Mizo people highest tobacco consumers in country

AIZAWL, Dec 14 - Mizoram has the highest rate of tobacco consumption in the country with a record of 67.2 per cent of its population using different kinds of tobacco products, Dr Jane R Ralte, Nodal Officer of Mizoram State Tobacco Control Society said,...

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Mizoram collects Rs 19.44 cr from liquor

 AIZAWL, Nov 30 - Government of Mizoram has collected a total of Rs 19.44 crore from sale of liquor in eight months after Mizoram Liquor Prohibition & Control (MLPC) Act, 2014 came to force in the State from January 16 last, official sources...

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62 Percent Turnout in Mizoram By-Election

An estimated 61.98 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the by-election to Aizawl North – III Assembly seat on Saturday, Mizoram State Election department officials said.Aizawl district SP Lalhuliana Fanai said the polling in all the 19 polling...

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FIRs mark end to campaigning for Aizawl assembly seat

Campaigning for the November 21 by-election to Aizawl North III Assembly seat in Mizoram ended today amidst acrimony with a candidate and a Congress leader filing FIRs against each other.Mizo National Front candidate R Vanlalvena filed the FIR against...

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MNF to contest all seats in AMC polls

Opposition Mizo National front (MNF) would contest all the seats for the coming election to the 19-ward Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) to be held on November 26.President Zoramthanga today announced that the MNF would contest all the seats, including...

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Mizoram to pay ex-gratia to kin of slain cop

AIZAWL, Oct 29 - Mizoram Government has approved ex-gratia payment amounting to Rs 10 lakh each to kin of policemen killed in an ambush by Hmar People’s Convention (Democrats) militants on March 28, Home Minister R Lalzirliana informed the Assembly recently.The...

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Mizoram Govt sending 16 youths to Japan

AIZAWL, Oct 27 - Mizoram Government is sending youths from the State to Japan to learn Japanese language there and later work at an ‘Aged Care Home’. In this connection, a Japanese team comprising leaders from Kokoro College Nagasaki, Japan led by its...

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Mizo National Front to go it alone in AMC, LADC polls

Aizawl, Oct 27 : Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) today announced that the party would go it alone in the coming Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) polls likely to be held in November.MNF president Zoramthanga...

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104-year-old woman passes away in Mizoram

Rangchhingpuii, a 104-year-old woman, died of old age at Vaivakawn in Aizawl on Wednesday, family members said. Rangchhingpuii and her husband late R. Zobela had ten children, 42 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren and 45 great-great grandchildren. ...

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Bengaluru: Nigerian arrested for raping friend's wife

A 28-year-old Nigerian has been arrested by the Bengaluru Police for allegedly raping his friend's wife in the city. Incidentally, the accused was overstaying in India after his visa had expired. According to the police, Christian Chidiebere...

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Mizoram to pay compensation to kin of slain policemen

The Mizoram government has approved the ex-gratia payment amounting to Rs 10 lakh each to kin of the policemen killed in an ambush by the Hmar People's Convention (Democrats) militants on March 28, State Home Minister R Lalzirliana informed the Assembly...

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Rs 25 lakh sanctioned for development of Vangchhia

AIZAWL: Director general of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has sanctioned Rs 25 lakh for development of Vangchhia heritage site in eastern Mizoram. INTACH Mizoram chapter president P Rohmingliana met the DG Dr Rakesh Tewari in New Delhi...

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Mizoram: Chakma District’s CEM resigns over last month’s violence

An official at Raj Bhavan said the resignation letter had not yet reached Governor Lt Gen (retd) Nirbhay Sharma's office by 5 pm. The bandh last month was called to protest against the alleged wrongful recruitment of government employees by the...

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MNF observes Martyr's Day

The Mizo National Front (MNF) party today observed 'Martyr's Day' remembering those who laid down their lives during their 20 years struggle when the party was underground.In a function held at the Assam Rifles ground here, former Lok Sabha member and...

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Culture Cops Take Marry-a-Mizo Pledge

GUWAHATI:Her mixed parentage prevented Mary from fulfilling her dream of becoming a doctor. In Mizoram, where Christians form the majority, the children of mixed parentage are not viewed as Mizos by the locals. Mary, whose father is Bengali and...

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Man injured in bear attack

A bear attacked a man in Mizoram's Saiha district seriously injuring him, a police officer said.Chuanmawia was attacked by the bear near river Tuipanglui and suffered serious injuries on face besides fracture of right arm on Saturday evening, the officer...

