Over 7 lakh voters, 3 candidates for Mizoram's lone LS seat

Aizawl: Over seven lakh voters were eligible to exercise their franchise for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram which will go to hustings on April nine with three contestants from Congress, AAP and UDF in the fray.Polling would be held in 1,126 polling...

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Mizoram needs to make progress in industry: Governor

Aizawl, Mar 27 : Mizoram Governor, Vakkom Purushothaman said that Mizoram government needs to make progress in industry, because the state government cannot provide enough jobs for the youths, as of now.He said this while addressing the public gathering...

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C L Ruala Congress nominee from Mizoram

Former Minister and sitting Lok Sabha member C L Ruala (79) is the official candidate of the ruling Congress in upcoming elections to the lone Lok Sabha seat from Mizoram to be held on April nine.Ruala is contesting the elections against two opponents...

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Released engineer thanks govt

KOLKATA: Networking engineer Deep Mondal, who was abducted from Mizoram in November, taken to Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh and released on Sunday, came to Nabanna on Tuesday to thank the state government for its efforts to get him released. Later,...

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Mizos protest voting rights of Bru refugees

A protest rally was taken out here today against the decision of the Election Commission to allow Bru refugees lodged in six relief camps in Tripura to exercise their franchise in the April-9 election for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the state through...

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Triangular contest likely for lone LS seat in Mizoram

Aizawl, Mar 24 (PTI) After withdrawal of candidature by Independent candidate Vanlalngaia today, election to Mizoram's lone Lok Sabha seat would be a triangular one.The three candidates in the fray were C L Ruala of the ruling Congress, Robert Romawia...

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Abducted survey engineer released

Survey engineer Deep Mondal, who was abducted by Bru men and NLFT militants on November 23 last year and has been in captivity since then in Bangladesh, was released by the abductors last night, police said.Police officials told PTI over phone from Mizoram-Bangladesh...

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Tripura to take care of Bru vote

Election Commission of India instructed that Tripura election officials would conduct polling through postal ballots in Bru relief camps in North Tripura district during the election to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat to be held on April nine and Mizoram...

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UDF changes candidate for Mizoram assembly bypoll

The United Democratic Front, an eight-party opposition alliance, today changed its common candidate for the by-election to the Hrangturzo assembly seat to be held on April nine.Dawngliana, who was selected by the UDF to represent the alliance in the...

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Two file nominations from Mizoram

M Lalmanzuala of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and C L Ruala of the ruling Congress today filed nomination papers to contest the coming election to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat to be held on April nine.Lalmuanzuala was the first to file his papers, followed...

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Postal ballot for Mizoram refugees in Tripura

Agartala/Aizawl, March 20The tribal refugees, lodged in relief camps in Tripura for the past 17 years since they fled their villages in Mizoram, would cast their votes through postal ballots in the election for the lone parliamentary seat from Mizoram...

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Mizoram House passes Supplementary Budget

The Mizoram Assembly today passed the Supplementary Demand for 2013-14 amounting to Rs 2,658.47 crore and vote-on-account for expenditure for the first four months of 2014-15 (April to July, 2014) amounting to Rs 2,381.08 crore. The Budget was presented...

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AAP fields retd IAS officer for Mizoram LS seat

Aizawl: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that M Lalmanzuala, a retired IAS officer, would contest the election for the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat to be held on April 09.Lalmanzuala said he would file his nomination papers soon.Lalmanzuala had unsuccessfully...

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Mizoram governor congratulates Mizoram football team

Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman today congratulated the Mizoram football team on their recent triumph in the National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy.In his customary gubernatorial address to the state legislature on the first day of the...

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No new taxes in Mizoram budget

AIZAWL: The Mizoram government has proposed no new taxes, or any increase in the rate of the existing taxes, in the Rs 3,325-crore vote-on-account placed in the state assembly on Tuesday for the first four months of the next fiscal.In his budget speech,...

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Triangular contest for lone Mizoram seat

The fight for Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha seat is likely to be a triangular contest between the Congress, the UDF and the AAP. Congress veteran and sitting MP C L Ruala will be facing stiff challenges from eight-party alliance United Democratic Front’s...

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NDMA Member lauds Mizoram govt for setting up SDRF

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Member Harsh K Gupta today lauded the efforts of Mizoram government in setting up and training police personnel for the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)Addressing a press conference here, Gupta said at...

