Thursday, May 29, 2014

Mizoram to move another vote on account

The Congress-led Mizoram government had in March presented a vote on account for the first four months of the fiscal (April to July) due to non-finalization of the state's annual plan by the Planning Commission."The Monsoon Session of the Mizoram Assembly...
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Teacher cycles with global warming message

JIRIBAM, May 30 : Ram Prasad Naskar, a Geography teacher from Subhasgram in West Bengal, who has been on countrywide bicycle tour since December 18, 2013 under the theme “Global Warming and Its Potential Threat” reached Jiribam on Wednesday and left...
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Mizoram to move second vote on account

Aizawl : The Mizoram government will move another vote on account instead of presenting the regular budget for fiscal 2014-15 as the Planning Commission is yet to finalise the state's plan, an official said here Thursday.The Congress-led Mizoram government...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Mizoram: 40,000 detonators recovered

Aizawl: In a joint operation, Assam Rifles personnel and police recovered 40,000 detonators from Bawngkawn locality here.The police said that the detonators were being smuggled to Myanmar."We have been receiving intelligence inputs that the detonators...
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Monsoon session of Mizoram assembly to begin from July 8

AIZAWL: Mizoram governor Vakkom Purushothaman has summoned the monsoon session of the state assembly to begin from July 8, state assembly secretariat officials said.A detailed programme of the session would be chalked out by the Business Advisory Committee...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Mizo core comm decides to resume repatriation of Bru tribals

Aizawl: Mizoram's State Core Committee on Bru Repatriation on Tuesday decided to resume the repatriation process of the tribals from six relief camps in Tripura and also to consult with the government of Tripura on the move.Lalbiakzama, joint secretary...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Mizoram registers increase in IMR

AIZAWL: Mizoram has registered an increase in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) with 35 cases of children death during 2013-14 which is higher than the IMR of 2011-12 and 2012-13, reports, Sunday leading paper ‘Zalen’. About 29 infants had died during...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Chawngthu becomes Mizoram's first woman legislator since 1987

Aizawl: Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu, elected as member of the Mizoram Legislature in the bypoll to the Hrangturzo seat on April 11, was sworn-in as a legislator by the state Assembly speaker Hiphei here on Tuesday.Chawngthu would be the only woman legislator...
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Myanmarese woman arrested with heroin in Mizoram

A 55-year-old woman was arrested with 72.5 gm of heroin worth Rs 2.2 lakh in the international market during a raid at Phunchawng village near here, officials said today.Engzami was arrested in this connection after the drug was seized from her last...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Rapist father scares away daughter

Aizawl, May 19 : Rapist father's threat scared away a young girl from home in a Mizoram village.A 12 year-old girl of Vairengte in Kolasib district of Mizoram reportedly ran away from home two days ago in fear of her own father who threatened to kill...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Elections 2014: Mizoram likely to favour incumbent Congress

Wave of change' isn't exactly going to hit the northeastern state of Mizoram as the incumbent Congress looks set to emerge as the winner of the triangular battle in the state and retain the lone Lok Sabha seat.With no Modi wave and the BJP’s prime ministerial...
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Monday, May 12, 2014

Mizoram has big Eco-Tourism potential: UN

Aizawl: Visiting UN Mission Technical experts said today that Mizoram has a big potential in Eco-Tourism and Adventure Tourism. The UN Team continues to visit different parts of Mizoram while carrying out ground study work for the proposed joint...
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Sunday, May 11, 2014

‘Impossible to fix HSRPs on all vehicles before June 14’

AIZAWL: Fixing of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on vehicles would not be completed within the time prescribed by the Mizoram government, reliable sources said here. According to Shimnit Utsch India Pvt. Ltd, the company engaged by the...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Aizawl: Heroin Worth Rs. 3.14 Lakh Seized, Two Myanmarese Nationals Arrested

Aizawl:  Heroin worth Rs. 3.14 lakh has been seized by the Special Narcotics Cell of the Mizoram Police at Aizawl.        Two Myanmarese nationals were arrested in this connection yesterday, the police...
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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Mizoram urged to probe blast

Hailakandi, May 2 : Hailakandi district police have written to their counterparts in Kolasib district of neighbouring Mizoram seeking a high-level inquiry to identify those involved in yesterday’s explosion at a primary school along the inter-state boundary.Sources...
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