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Mizoram drive to stop tranpsort of illicit drugs

Permits of vehicles which are seized for transporting illicit drugs would now be cancelled in Mizoram, an official statement today said.The state Transport department in a statement said that the order was issued following a meeting between Chief Minister...

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Bru repatriation: Tripartite talks to discuss way forward

The meeting comes after the various government entities submitted a report about the zero response to the repatriation process from Bru tribals. The repatriation process of Bru tibals was to be completed by September. Officials from Mizoram,...

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Trouble in Northeast: Mizoram CM asks PM Narendra Modi to stop Manipur bills

The controversy brewing in Manipur over inner line permit (ILP) issue after passage of three controversial bills by the state legislative assembly is threatening to snowball into major trouble and spread to other neighbouring states.In an express letter,...

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Mizoram asks Centre to extend FSA deadline

AIZAWL, Sept 7 - Mizoram Government has asked Centre to extend the deadline for implementation of the Food Security Act by a month.State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister John Rotluangliana today said the State Government would not be...

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Honest Mizo politicians, officers honoured

AIZAWL, Sept 8 - Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) today honoured and commemorated six Mizo politicians and officers who have been adjudged as free of corruption.The student body had earlier conducted a poll among some civil employees and important student and...

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Mizoram’s power lifeline on shaky ground after landslip

Parts of the ground on which Mizoram’s most important power distribution point stands sunk a couple of feet that night, endangering equipment.Aizawl, Sep 7 : A downpour was drenching the old building at 1.45am on August 28 when what seemed to be a tremor...

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Ramthar Ni being observed in Mizoram

The Presbyterian Church, the largest church denomination in Mizoram today observed 'Ramthar Ni', the anniversary of the arrival of Rev. D E Jones, the Welsh missionary who established the Presbyterian Church in Mizoram.Rev. Jones, known to the Mizos...

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Mizoram sisters’ ‘rape’, murder: Police search for 18-year-old suspect

The bloodied bodies of the two girls were found around 8 pm Friday near their tin-roofed home in a corner of the village about 80 kms from state capital Aizawl.Chhingchhip, Aug 31 : A manhunt was launched to arrest an 18-year-old youth suspected to have...

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No Bru tribal individual turn up for identification

Not a single Bru turned up before the Mizoram officials at the Hazacherra relief camp in North Tripura on the second day today for identification and subsequent repatriation to Mizoram, Mamit district Additional DC Lalbiaksangi said.Lalbiaksangi said...

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ZNP demands another Minister’s scalp

AIZAWL, Aug 25  - Close on the heels of Mizoram Health Minister Lal Thanzara submitting his resignation, Opposition Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) has demanded that Social Welfare Minister PC Lalthanliana should also step down.ZNP vice president...

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Dampa Tiger Reserve case: Gauhati HC asks Mizoram Chief Secy to appear before it as state failed to respond

The order comes after Mizo govt failed to respond to a petition for the dismantling of 500 sq kms of Dampa Tiger Reserve and compensation for more than 500 families evicted from within it's boundaries almost 30 years ago.Aizawl : The Gauhati High Court...

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Man gets 13 years in prison for repeatedly raping, physically abusing 12-year-old daughter

As the girl neared puberty, she was repeatedly raped and physically abused by her father. A local court on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old man to 13 years rigorous imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old daughter repeatedly over a year and cutting...

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Mizoram minister’s resignation: MNF’s youth wing ups stakes in running battle with Congress

They have also used CM Lal Thanhawla's own public pronouncements to question if he filed correct campaign expenditure claims to the Election Commission for the 2013 state-wide polls.The youth wing of the opposition Mizo National Front, or MNYF, has upped...

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19-year-old girl, sole witness to murder of a family of five, testifies before trial court

Lalzemawii was working as a domestic help at the home of Sangliansiama when the murders that stunned Mizoram. A 19-year-old girl, who became the only person to have seen and survived the January 9 murders of five members of a family, including a kindergarten...

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Tripura, Mizoram ready to implement food security act

Agartala/Aizawl Aug 24 : The Tripura and Mizoram governments have almost computerised their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA), official sources in the two states said."We will start implementing...

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Mizoram villages inundated

Aizawl, Aug 21 : Hundreds of people have been forced to abandon their homes as flood waters entered eight villages and a portion of a town of Lunglei district. The Khawthlangtluipui river along the Mizoram-Bangladesh border is in spate due to incessant...

