Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Mizoram to share its power quota with Tripura during Pujas

Mizoram will share its quota of power received from the North Eastern grid to neighbouring Tripura during the coming Durga Puja, state power and electricity department officials today said.The officials said Mizoram would give around 25 MW of its share...
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Mizoram, Meghalaya to light up Tripura during Puja

Agartala, Sep 24 : In a goodwill gesture, Mizoram and Meghalaya will provide 55 MW of electricity to Tripura during Durga Puja, a Tripura minister said here Tuesday."Mizoram will provide 25 MW and Meghalaya 30 MW of electricity from Sep 29 to Oct 7 to...
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Monday, September 22, 2014

Mizoram plea on missionaries

Silchar, Sept. 23 : Mizoram home minister R. Lalzirliana has written to his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Babulal Gaur seeking immediate lifting of all cases against five Mizo missionaries, who were arrested over a week ago in Sanawad town in that state,...
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Mizoram govt issues extreme weather condition warning

The Mizoram government today issued a warning in all the eight districts saying there is a possibility of extreme weather conditions in the state and neighbouring states during the next two days.An official statement said the warning came from the National...
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96% people inhale second-hand smoke in Mizoram

A whopping 96.5 percent of non-smokers in Mizoram are still exposed to second-hand smoke, which health experts have considered to be as harmful as first-hand smoke of cigarettes. Speaking at a training conducted by Tobacco Quitters of Mizoram (TQM)...
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Mizoram govt creates 'Chief Minister's Free Medicine Scheme'

Mizoram government today decided to create the 'Chief Minister's Free Medicine Scheme' to ensure that people receive medicine free of costs in all hospitals and other health care centres, including health sub-centres in the remote villages, officials...
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

3,481 people in Mizoram reject BME

AIZAWL, Sept 22 – At least 3,481 people in the Mizoram-Assam border town of Vairengte refused to be enrolled in the ongoing Biometric Enrolment (BME), officials who conducted the enrolment said.The officials said the people refused to be enrolled under...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Three years in jail for man who molested two minor daughters

A court in Mizoram’s Lunglei district has convicted and imposed a fine on a man for molesting his two minor daughters. Additional District and Sessions Courth Judge Vanlalenmawia on Tuesday sentenced the man to three years rigorous imprisonment and...
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Rifleman’s death: Police question 3 accused

Mizoram Police have started questioning personnel at the 39th Assam Rifles paramilitary force’s Mimbung camp as part of its investigation into the death of 26-year-old rifleman Ajit Rai there last month. Senior police officials said that three men...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

New Governor Paul takes charge in Mizoram

Meghalaya governor K K Paul took additional charge of Mizoram on Tuesday afternoon, becoming the fifth incumbent of the Raj Bhavan at Aizawl in just two-and-a-half months. Paul was administered the oath of office at 4 pm by Guwahati High Court Judge...
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Monday, September 15, 2014

Mizoram measures to improve police efficiency

AIZAWL, Sept 15 – Mizoram Home department has made several suggestions for more efficient functioning of the State police in a meeting convened by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and attended by Home Minister R Lalzirliana.The meeting held here recently...
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Mizoram not dumping ground for governors: Gen. V.K. Singh

Former army chief and now union minister Gen. V.K. Singh (retd) Monday said Mizoram was not a "dumping ground" for governors and those who resigned did so on their own."Mizoram is not a dumping ground for governors. It is one of the most beautiful states...
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Mizo editor passes away

Aizawl, Sep 15 :  Laldinthara Renthlei (43), the news editor of LPS Vision (local cable) passed away at Zemabawk Cancer Hospital on Saturday around 11 a.m after a long battle with cancer.His body was taken to his residence at Chanmari West and...
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Mary Kom spoke to the government officials, nothing could be done: Priyanka Chopra on Manipur banning her film

Priyanka Chopra is happy with all the critical praise coming her way for her performance as MC Mary Kom in the boxer's biopic, but the actress says it is "disheartening" that people from Manipur cannot see the movie. Mary Kom too had expressed her...
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Meghalaya Governor KK Paul given additional charge of Manipur, Mizoram

Meghalaya Governor KK Paul was on Thursday given the additional charge of Manipur and Mizoram following the resignation of VK Duggal. President Pranab Mukherjee, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson, has accepted the resignation...
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Paul to be sworn in as Mizoram Governor

AIZAWL, Sept 12 – Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul is likely to be sworn-in at the Aizawl Raj Bhavan on September 16 to take additional charge of Mizoram’s Governor, sources in the Raj Bhavan today said.Paul was appointed to take additional charge...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

661 committed suicide in Mizoram since 2005: NGO

At least 661 people including 112 women committed suicide in Mizoram since 2005 till date, Dr Zawmsanga Sailo of the Aizawl-based NGO New Life Charity Society (NELICS) said here today.At a function held in the Pachhunga University College campus here...
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Home dept suggestions for efficient functioning of police

Mizoram Home department today made several suggestions for more efficient functioning of the state police and observant of austerity measures in the meeting convened by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and attended by Home Minister R Lalzirliana.The meeting...
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Mizoram: 47 kilos marijuana seized, three arrested

A joint operation by Mizoram’s anti-narcotics agency and a paramilitary force has caught 47 kilograms of marijuana worth Rs 2 lakhs and arrested three traffickers, an official statement said Wednesday.The statement said the seizure was made by officers...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Drugs seized in Mizoram

AIZAWL, Sept 4 – Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officers have seized 2,763 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon in south Mizoram’s Pangzawl village and arrested two persons in this connection, the department said today.The drugs were smuggled to Mizoram...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Brother blames seniors, police lodge murder case

The death was earlier recorded as a suicide.The Mizoram Police have lodged a case of murder and started investigations into the death of a rifleman posted with the 39 Assam Rifles at Mimbung in eastern Champhai district. The death was earlier recorded...
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Explosion near residence of Mizoram Parliament Secy

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