Sunday, August 31, 2014

Presbyterian Church Commemorates Arrival of Welsh Missionary

Presbyterian Church of India Mizoram Synod, the largest church in the state today observed 'Ramthar Ni' or the day of enlightenment to commemorate the arrival of Welsh Christian Missionary Rev. David Evan Jones.Special prayer and worship services were...
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USD 48,700 seized in Mizoram

AIZAWL, Sep 1 – In an operation conducted by the Assam Rifles, USD 48,700 were seized and one person was arrested near Zanlawn village on Mizoram-Assam border in Kolasib district.Personnel of the Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

PMJDY inaugurated in Aizawl and Mizoram dist headquarters

The Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) or 'People's Wealth Scheme' was today launched simultaneously in Aizawl and all the district headquarters of the state along with the rest of the country.Acting Chief Minister R. Lalzirliana, who inaugurated...
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Opinion invited on Mizoram Lokayukta Bill, 2014

Aizawl, Aug 29 : The Mizoram Law and Judicial department today issued notification regarding The Mizoram Lokayukta Bill, 2014, the final draft of which has been completed and notified vide The Mizoram Gazette Vol.XLIII Issue No.398 dt.5/8/2014, and also...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Mizoram put on high alert to face Ebola

The Mizoram governemnt today placed the state health services department on high alert for any eventuality of Ebola break out in the state.An official statement released here said programme officers of the state health services department met here today...
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Mizo minister orders probe into failure to unfurl tricolour

Mizoram's Minister of State for the Chief Ministers Office (CMO) Lal Thanzara has asked the Deputy Commissioner of inter-state border district of Kolasib Jitender Yadav to conduct a probe into the national tricolour falling from pall after being hoisted...
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Monday, August 25, 2014

Acche din promise to Reang refugees

SEKHAR DATTA Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya at the refugee camp at Kanchanpur on Sunday. (PTI) Agartala, Aug. 25: Tripura governor Padmanava Balkrishna Acharya yesterday visited two Reang refugee camps in Kanchanpur...
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Rs 66 lakh worth meth pills seized in Aizawl

Methamphetamine tablets with a street value of Rs 66,50,000 were seized in Mizoram state capital Aizawl in the last two days. Mizoram excise & narcotics department said today its anti-narcotics squad recovered 18,000 more tablets of methamphetamine...
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Money disbursed to 173 Bru families

AIZAWL, Aug 26 – Mizoram Government has disbursed money under rehabilitation and resettlement package to all the 173 Bru families who returned to Mizoram from six relief camps in neighbouring North Tripura during June 17 to 21 last year.State Home department...
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Mizoram: Four governors in less than two months

Aizawl/New Delhi, Aug 25 : The Congress-ruled northeastern state of Mizoram is likely to have the dubious distinction of having four governors in less than two months. Maharashtra governor K. Sankaranarayanan was Sunday transferred to Mizoram for...
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Mizoram cops: Beware of cheats using pics of ‘attractive Caucasians’ on Facebook

Sometimes the cheats convince the women that they want to settle down with them, and say they will send money for them to buy a house.The Mizoram Police on Thursday issued a warning about embezzlers creating fake Facebook profiles with pictures of “attractive,...
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Drafting of Lokayukta Bill 2014 completed in Mizoram

 AIZAWL: Mizoram's Lokayukta Drafting Committee has completed the draft Lokayukta Bill, 2014 and uploaded the bill in the state law department's website, officials of the state law and judicial department today said.The officials said that anyone...
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Youth sentenced to life for murder

Aizawl, Aug 25 : A 20-year-old man was today sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by a local court for killing a villager on the Assam-Mizoram border.Aizawl District and Sessions Judge R Thanga convicted Raju Samir Das for killing Lalawmpuii in 2012...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

Man arrested for raping minor in Mizoram

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Hnahthial town of Mizoram for allegedly raping a minor girl, the police said today.Police said that when the girl was going to a church service on Sunday, the man waylaid her and allegedly raped her.The accused was detained...
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Landslides cut off Barak Valley, Tripura, Mizoram

Landslides on national highways in Meghalaya and Assam's Dima Hasao district have cut off the Barak Valley, Tripura and Mizoram for the last 30 hours.Reports said trees, boulders and mud came down the hills on NH-6 connecting Silchar with Shillong at...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

