Aizawl, Feb 27 (PTI) Mizoram Excise and Narcotics
department officials seized 35.7 gram of heroin in Aizawl and
arrested three persons, including two women, in this
connection, an official statement today said.Lalremi (34) from Myanmar's Tahan, Lalthanpuii...
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Finance com team arrives in Mizoram
A four-member Fourteenth Finance Commission headed by its Chairman and former RBI Governor Dr Y. V. Reddy arrived in Aizawl today for a two-day visit to Mizoram.The Finance Commission chairman and members held deliberations with the local bodies, NGOs...
Woman arrested for smuggling ganja
A 35-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling 53.500 kilos pf ganja by the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials near Mizoram-Manipur-Myanmar border Hnahlan in Champhai district last night.Official sources said that the accused...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Mizoram gets road link aid
Guwahati, Feb. 24 : The World Bank will finance a $128 million road project to improve Mizoram’s connectivity with Bangladesh and Myanmar.The project called Mizoram State Roads II — Regional Transport Connectivity Project — is expected to improve the...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Mizoram Health Minister wants infant deaths curbed
A total of 473 infants in Mizoram died before their first birthday
between April and December last year, while 10 mothers died during
childbirth, health officials were told at the third-quarter National
Health Mission review on Tuesday.
The review...
Monday, February 17, 2014
AAP forms unit in Mizoram
Aam Aadmi Party today formed a unit in Mizoram with the announcement of its adhoc leaders.Addressing a press conference here, AAP national executive member in-charge of the northeast, Habung Payeng, announced the names of Lalthanzami and former IAS officer...
Resumption of repatriation of Brus proposed
Resumption of repatriation of Bru refugees lodged in relief camps in Tripura was today proposed by the Mizoram core committee."Fixing of the dates and number of families to be repatriated would depend on the preparedness of the authorities of the Mamit...
Mercury slides to 7 degree Celsius in Mizoram
Mizoram shivered under a cold wave as the mercury slid to a low of seven degree Celsius today with showers adding to the misery.The temperature sharply decreased from yesterday's high of 20.3 and a low of 9.1 degree Celsius, state Science and Technology...
Heroin seized in Aizawl
32.6 grams of heroin worth around Rs 1.6 lakh seized by Narcotics Department officials.Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department officials seized 32.6 grams of heroin worth around Rs 1.6 lakh in a local market near Aizawl yesterday, an official statement...
Sunday, February 16, 2014
United Nations team visited Mizoram
AIZAWL: The United Nations Mission
team, comprising four UN agencies, which had visited Mizoram few days
ago to carry out ground inspection for possible joint venture with
Mizoram Government, has left Aizawl today, looking forward to take up
initiatives...
144 CrPC imposed in Cachar district
The Cachar District Magistrate has imposed Section 144 CrPC across the district following Wednesday night's clash between protesters and security forces that left about 24 persons injured.The order was clamped yesterday and would remain in force until...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Mizoram lifeline to be blocked
Mizoram is bound for shortage of essential commodities with organisations in Assam's Cachar district deciding to impose an indefinite blockade on the state's main economic lifeline - the national highway 54 - from 06 00 hours tomorrow, in protest against...
Bill to lift prohibition from Mizoram
Mizoram Excise and Narcotics minister R. Lalzirliana today said efforts are being made to introduce the Mizoram Excise Bill, 2014 in the state assembly during the coming session, which would automatically repeal the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act,...
'Everyday life pictures will help understand northeast better'
There have always been only exotic pictures of the northeastern states presented, so there is a need to present more mundane pictures from the everyday life of the people to understand the region better, said an exhibition curator from Mizoram."When...
Mizo Students Union Demonstrates in Aizawl
Protesting over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl from the North East in Delhi on February 7, the Mizo Students Union (MSU) today organised a demonstration in front of the Raj Bhavan here.MSU leaders said that the protest is against the Centre which...
Monday, February 10, 2014
Woman stabbed to death in Mizoram
Aizawl: A woman was stabbed to death, allegedly by her husband, in the Mizoram capital. Police said the 46-year-old repeatedly stabbed his 50-year-old wife with a kitchen knife yesterday,The accused C. Vanlalmuanpuia, was stated to be in an inebriated...
Sunday, February 9, 2014
ASUS Launches Exclusive Store in Mizoram
ASUS announced the launch of an exclusive store
in Aizawl, Mizoram. The retail store Fel Fel Digitals is located at
Rev. Zairema Building, Zarkawt , Aizawl , Mizoram -796001. The new
outlet will feature the entire range of Touch notebooks, Ultrabooks,...
Mizo codes of conduct in text books mooted
Aizawl, Feb 9 :
Six major NGOs in Mizoram have unanimously agreed to propose for the inclusion of 'Mizo codes of conduct' in school books.
The joint NGOs in its meeting here discussed over the proposal to get
'Mizo codes of conduct' included in school...
Faith helps anchor Mizo refugees from Myanmar
By RYAN TRARESGREENWOOD — Every Sunday, they come from across central Indiana to worship in Greenwood.Mizo refugees, chased from their homes in Myanmar and relocated in the U.S., sing traditional hymns in their own language.The children go to Sunday...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Mizoram Public Service Commission Notified Recruitment to the Post of Principal 2014
Mizoram Public Service Commission invited
application for recruitment to the post of Principal, IASE/CTE under
Higher & Technical Education Department. The candidates eligible for
the post can apply through prescribed format before 28 February...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
A Myanmarese woman arrested with 59 gram heroin
A Myanmarese woman has been arrested with about 59 grams of heroin, worth about Rs two lakh, from the Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai, officials said today.Commissioner of state Excise and Narcotics L Hmunsanga today said the 40-year-old Myanmarese woman...
2,483 new cancer cases detected in two years in Mizoram: ICMR
With over 2,400 new cancer cases, including stomach, lungs and cervix, being detected in last two years in Mizoram, the state tops the list in overall cancer incidence in the country, according to a latest report of the Indian Council for Medical Research...
Monday, February 3, 2014
Two-judge bench to hear petition on EVM
Aizawl: Gauhati High Court Chief Justice, A.M. Sapre has appointed a two-judge bench comprising Portfolio Judge of Aizawl Bench Justice LS Jamir and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan to take up the petition submitted by the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) asking...
700 chickens perished due to 'Ranikhet' in Mizoram
More than 700 chickens recently perished in Mizoram were due to disease 'Ranikhet', the state Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department said today.The finding was based on a report filed by a team sent last week to the affected areas bordering Manipur,...
Refugees From Burma’s Chin State Face Indian Dilemma
By
NAVA THAKURIA
A
young refugee from Burma’s ethnic Chin minority holds a placard during a
protest rally to mark World Refugee Day in New Delhi on June 20, 2011.
(Photo: Reuters / Parivartan Sharma)
Expatriate refugees from...
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