AIZAWL, Nov 29 – Mizoram had gone to the Assembly elections on November 25 without any untoward incident, save for a couple of EVM technical snags. The November 25 Mizoram poll was billed as the most ever peaceful Assembly elections in the history of...
Thursday, November 28, 2013
32,429 officials cast votes through postal ballot
New Delhi, Nov 29 : A total of 32,429 government officials, who will be on election duty Dec 4, have cast their votes through postal ballots till Thursday evening, an election commission official said.Of the government officials, more than 25,220 civil...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Mizoram police nab murder suspect
AIZAWL, Nov 27 : Assistance from the
commercial sex workers helped Mizoram police to nab a criminal. “With
the help of some commercial sex workers here police are said to have
arrested a murder suspect, whose search had been on”, the news report...
104-yr old woman casts vote in Champhai
Aizawl: A 104-year-old woman became the oldest voter in the election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, for which polling was held on Monday.Kimchawngi exercised franchise in the North East Khawdungsei-II polling station for Lengteng constituency in...
Monday, November 25, 2013
Mizoram Assembly election: 64 per cent polling reported till 1 pm
Sixty-four per cent polling has been reported in Mizoram till 1 pm with no reports of any untoward incident.Polling to elect a new Assembly in Mizoram began at 7 am with the main contenders - ruling Congress and opposition Mizoram Democratic Alliance...
Myanmarese national arrested for carrying cash during election
AIZAWL: A Myanmarese businessman was on Monday arrested at the border village of Zokhawthar in Mizoram for carrying cash more than the permissible limit set by the Election Commission.The person was arrested as he was carrying Rs 18 lakh which is against...
Voting underway in Mizoram
People stand in queue outside a polling booth in Mizoram
Aizawl: Polling to elect...
Mizoram votes today, 36.63 pc votes recorded till 11 AM
Polling began for the 40-member Mizoram Assembly at 7 AM today with 36.63 per cent votes cast in the first four hours, state joint chief electoral officer H Lalengmawia said.Brisk polling was reported from many polling stations in Aizawl where long queues...
Sunday, November 24, 2013
MZP demands completion of Bru repatriation
Even as the Bru refugees who are now camped in Tripura have been allowed to cast their votes outside Mizoram in the ensuing assembly elections, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), the largest students’ body in the State, has reiterated their fervent wishes afresh...
Man who sacrificed CM’s chair for Mizo peace
AIZAWL: At 71, Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla is surprisingly energetic. At the close of a gruelling campaign, he has touched virtually every corner of his state. The party's star campaigner, much of his exertion was because every party candidate wanted him...
Audit trail system in polls today
Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla of the Congress and all his 11
ministers are among 142 candidates who will be contesting for the
40-member Assembly election on Monday.
For the first time in the country, voter-verifiable paper audit trail
(VVPAT)...
Mizoram: Voting begins, close fight between Cong and combined oppn
Aizawl: Balloting began at 7 a.m. Monday for the 40-member Mizoram legislative assembly, an official said. Over 6.8 lakh voters are eligible to vote in the exercise to elect 40 members from among 142 candidates. Counting will be held Dec 9. A newly-designed...
Mizoram polls Today, VVPAT machines introduced for first time
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla of the Congress and all his 11
ministers are among 142 candidates who will be contesting for the
40-member Assembly election on Monday.
For the first time in the
country, voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT)...
Countdown for the D Day as campaign ends in Mizoram
Aizawl : Finally the D Day has arrived in the north-eastern Indian state Mizoram for the polls with the campaigning drew to a close amid a hue and cry about armed gunmen being sighted in one of the sensitive constituencies, Chalfilh, which borders Manipur.Though,...