New Land Use Policy gets UN financial assistance

Aizawl, Aug 18 :  The United Nations (UN) is to extend financial assistance to New Land Use Policy (NLUP), said NLUP Implementing Board (NIB) Chairman JH Rothuama during an interaction with leaders of Mizoram Journalists Association (MJA). JH...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Rehabilitation package distributed to 30 Bru families

Rehabilitation and resettlement package were distributed today to the repatriated 30 Bru families at Mamit district bordering Tripura, state home department officials said.The officials said that Rs 85,000 was disbursed to each of the Bru families and...
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Hotel owner's son killed by employee in Mizoram

Aizawl: A hotel owner's son was killed allegedly by his teenage employee in a hotel at Champhai in Mizoram, police said on Wednesday.The body of Lalrinpuia (19), son of the hotel owner, was found early this morning in the corridor of the hotel with a...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

AIDS patients died due to TB

Majority of full-blown AIDS patients died due to tuberculosis (TB) in Mizoram, state Health department officials said today.The officials said that while 91 per cent of the TB patients were cured, 46 people died due to TB since January till June out...
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BSF constable from UP shoots self at base near Lunglei, Mizoram

A BSF constable shot himself with his Insas rifle while on duty. Did not leave behind a suicide note.A Border Security Force constable attached with the 63rd battalion, currently posted near Lunglei in southern Mizoram, shot himself to death with his...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Mizoram Church demands SC status for Christians

Aizawl: Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) on Sunday joined National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) in observing 'Black Day' demanding acceptance of Christians as Schedule Caste. Members of the Baptist Church pinned a piece of black cloth on their...
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Baptist Church demands Schedule Caste status for Christians

Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) today joined National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) in observing 'Black Day' demanding acceptance of Christians as Schedule Caste.Members of the Baptist Church pinned a piece of black cloth on their shirts and held...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Opp decries sacking of Mizoram Governor

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 – The NDA government came under attack today over the sacking of Mizoram Governor Kamla Beniwal with the Opposition calling it “political vendetta”, a charge it rejected by saying the action followed “serious allegations” against her...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Visitors banned from Lengpui airport

Aizawl, Aug 6 : The terminal building of Lengpui airport in Mizoram was closed for visitors from today till August 20, airport officials said. Only passengers would be allowed to enter the terminal building of Mizoram's lone airport, the sources said....
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Monday, August 4, 2014

YMA to push for removal of B D Chakma

Young Mizo Association (YMA) would put more pressure on Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla to sack Minister of State for Fisheries Dr B. D. Chakma due to his 'divisive' actions.General Secretary of the central committee of the YMA Vanlalruata told...
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Mizoram Home min felicitates Shaurya Chakra recipient

Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana today felicitated Lallawmzuala of the 18 Rashtriya Rifles who recently received Shaurya Chakra from President Pranab Mukherjee.Lalzirliana handed over Rs five lakh in cash and a citation to Lallawmzuala, who hails...
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Mizoram: Minor Girl Allegedly Gangraped by Seven

Aizawl, Aug 5 : A minor girl was allegedly gang raped by seven persons, four of whom are also minors, in South Mizoram's Lunglei district, police said today.The girl has eloped with a boy and they were planning to go to Lunglei last night, police said."The...
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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Mizoram's rail connectivity cut-off temporarily

SILCHAR: Mizoram, the eastern-most state of the country has been virtually cut-off from other states in terms of railway connectivity for over a week now following a rail blockade by a couple of NGOs both in Mizoram and certain areas of Assam.Mizoram...
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2 arrested for blast near Mizoram Parliament Secy's residence

Two persons were arrested for a blast that took place near the residence of the Mizoram Parliamentary Secretary for Home, even as a Manipur-based militant group claimed responsibility for the explosions that rocked the state during the last two months.A...
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Friday, August 1, 2014

Explosion near residence of Mizoram Parliament Secretary

Aizawl: A powerful explosion took place near the residence of the Mizoram Parliamentary Secretary for Home in Mission Veng locality early on Friday morning but there was no report of any casualty, police said. The explosion, suspected to be caused...
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