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Footballers come home to hero's welcome in Mizoram

Aizawl: The Mizoram soccer team, which won the prestigious Santosh Trophy recently, was accorded a grand welcome at Lengpui Airport, about 32 km from Aizawl, on Wednesday.Thousands of people came to the airport from the capital and surrounding villages...

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Buffaloes die after drinking river water laced with poison

At least 40 buffaloes have died in the villages around the Mizoram-Myanmar border river Tiau in Champhai district, state AH and Veterinary department officials said today. The officials said that the buffaloes reportedly died after drinking the...

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Rahul Gandhi scores with soccer in trophy-winning Mizoram

AIZAWL: Rahul Gandhi has reason to smile even though a tough battle is fast approaching. On the eve of Mizoram's assembly elections in November last year, the Gandhi scion had said basic sports amenities would be provided to each district in Mizoram...

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Two killed in accident in Mizoram

Two persons were killed and 13 others were injured when a truck rolled down to a deep gorge near Tuipang in Mizoram's southernmost Saiha district last night. Police said that driver of the truck Beithalo and his helper Thadi were killed. ...

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UK can to work with Mizoram: Deputy High Commissioner

British Deputy High Commissioner for Eastern India Scott Furssedonn Wood today said UK can work with Mizoram in sectors like human resources and skill development.Wood, who was on his maiden visit to this north eastern state, told Chief Secretary L Tochhong...

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Tiny Mizoram's success story is one rest of India should emulate

KOLKATA: Loads of talent and hard work characterized Mizoram's triumph in the 68th Santosh Trophy. Long-term planning, infrastructure development, effective development programmes at the grassroots level and the introduction of the Mizoram Premier League...

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Winning begins at home for Mizoram

Marcus MergulhaoEvery week, mostly weekends, the East Bengal midfielder waits to meet his fellow Mizoram players like Shylo Malsawmtluanga, Robert Lalthlamuana and Samson Ramagawia at popular meeting places and once the meeting is over, he eagerly looks...

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Mizoram bans pigs, pork import from Myanmar

Aizawl, Mar 11 : Prohibitory orders banning import of pigs and pork from Myanmar have been issued by district magistrates of border districts till August fearing fresh incidents of the dreaded Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in the...

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Mizoram poll spat gets uglier

Lal Thanhawla refutes charges of EVM rigging by former pastor The election season seems to be heating up in Mizoram with a spat between the chief minister and a church elder getting uglier by the day. The confrontation started in December last year after...

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Mizoram churches pray to keep dry law in place

ZODIN SANGA File picture of worshippers at a church in Mizoram Aizawl, March 9: The Mizoram government’s decision to lift a 17-year-old prohibition has run into opposition from an influential section of Christians in the state....

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Youth kills man in a fight over liquor

A youth allegedly killed a 45-year-old man in a fight over local liquor in Mizoram's southernmost Saiha district, the police said today.The police said that R Lalmuankima clubbed James Zoherliana on his head for three times yesterday and the latter died...

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Bru Repatriation before Lok Sabha polls

AIZAWL: The Bru refugee repatriation from Tripura to Mizoram will be completed before the Lok Sabha polls. In this connection, the District Level Core Committee on Bru Repatriation and Rehabilitation Committee today held a meeting at Mamit in Mizoram....

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Lok Sabha elections: Mizoram votes on April 9

New Delhi: The northeastern state of Mizoram votes on April 9, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. The counting will be held on May 16. The state has one Parliamentary Constituency. ...

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Drugs seized in Mizoram

Mizoram Excise and Narcotics officials today seized 15,000 tablets of Methamphetamine, reportedly smuggled from Myanmar, and arrested a Myanmarse national in this connection.Commissioner of Excise and Narcotics L. Hmunsanga told PTI that the contraband...

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Odisha thrash Mizoram 6-0 in national men’s hockey; top pool

Maintaining their winning streak, Hockey Gangpur of Odisha thrashed Mizoram 6-0 goals in their last league match in the 4th Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship at Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium here today.hockeyWith this win, Hockey Gangpur...

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Explosives recovered in Mizoram

Over 370 sticks of gelatin, 90 detonators and six coils of explosive fuse were recovered from a man, who was trying to transport them to militants in Manipur. The man was arrested and his vehicle seized after recovery of the explosives on Saturday...

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