGARTALA: The repatriation of Bru refugees of Mizoram has been held up, with the refugees refusing to go back to their homeland on Thursday, concerned officials said here.As per the decision of the Union home ministry and the Mizoram government, 141...
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Refugees' return to Mizoram from Tripura put off

Kanchanpur (Tripura), Apr 27 : The much-awaited repatriation of tribal refugees from Tripura to Mizoram did not start Thursday as the inmates are unwilling to return to their villages without a written agreement and arrangements for their security, officials...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

660 Bru families to be repatriated to Mizoram from April 26

AIZAWL: The Bru refugees living in the relief camps at Kanchanpur subdivision in North Tripura district will be repatriated in the fourth phase to Mizoram's Mamit district from April 26. "We have proposed to repatriate 669 Bru families during the fourth...
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Mini passport office in Aizawl to be upgraded: Mathai

Aizawl, Apr 25 : Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai today said that the Mini Pasport Office or Seva Kendra in Aizawl would soon be upgraded and authorised to issue passports without sending the applications to the Regional Passport Office in Guwahati. Talking...
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Abduction of workers taken up with Bangladesh

Aizawl: The Union Home Ministry has taken up the matter of the abduction of six construction workers from Mizoram by NLFT cadre with the Bangladesh Home Ministry, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said on Wednesday. Mathai said here that security agencies...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Myanmar ambassador visits Mizoram

Aizawl, Apr 25 : Myanmar Ambassador to India H E U Zin Yaw arrived here today to join an eight-member team of Myanmar officials to inspect a proposed land customs station at Zorinpui in southern tip of Mizoram.The eight-member Myanmarese team, led by...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Inter-ministerial team to visit Mizoram

AIZAWL:  A joint team from India and Myanmar will visit the site for construction of land custom at Mizoram’s Southern area on April 24 next.The nine-member Indian delegation side will be led by Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary while the 8-Myanmar...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Mizo NGOs, parties agree on Bru refugees

Aizawl :Mizo NGOs and political parties have agreed on the accepting repatriation of Bru refugees on the basis of 1995 electoral roll. They will submit a memorandum to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram who arrived here in Aizawl today on a 2-day visit.The...
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Easter Sunday observed in Mizoram

Aizawl, Apr 9 : Easter Sunday, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the death, after his crucifixion to save mankind from eternal death, was celebrated with reverence and happiness in the Christian-dominated Mizoram state today. The Salvation Army musical...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

PC tells Brus: Be good citizens

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who visited some villages in western Mizoram where Bru refugees repatriated from Tripura are being resettled, told the community to try to be good citizens. Addressing a public meeting at Damdiai village yesterday,...
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Mizos brave rain to observe day

AIZAWL: Braving the pre-monsoon rain, Christian devotees in Mizoram observed Good Friday, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to redeem the world from sin. The 'Procession of the Way of the Cross' was taken out by members of the Catholic church in Aizawl,...
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Man Axes Drug Addict Son

Aizawl, Apr 6 : An 65-year-old man axed his drug-addict son in a Mizoram village, police said Friday. The incident took place Thursday in Darlawn along the Mizoram-Manipur border, 180 km west of capital Aizawl. The 27-year-old son tried to hit his...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Mizo tribes Integration Seminar held in Mizoram

Aizawl : Christianity is a strong force for the integration of all the Mizo tribes spreading in three countries, viz, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. This was echoed in a seminar on Mizo tribes integration held in a remote district of Mizoram on Friday. The...
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