On Sunday afternoon, Lance Naik J Lalrinngheta of 35 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) called each of his seven younger siblings back home in Tuidam, a small village in Mizoram's western Mamit district, and put them all on a conference call."Say whatever you want....
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Body of two soldiers killed in Srinagar attack to be brought to Mizoram
The body of two soldiers killed along with six other Indian army personnel by terrorists in Srinagar on Monday will be brought to Mizoram tomorrow, official sources said.The bodies of Hav. Lalrohlua (36) of Kelkang village in Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai...
Narcotics seized in Aizawl
Aizawl: Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Wednesday torched different kinds of drugs and narcotics seized by the state excise and narcotics and police departments, worth more than Rs 22.79 crore at the New Secretariat complex here.The destruction...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Drugs seized, five held
GUWAHATI, June 19 – In the third major haul of drugs in the span of last one week, the Government Railway Police (GRP) last night recovered sedatives worth over Rs 9 crore and arrested five persons in this connection from the Guwahati railway station.The...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Mizoram mulls Dampa fence
Silchar, June 13 : The 62km unfenced portion of the India-Bangladesh border in the Dampa tiger reserve in Mizoram may be fenced in the near future as the Mizoram government is according high priority to the long-delayed project.The 500sqkm reserve, 127km...
Insurgent camps in Bangladesh near Mizoram's Dampa Tiger Reserve
At least 27 camps of different insurgent groups are located in Bangladesh near the Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram, BSF officials said in Aizawl on Wednesday.This was stated in a meeting of the state board for wildlife chaired by chief minister Lal Thanhawla...
Drug overdose cases rising in Mizoram
AIZAWL, June 11 : So far in 2013, 16 youths have died due to drug overdose in Mizoram.According to Aizawl Civil Hospital, Casualty department record, as many as 16 youths including 8 females and 8 males have died in Mizoram from January till date.But...
Delhi asks NIA to probe weapons haul in Mizoram
Guwahati, June 11:
The March 8 arrest of three Bangladeshi nationals in Mizoram with a
cache of sophisticated weapons has alarmed the Centre enough to order an
National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the arms-bu...
Rabi Chakma, Sabuj
Chakma and Mani Tripura, all Bangladeshi nationals, were arrested after
Mizoram police and Assam Rifles recovered 33 AK-47 rifles along with a
Singapore-made light machine gun, a US Combat Browning Automatic Rifle,
809 rounds of ammunition and 33 magazines in two separate operations in
Lengte village near the Lengpui airport, about 30km from Aizawl on March
8.
An official source
said that the NIA registered a case at its Guwahati branch on Friday
following an official notification issued by the Union home ministry
directing it to conduct a detailed probe into the seizure.
The source said
another reason why the seizure had worried the home ministry was that
Mizoram — showcased as an island of peace in troubled Northeast — was
being increasingly used by rebels from other states as a corridor to
smuggle arms and also to cross over to neighbouring countries seeking
refuge or training.
Increased vigil along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur is another reason why Mizoram is now the preferred route.
Mizoram shares a 722km border with Myanmar and Bangladesh.
According to the
source, the arms consignment was believed to be for one of the factions
of the Shanti Bahini, the military wing of Parbatya Chattagram Jana
Sanghati Samiti, which claims to be fighting for the rights of the
indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh.
They had smuggled the arms from Myanmar and were planning to take these to Bangladesh.
“The Centre has
handed over the investigation to the NIA because two foreign countries
are involved and moreover, the probe agency will also investigate
whether any militant group of the Northeast is helping the Samiti to
foment trouble in Bangladesh,” the source said.
“Since Paresh
Barua of Ulfa (Independent) is also based in Myanmar and is reportedly
involved in gun-running, the possibility of Ulfa providing arms to the
Samiti cannot be ruled out,” he added.
He said Mizoram
had also become a meeting point of banned outfits, especially strike
arms deals, which was also a cause for concern.
An earlier NIA
probe into the Maoist nexus with Northeast militant groups had revealed
that a meeting was held between the leaders of the Manipur-based
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Maoists at Champhai in Mizoram on
July 15, 2010.
The source said
initially, the accused trio, who belong to the Chakma community, tried
to conceal their true identities by claiming to be from North Tripura.
“However,
sustained interrogation by police and verification with Tripura police
later confirmed that they are Bangladeshi citizens and members of a
faction of Shanti Bahini,” he said.
Drugs seized from Mizo man
SHILLONG: The anti-smuggling unit of the customs division, Shillong, seized 37.375kg of pseudoephedrine from a passenger, who was travelling in a vehicle (MZ-05-7092) bound for Aizawl from Guwahati near Umling in Ri-Bhoi district. "On demand, the passenger,...
Monday, June 10, 2013
Passengers file FIR against Jet Airways
AIZAWL, June 11 : Irritated
passengers filed an FIR against Jet Airways in Mizoram. Furious over
flight cancellation and non-provision of alternative flight, a group of
irritated flight passengers have submitted an FIR against a private
flight service...
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Alert over blue-ear pig disease
Silchar, June 7 : The Mizoram government has issued an alert to pig-rearers against a new disease named porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome or blue-ear pig disease that has so far affected over 500 pigs in the state.However, there are no reports...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Swine disease virus detected
AIZAWL, June 5 – For the first time in Mizoram and perhaps in the country, virus of a pandemic disease which causes reproductive failure in breeding stock and respiratory tract illness in young pigs has been detected in the samples of sick swines sent...
Monday, June 3, 2013
‘Women victims of Mizo conflicts need assistance
Guwahati: Former
members of Mizo National Army (now disbanded), the military wing of
rebel Mizo National Front (MNF), on Monday raised demand for assistance
from the Government of India for proper rehabilitation and looking after
of a large number...
Mizoram finishes second in Job Generation
Agartala: Once again,
the Left-ruled Tripura bagged the top position in creating maximum jobs
under the national flagship programme- MGNREGA for the 2012-13 .
An average of 87 mandays were generated
in Tripura during 2012-13 finanacial year (FY)...
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Don't use policemen for personal reasons, officers told
Aizawl, May 3 : The Mizoram government Sunday warned police officials that strict action will be taken if they use constables and Home Guards for private purposes."Stringent action will be taken if any senior police officer is found using manpower for...
Grand bungalows of Ministers in Mizoram attract Corruption Watchdog
Aizawl, Jun 3 : Due to the FIR filed recently by the Mizoram corruption watchdog, People's Right to Information and Development Implementing Society of Mizoram (PRISM) to Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) against Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and his ministers,...
Ban on smoking in pvt vehicles in Mizoram
Aizawl, Jun 3 : A ban on smoking in private
vehicles was imposed in Mizoram today, World No Tobacco Day.
The order was issued by the Deputy Commissioner of
Aizawl district, an official statement said.
Functions were held in Aizawl and all district
headquarters...
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