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...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Two persons killed, eight injured in accident in Assam
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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...
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