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Mizoram Congress leaders defend Lal Thanzara, praise his decision to resign as MoS, MLA

The party leadership also hinted Lal Thanzara will contest a bye-election for the seat he has vacated, Aizawl North 3, saying the party will decide when it comes time to choose a candidate.   Aizawl, Aug 20 : Mizoram Congress leaders led by...

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Mizoram Minister denies receiving benefits

AIZAWL, Aug 18 - Mizoram Minister of State for Public Works Lal Thanzara on Friday denied allegations by opposition parties that he received pecuniary benefits from a construction company working under the State Government.Addressing party workers at...

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Trade with Myanmar, Bangladesh Soon: Mizoram CM

Aizawl, Aug 17 : Trade between Mizoram, Myanmar and Bangladesh would be launched soon as border infrastructures were almost ready, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here on Saturday.“The land customs station at Zokhawthar (in eastern Mizoram) was recently...

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Mizoram Minister denies receiving benefits

AIZAWL, Aug 17 - Mizoram Minister of State for Public Works Lal Thanzara on Friday denied allegations by opposition parties that he received pecuniary benefits from a construction company working under the State Government.Addressing party workers at...

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Former Mizoram CM: NLFT wants me in talks with Centre

Aizawl, Aug 13 : Former Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga today said that the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) wanted him to be involved in the final round of talks between the outfit and the Centre.The NLFT leadership submitted a letter...

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Myanmar national arrested for possession of drugs worth Rs 1.8 crore in Mizoram

The accused has been booked under the NDPS Act and related customs laws after he was arrested at a village on the Indo-Myanmar international border crossing.Customs staff accompanied by Assam Rifles personnel late on Tuesday night seized 18,000 tablets...

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Mizoram: Court asks govt to file counter-affidavit in fraudulent land transfer case

The State EC’s present Secretary, H Darzika, is accused of fraudulently transferring ownership of about 80 acres of land to four persons without the knowledge of 17 original landowners.The Aizawl Bench of the Guwahati High Court on Wednesday granted...

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Mizoram on alert after Serows found dead with exacerbated skin disease

Mizoram's forest department has been put on alert after the semi-decayed carcasses of at least 10 Serows, the state animal, were found with what appear to be exacerbated skin disease over the past five months in various regions of the state.Mizoram’s...

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Consul General of Italy visits Mizoram

AIZAWL, Aug 10 - Cesare Bieller, Consul General of Italy had landed in Lengpui Airport on Friday evening for a two-day visit to Mizoram. The Consul General was visiting this picturesque state of Mizoram for the first time. He has been in India for five...

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Myanmarese held in Mizoram with arms

Security forces have arrested a Myanmarese man in Mizoram along the international border and seized arms and ammunition from his possession, police said here on Sunday.Chingsianpianga, 36, was arrested during a joint operation by Mizoram Police and Assam...

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76-year-old arrested with drugs worth Rs 33.6 lakhs

F Sangthanga is the father of a woman named Janet who was caught last week with a small consignment of about 2000 tablets.Mizoram Police on Thursday arrested a 76 year old man with 1.98 lakh methamphetamine precursor tablets valued at about Rs 33.6 lakhs...

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Mizoram CM appeals to PM Modi to rush aid to flood-affected Myanmar

CM Lal Thanhawla has also volunteered Mizoram as the base for possible air-dropping operations. Chief Minister of Mizoram Pu Lal Thanhawla. (Source: PTI/File) Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has appealed to PM Narendra Modi to rush aid...

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Former Mizoram CM happy over Naga peace accord

Aizawl, Aug 5 : Former Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, who brokered the peace deal between the Centre and the NSCN (I-M), today expressed happiness over the signing of the historic Naga Peace Accord.Zoramthanga told PTI that he was yet to learn the...

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Student killed in police firing, mob ransack houses in Mizoram

A 20-year-old student was today allegedly killed during a clash in Chawngte town between police and Mizoram Chakma Students Union (MCSU) members in which houses of many politicians were ransacked and several vehicles damaged.MCSU members allegedly attacked...

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Murder over mobile; man gets life term

Victim was attacked 22 times by a chopper: A man has been awarded life imprisonment for murdering his colleague in 2013, who was working with him at the bungalow allotted to the then Mizoram Chief Secretary.The court awarded the jail term to 27-year-old...

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Indefinite NH blockade

AIZAWL, Aug 3  - An indefinite road block on National Highway has been called by villagers of Maubawk in Saiha district under the aegis of Maubawk, Joint Action Committee (JAC) in protest against the government’s decision to close down rice godown...

