Thursday, May 30, 2013

Nghina dead

Aizawl, May 31 : Veteran Mizo politician and social worker F C Nghina died here yesterday, family sources said today. Nghina was 86 and is survived by his wife V L Pari, eight daughters and a son. He was one of the first chief executive members...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Thingsul Tlangnuam declared ‘Tobacco Free Village’ in Mizoram

Aizawl, May 29 : Thingsul Tlangnuam village has been declared ‘Tobacco Free Village’ by Indian Society on Tobacco & Health (Mizoram Chapter) President Lal Riliani said on Friday last. The programme of ‘Tobacco Free Village’ declaration which was...
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Mizoram to lay roads with World Bank aid

 Aizawl, May 29 :The northeastern state Mizoram expects to get financial aid from the World Bank for the development of roads in the mountainous state, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, officials said here Saturday."A four-member World Bank team...
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Mizoram Oppn attacks CM over temple visit

AIZAWL: Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla’s reported visit to a Hindu temple sometime ago is kicking up a ruckus in Mizoram with the principal opposition party Mizo National Front (MNF) organising a protest rally in the state capital Aizawl on...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Repatriation of Bru refugees postponed indefinitely

The proposed resumption of repatriation of Bru refugees lodged in the relief camps in North Tripura scheduled to commence from this week was indefinitely postponed, Mizoram Home department officials said here today.Joint secretary in the Home department...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Explosion in Mizoram temple at Assam Rifles premises

AIZAWL: An explosion ripped through a temple inside the premises of the 26th battalion Assam Rifles here early on Thursday morning.The explosion shattered 26 window panes and some window frames, the police said.Police suspected that the explosive used...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Displaced Brus urge Mizo govt to start talks for their return

Mizo Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF), a body of the internally displaced people of Bru community sheltered in camps in North Tripura district, today urged the Mizoram government to initiate fresh talks for their repatriation.A bi-partite meeting...
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221 pigs die in Mizoram in last three months

At least 221 pigs have died of swine flu in Mizoram's southern Lunglei district in the past three months, an official statement today said.The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary department officials said that there were 847 pigs infected with fever in the...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Burmese families driven out of Mizoram

About 120 families fromRangvamual and Phun Cawng villages have driven out by the Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA);one of the largest non-governmental organization in Mizoram, India. The Aizawl Post newspaper reported that the undocumented...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Mizoram student found dead in hostel room

A second-year MA student from the department of economics at Panjab University (PU) -- V Thuhril Sanga, 22, a native of Mizoram -was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his room in hostel no 6 on the campus on Wednesday afternoon.The doctors...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mizoram landslide toll reaches 17

AIZAWL, May 15 – The toll in the Saturday Aizawl landslide incident has gone up to 17 today and 15 bodies have been recovered so far.Eleven houses were totally damaged and as many as seven four-wheelers and nine two-wheelers were also damaged in the...
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Friday, May 10, 2013

Mizo Arrested in Manipur Drugs Haul

Imphal, May 11 : With another person arrested in connection with the recent drug haul at Pallel on April 28 from a team of Manipur Police Commandos, the total number of arrests in connection with the case has reached 13 . However, another two persons...
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Mizo govt to construct relief camps for arson-hit villagers

The Mizoram government will construct a relief camp for 37 families of Saikhumphai hamlet, bordering Myanmar, ravaged by alleged arsonists from neighbouring Vaphai village on April 29. The decision was taken today at a meeting of the state government...
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Tripura asks Mizoram to expedite Bru repatriation

AIZAWL, May 11 : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has asked Mizoram government to expedite the repatriation of Mizoram Bru refugees lodged at several camps in Tripura. The information has been conveyed to the eleven members of Mizoram Journalists’...
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Two held with drugs in Aizawl

Aizawl, May 11 : A joint team of BSF and Mizoram police seized 25 packets of pseudoephedrine from a Maruti car in Aizawl yesterday.The team, acting on a tip-off, seized the packets containing 3,25,000 pseudoephedrine tablets and arrested two persons,...
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Monday, May 6, 2013

Mizoram (Land Revenue) Rules, 2012 approved

Consultative Committee of Revenue Department headed by Land Revenue and Settlement Minister J. H. Rothuama has approved the Mizoram (Land Revenue) Rules, 2012. This followed a meeting held on May 3 at the Land Revenue & Settlement Directorate...
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Zathang in round two

North east tennis K. Lalrinawma of Mizoram on the court during a second round match at Officers’ Club in Lamphelpat on Monday. Imphal, May 7 : H.D. Zathang Leina of Mizoram moved into the second round of the men’s singles event, defeating...
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Mizoram State Invests in Agriculture and Fisheries

The annual plan for the year 2013-14 for the state of Mizoram has been finalised with attention given to the agriculture and fisheries sectors. The plan size has been agreed at Rs.2500 crore. So far the state has preformed well with progress made...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Plan Comm asks Mizoram to boost craft, industry

The Planning Commission has asked the Mizoram government to create an investor-friendly environment to promote handloom, handicrafts, food and bamboo based industries in the northeastern state using locally available resources, an official said in Aizawl...
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Woman stabs husband to death in Aizawl

Aizawl: A 20-year-old woman stabbed her husband to death after a heated domestic quarrel in a remote south Mizoram Lunglei district's Rotlang West village.Police reports reaching here on Sunday said Zonunmawii stabbed Vanlalsanga (22) on the latter's...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Plan Panel clears Mizoram’s Rs 2,500-crore annual Plan for current fiscal

May2 : The Planning Commission today approved Mizoram’s Rs 2,500-crore annual Plan for the current fiscal, which is 8.7 per cent higher than the outlay for 2012-13.The state's annual Plan for 2013-14 was finalised in New Delhi at a meeting between...
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Mizoram plans Bru repatriation again

AIZAWL, May 2  – The core committee for Bru repartriation has tentatively set the last week of May for resumption of repatriation of the Mizoram Brus lodged in a displaced camp in Tripura.The chairman of the committee, Lalrinmawia Ralte, who is...
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Mizoram CM meets Sonia

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and discussed the current financial crisis of the state and the upcoming state assembly polls.The Chief Minister met Gandhi in Parliament House and discussed about the state...
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