Tripura asked to do needfulSUMIR KARMAKARGuwahati, Oct. 31: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked the Tripura government to provide birth certificates to around 3,500 children living in seven relief camps for Bru refugees in...
Thursday, October 31, 2013
3 from Mizoram held with drugs at IGIA
Three people from Mizoram have been apprehended by security agencies for allegedly smuggling out narcotic drugs woth Rs one crore from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.The incident happened in the wee hours yesterday when the three,...
PM, Sonia and Rahul to campaign for Congress in Mizoram
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party in Mizoram ahead of the state Assembly election, scheduled for November 25.All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary...
Sunday, October 27, 2013
MSU opposes to allowing Brus to cast vote
Aizawl, Oct 28 : After an appeal made to Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Electoral Officer, Mizoram, by the Mizo Students' Union (MSU) General Headquarters, Jt.CEO, H Lalengmawia today held interaction with MSU leaders at his office over...
Mizoram opp parties' pre-poll alliance move hits roadblock
Aizawl: The ongoing negotiation between opposition parties Mizo National Front (MNF) and Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) to forge a pre-poll alliance appeared to have reached a stalemate, but despite that, both sides expressed interest to resume the...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
4 Day Young Mizo Association's Conference Held at Khawbung
By Dr. Lalit KishoreAizawl, Oct 24 : This year, the 68th Young Mizo Association's (YMA) General Conference was held at Khawbung town of Mizoram state from October 15 to 18, informed my old student and now a facebook friend Marema Chhakchhuak, along with...
EC likely to change Mizoram poll dates
The Election Commission is likely to change the dates for assembly poll in Mizoram after political parties, NGOs and religious organisations requested for the same.The polls to elect the 40-member state assembly were earlier slated on December 4 and...
Stop postal ballots for Bru refugees: Mizo students to EC
AIZAWL: Mizo Students' Union (MSU) has submitted a memorandum to chief election commissioner V S Sampath and Mizoram chief electoral officer (CEO) Ashwani Kumar in protest against the proposed move to let the Bru refugees in relief camps in North Tripura...
Mizoram poll: Women voters outnumber men, but no women's representation
Women voters have been outnumbering male voters in Mizoram for the past few years, but paradoxically there are no women representatives in the state legislature for years together. According to the voters' lists published on August 16, of the 6,86,305...
Promised Land beckons norteast Jews
AIZAWL/IMPHAL: At least 160 people from Mizoram and 730 from Manipur belonging to Bnei Menashe (children of Menashe) community would migrate to their Promised Land, Israel, by the end of this year or early next year.Those who will migrate includes Mizos,...
Monday, October 21, 2013
Cong delegation from Mizoram meets CEC
AIZAWL, Oct 22 – A Congress delegation from Mizoram today met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) VS Sampath in New Delhi on the demands of churches, civil societies and political parties in the State for a change in the dates of polling and counting of...
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Mizoram polls: Political parties urged not to use insurgents
Aizawl: A conglomerate of 14 major churches in the state today appealed to all political parties and outfits not to use insurgents and armed groups in influencing voters in the forthcoming assembly polls.Voters should be allowed to exercise their free...
Mizoram refugees to get postal ballot
Agartala/Aizawl, Oct 21 : The Reang tribal refugees, lodged in seven makeshift camps in Tripura the past 16 years since they fled their villages in neighbouring Mizoram, would cast their votes through postal ballots in the Dec 4 assembly polls in Mizoram,...
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Mizoram Education Department signs MoU with Ratan Tata Trust
Aizawl, Oct 11 : Mizoram Education Department and Ratan Tata Trust & Navajbaj Ratan Tata Trust have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a joint venture for further progress and improvement of education in Mizoram.The MoU was signed at Aijal...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
EC official visits Mizoram-Tripura border
Director General of the Election Commission of India Ashish Srivastava today visited the Mamit district on the Mizoram-Tripura border to see how Bru voters at North Tripura relief camps would exercise their franchise in the state Assembly polls on December...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Constable rapes Bru woman in Mizoram
Aizawl, Oct 9 : A constable of the India Reserve Police (IRP) was today arrested for allegedly raping a physically handicapped woman of Bru community at Damparengpui in Mamit district of Mizoram, police said.The 45-year-old married woman was raped yesterday...
69 BRU families desire to return to Mizoram
At least 69 Bru families at three relief camps in Tripura have expressed their willingness to return to Mizoram when the second phase of repatriation begins next week, Bru Coordination Committee (BCC) said today."Those who have expressed their willingness...
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