Tuesday, October 28, 2014

High-level functionary of political party’s youth wing arrested in Rs 20 lakh extortion bid

The Mizoram Police have arrested a high-ranking political party worker and his accomplice for threatening an Aizawl resident to pay Rs 20 lakhs. The Zoram Nationalist Party has however denied the party’s involvement.Jacob Lianhuapa (40), currently chief...
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Sandalwood seized in Mizoram

Aizawl: Customs officials seized 5,281 kilos of red sandalwood in Mizoram-Myanmar border Champhai town on Sunday, Customs officials Tuesday said.The officials said that the seized red sandalwood is worth around Rs 1.05 crore in the local market.Challiana...
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Mizo govt to take strict action against extortionists

Aizawl: Mizoram government will take stringent action against militants involved in extortion, state Home Minister R Lalzirliana Tuesday said.Lalzirliana said some militants active in the Mizoram-Manipur-Assam border areas were sending letters demanding...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Two persons abducted in Mizoram

Two non-tribals hailing from Baghabazar village in Assam's Cachar district have been abducted by unidentified people, police said today.Prabot Das and his friend Morrudin Laskar were abducted by people who had hired a van belonging to Das from Baghabazar...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Infant Mortality Rate in Mizoram '36' in past six months

The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Mizoram during the past six months (April to September) was 36 and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) 121, health department officials said today. There were 13 maternal deaths and 387 infant deaths (below one year)...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

‘Peter Biaksangzuala, look how many have come to see you off’

Peter’s No.21 jersey will be retired by his club (Source: FACEBOOK/MIZORAM PREMIER LEAGUE) The death of a 23-year-old Mizo footballer from spinal-cord injuries he sustained during a goal-celebrating somersault has found a mention in football-centric...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Mizo girl’s body arrives in Aizawl

Aizawl: The body of Juliet Zonunmawi, the Mizo girl who died in her Munirka apartment in Delhi on Thursday night, was brought to Mizoram on Sunday. She was laid to rest in a local cemetery in Aizawl's Kulikawn locality on the same day. An autopsy...
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Soccer player dies after goal celebration goes wrong

Bethlehem Vengthlang FC midfielder Peter Biaksangzuala died on Sunday at a hospital in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram after the incident in Tuesday’s match in the third tier Mizoram Premier League (MPL). (laurine kat/YouTube) By...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Mizoram to buy rice from private companies

AIZAWL, Oct 20 – Mizoram Government is planning to purchase rice from private companies and selected contractors to stem its shortage, State Food and Civil Supplies Minister John Rotluangliana said today.The proposed purchase of rice is aimed at preventing...
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Delhi Police's Aizawl in Manipur howler, then correction

New Delhi : Delhi Police were left red-faced Friday after issuing a press release over the murder of a woman in which it was mentioned that she hailed from Aizawl and said the town was part of Manipur.However, 20 minutes later, the police rectified its...
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Footballer dies from injury sustained during goal celebrations

The Mizoram Premier League footballer who injured his spinal cord during a celebratory somersault after scoring a match equalizer earlier this week passed away in a hospital around 7 am Sunday morning.Peter Biaksangzuala, 23, was a native of the eastern...
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UN project on protection of ecosystem

AIZAWL, Oct 20 – Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Friday launched the United Nations Joint Initiative Project on protection of ecosystem.An MoU between various organisations under UN and Mizoram Government was inked on the occasion and the document...
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5,000 rounds of ammunition seized

AIZAWL, Oct 20 : Police and Assam Rifles personnel have seized 5,000 rounds of smuggled ammunition from the border trade centre at Zokhawthar village in Champhai district of Mizoram.Police said the ammunition was smuggled from Myanmar by a man identified...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Arrest warrant against MBDPF president

Court of the Senior Civil Judge in Mizoram-Tripura border Mamit district issued warrant of arrest against Mizoram Bru Displace People's Forum (MBDPF) president A Sawibunga for the third time yesterday.The police said that the court's order and the warrant...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Mizoram NSS observes Global Hand Washing Day

Mizoram NSS today observed Global Hand Washing Day under Swachha Bharat Sapta in Aizawl when more than a thousand NSS volunteers and 85 programme officers from 30 educational institutions participated.The NSS volunteers, after reciting pledges for a...
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Bodies of two non-tribals found in Mizoram

AIZAWL, Oct 16 – Bodies of two non-tribals, believed to be from Assam were found near Tuikhurhlu hamlet, about 30 km east of here today, police said.Police said that though the identities of the two deceased persons were yet to be ascertained, they surmised...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Man attacked by bear

AIZAWL, Oct 13 – A 50-year-old man was attacked and injured by a bear in a jungle near the Mizoram-Myanmar border in south Mizoram’s Lunglei district, police said.The man was attacked by the bear inside the thick jungle protected by the local community...
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