Mizoram polls: Chana sect voters free to vote anyone sans diktat
Aizawl: For long Mizoram political parties have tried to persuade members of the Chana’s sect led by Ziona to vote en bloc for them, but without success, in their village in the Tuikum assembly seat in Serchhip district. C Lalrinthanga, a well-known...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Mizoram polls: Lal Thanhawla in advantageous position in Serchhip
Aizawl: With Mizoram's Serchhip district reaping benefits of
central and state socio-economic welfare schemes, Chief Minister Lal
Thanhawla seems to be in an advantageous position both in Serchhip and
Hrangturzo seats from where he is fighting the...
Mizoram's diverse modes of transport for poll officials
Aizawl: From heavy vehicles to two wheelers, small boats and trekking on foot, all modes are being used to ferry over 4,000 polling officials over topographically diverse Mizoram, where Assembly elections will be held on November 25."For transport of...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Mizoram
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Mizoram Thursday, party sources said.Sources said Rahul Gandhi will hold two public meetings -- Kahrawt Ground in district Champhai and Tumpui Field in district Kolasib.Polls in the northeastern state...
Mizoram polls: VVPATs to be used on large-scale for the 1st time
Aizawl: With voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) being used on a large-scale for the first time in the country in the Mizoram Assembly polls, the Elections Commission is leaving no stone unturned to make it easily accessible to voters.’The VVPAT...
Mizoram film industry pins hope on new government
Swamped by Korean films dubbed in Mizo language, the film industry in Mizoram hopes that whichever party comes to power after polls should allocate more funds for its development.The chorus for more funds for Mizo films had gained momentum after...
Mizoram's Gorkhas may go the NOTA way over OBC status fight
Gorkhas are said to be weighing up
the NOTA option provided by the Election Commission in Mizoram's
Assembly elections, slated for November 25.
The
Gorkhas, who are one of the largest minorities in the state, are
deprived of OBC status through what...
Polling in Bru relief camps peaceful
Aizawl: Polling in the six Bru relief camps in North Tripura, for the coming election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly on November 25, was completely peaceful on Tuesday where 23 percent of votes were polled at four PM, state Chief Electoral Officer...
Monday, November 18, 2013
After 20 years, 1,000 Bru families will exercise their franchise from home soil
Dhananjay Reang will exercise his franchise on home soil after 20 years
on November 25 when Mizoram goes to polls. Thousand others, lodged in
six relief camps in Tripura, are not so lucky enough, at least for now.
Some 37,000 Brus of Mizoram had...
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Polls just days away, but for candidates in Mizoram, Sunday is still a day of rest
Sunday is for God in Mizoram. Everything else can wait, even campaigning for once-in-five-years assembly elections. Campaigning for the November 25 polls in Mizoram has entered a crucial phase. But for the people, nothing is more important than...
Mizoram polls: Political parties use social media to woo voters
Political parties in Mizoram have been using social media and mobile phones to woo voters, especially the youths, for the coming Assembly election to be held on November 25.Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) chief Lalduhawma has an account on Facebook.Rothuama...
Mizoram polls: Sonia Gandhi to address people in Lunglei today
Lunglei: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will head to Mizoram on Monday for election campaigning in the state. She will be addressing the crowd in Lunglei.Mizoram goes to polls on November 25. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is also expected to...
7th Assembly election is a battle between Mizo nationalism and Indian nationalsim: MDA
Newmai News NetworkImphal, Nov 18 : "The forthcoming 7th Mizoram Assembly election will be a landmark in the history of Mizoram general election as it is the battle between the devotees of Mizo nationalism and the leaders who want the Indianisation of...
Mizoram assembly candidates' assets go through the roof
Though Mizoram's economy grew 10.37 percent in 2013 which is more than double the national figure of five percent, it is miniscule compared to the steep rise in leaders' assets over the past five years.The average increase in assets of 66 of the 140...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Top singers call out youths of Mizoram to exercise their voting franchise in upcoming assembly election
Aizawl: Top singers of the state including Zoramchhani, Lalropuii Pachuau and R Lalhmangaihzuali have made an appeal to the people of Mizoram to exercise their voting right in the state assembly election.Well-known gospel singer of the state and the...
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