Monday, April 29, 2013

Delhi gang-rape: DCP Chhaya Sharma transferred to Mizoram

New Delhi: While the Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar maintained few days back that he would not...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Mizo National Front heat on Mizoram CM over 'idol worship'

AIZAWL: Controversy over Mizoram chief minister LalThanhawla's lighting a candle in front of a Durga idol in 2011 has resurfaced again with the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) announcing a protest rally on May 23.The MNF has announced that the party...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

89 MGNREGS working days in Mizoram in 2012-13

Against the 100-day jobs planned under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Mizoram recorded 89 working days during the last fiscal, taken on average. Among the districts, Kolasib is recorded as getting maximum benefits from the...
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Ex-Cong MLA's son among two held with Rs 6 cr banned drug

The son of a former Congress MLA and his driver were arrested here allegedly with over 2.51 lakh strips of banned pseudoephedrine tablets worth Rs six crore, police said today. Arvind Ahuja, the 37-year-old son of the former MLA Ashok Ahuja, and...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

MNF not happy with Centre

Aizawl, Apr 9 : Youth wing of the political party Mizo National Front (MNF) has been irked by the step-motherly treatment meted out to Mizoram by the central government in time of adversities.In a lengthy memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Mizo Editor passes away

Editor of Aizawl based newspaper, Khawpui Aw, K.Lalhruaitluanga passed away at Presbyterian Hospital, Durtlang, 3 km from Aizawl today.  K.Lalhruaitluanga has been suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) and Pneumonia. After his father died in 2009,...
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Former Mizoram minister Lalthlengliana dead

Former minister and opposition Mizo National Front legislator B Lalthlengliana died at the Civil Hospital here this morning, family sources said. Lalthlengliana was 66 and is survived by his wife Chawngpari and six children. Lalthlengliana who joined...
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Hidden Dangers In Mizoram – Analysis

By Veronica Khangchian On March 7 and 8, 2013, in a major arms haul – the biggest haul in Mizoram thus far and one of the biggest in the Northeast in recent years – the Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles seized 31 AK-47 assault rifles, one Singapore-made...
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Mizoram to ban pig import from Myanmar

AIZAWL, April 15 – Mizoram Animal Husbandry and Veterinary department has asked all the Deputy Commissioners of the districts adjoining Myanmar to issue prohibitory orders banning import of pigs from that country. State AH and Veterinary department director...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Mizoram: Zuala allotted portfolio

Aizawl: Ruling Congress legislator Lt Colonel Z S Zuala, who was sworn-in as a Parliamentary Secretary in Mizoram was allotted portfolio today and he would assist two cabinet ministers - J H Rothuama and H Rohluna.According to the notification issued...
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Mizoram tourism development under scanner

Aizawl, Apr 10:  Suspecting gross misappropriation of fund for tourism development in Mizoram, well-known social activist Vanramchhuangi today filed an FIR to the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to probe into it.    According to...
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BSF reviews security along India-Bangladesh border

BSF director general Subhash Joshi has reviewed the security and border management of the India-Bangladesh border in Karimganj district of Assam and Mizoram.Joshi visited the border areas in Mizoram on Thursday and the border areas in Karimganj district...
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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Woman 'raped, killed' by driver

SILCHAR: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped, looted and killed by the driver of the vehicle in which she was travelling with her husband from Aizawl to Silchar on Wednesday.A senior police officer on Friday said the gruesome incident took place...
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Zuala sworn-in as parliamentary secy

Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla today administered oath office to the ruling Congress legislator Lt.Col Z S Zuala as parliamentary secretary. The swearing-in ceremony, held at the conference hall of the CMO and presided over by the state chief...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Man held for wife's murder

AIZAWL: A 33-year-old man from Kolasib town on the Mizoram-Assam border was arrested on Tuesday night from Aizawl for allegedly murdering his wife on Sunday.Police said investigation revealed that Vanlalhmuaka and his wife, C Lalthanpuii, had a heated...
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Congress government passes Mizoram Animal Slaughter Bill, 2013

Mizoram Assembly “unanimously” passed the Mizoram Animal Slaughter Bill, 2013, on Tuesday. Introducing the bill, AH and veterinary minister, Nihar Kanti Chakma said that the objectives of the bill are to control indiscriminate slaughter of animals;...
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Ex-Mizo CM chargesheeted for corruption

AIZAWL, April 5  – The anti-corruption case against former Chief Minister Zoramthanga is going strong with the Anti- Corruption Branch (ACB) charge-sheeting him for possessing wealth beyond his known sources of income.According to the charge- sheet,...
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No rebel groups in Mizoram: state Home Minister

Aizawl : There was no presence of either rebel groups or any training camps run by them in Mizoram, state Home Minister R Lalzirliana said today.In a written reply to a query from K Liantlinga of the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) in the state Assembly...
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Mizoram's Assembly adjourned sine die

Aizawl: The 23-day-long Budget Session of Mizoram Assembly, after being extended for a day, was adjourned sine die by Speaker R Romawia on Thursday.The session began on March 12 and State Governor Vakkom Purushothaman delivered his customary address...
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Woman raped by driver, dies

A 29-year-old woman died after being brutally raped and dumped by a driver in Silchar town of Assam, police said today. The woman and her husband were travelling by a private vehicle from Bolpui town of Mizoram to Lumding in Assam yesterday when the...
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Monday, April 1, 2013

Budget session of Mizoram Assembly extended by a day

AIZAWL: The ongoing Budget Session of the Mizoram legislature, which began on March 12 and was scheduled to end on Wednesday next has been extended by a day.Assembly Speaker R Romawia said that the extension of the current session was necessitated by...
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Workshop on tobacco control held in Mizoram

AIZAWL: Mizoram State Tobacco Control Society (MSTCS) in collaboration with Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) organized “Workshop On Tobacco Control in Mizoram discussed during the workshop on better and effective implementation of COPTA section 6(b) on...
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Abducted Mizo labourers released

AIZAWL: Five road construction workers who were abducted on February 19 by a gang of miscreants from near the state's border with Bangladesh were released and handed over to Mizo leaders in Bangladesh on Thursday, Mizoram additional SP CID (SB) H L Thangzuala...
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