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Three killed in road mishap

Three persons were killed and two others injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling rolled down into a deep gorge near Sekhum in Lunglei district of Mizoram today. The Guwahati-bound vehicle coming from Saiha town was carrying 11 people,...

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An hour with Kalam that changed Sairang’s fate

Aizawl: From a non-descript village till September, 2005, to a flourishing one, Sairang has undergone a sea change in the past decade. The village owes it to one man, who almost single-handedly scripted their transformation: APJ Abdul Kalam.The village...

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Kids’ home closed down over alleged molestation

Aizawl, Jul 31 :  Mizoram government's social welfare department has cancelled the license of a children's home in Kolasib district over alleged sexual molestation of one of the female inmates.Caretaker or ‘father’ of David Home, Lalzoliana (40),...

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Zorami: A redemption song from the heart of Mizoram

Summary: The novel speaks about the most traumatic period in Mizo history, which were the insurgency years of the 1960s. The novel was released by the English department of the Mizoram University in May this year. Malsawmi is based in Bengaluru along...

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Cops escorting Mizoram Speaker injured in accident

SHILLONG: Three police personnel sustained injuries when their Gypsy on escort duty with the Speaker of Mizoram Legislative Assembly turned turtle on the road at Umtrew in Ri Bhoi district on Wednesday.Police said that the incident happened in the afternoon...

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Bru repatriation: No one turns up as verification process wraps up in Asapara

The four camps covered so far are Kaskau, Khakchangpara, Hamsapara and Asapara. These together host more than 4300 adults whose names are on Mizoram's electoral rolls.The last day of the verification process wrapped up in the fourth of six Bru relief...

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Six commit suicide in Mizoram

 Six persons committed suicide in different parts of Mizoram, according to Dr Zawmsanga Sailo, a social worker who is conducting extensive study on suicidal deaths in the state.The number of incidents of suicide yeaterday as reported by Sailo was...

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Mizoram criticises Centre

Nilotpal BhattacharjeeSilchar, July 8 : Mizoram finance minister today presented a second vote-on-account for the next three months in the Assembly as the state government has not received any instruction from the Centre on the sharing pattern of centrally...

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Mizoram: Large cache of ammunition found in Aizawl

Aizawl: Large cache of ammunition was found by members of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) and handed over to police. YMA members found 15 grams of heroin at Ramhlun South locality where they also found 1,124 rounds of ammunition for AK-47 assault...

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Six ill after consuming poisonous mushroom in Aizawl

Aizawl: Atleast six persons of a family were taken ill after eating wild mushroom in North-Eastern area Mizoram's Keifang village and were admitted to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in nearby Saitual village yesterday.  Police said that the victims...

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Mizo girl attacked in Delhi

Yet another incident of racial attack on the north east girl in Delhi sends shock and anger across the region on Tuesday.The incident took place in Tilok Nagar area where a group of five youths tried to molest a Mizo girl at night. The miscreants...

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New political party formed in Mizoram

Aizawl: A new political party - 'Revolutionary Democratic Party (RDP) - was floated in Mizoram on Saturday.The RDF would be headed by a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former state Chief Information Commissioner Robert Hrangdawla.The...

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Mizoram Cong opposes Yoga Day on Sunday

AIZAWL, June 22 – Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) today slammed the BJP Government at the Centre for its decision to observe the first International Yoga Day on Sunday, which is the holy day for Christians.MPCC in a statement alleged that the...

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27 graves damaged in landslide in Mizoram

At least 27 graves of a cemetery were damaged in rain-triggered landslide in Muanna locality here, officials said today.Locals joined the rescue officials in removing and shifting bodies and skeletons from the cemetery, besides helping in the restoration...

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Mizoram: BJP says Panchayati Raj MoS to explore direct funding for village councils

The Minister of State visited Mizoram earlier this week on an official trip, and also met with the state’s BJP leaders in Aizawl.Aizawl: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mizoram state unit has declared in a statement that MoS for Panchayati Raj Nihalchand...

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Mizoram sent samples of Maggi noodles to Assam for testing

Aizawl: Mizoram government has sent samples of Maggi instant noodles from the state to the Assam Public Health Laboratory in Guwahati, a senior state health department official on Thursday said.Joint Director (Food and Drugs Administration) Lalsawma...

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Mizoram Finance Minister likely to seek second vote-on-account

Aizawl: Mizoram Finance Minister Lalsawta is likely to seek vote-on-account for the second time during the current fiscal when the Assembly session begins on July 7, a senior finance department official said on Wednesday.State Finance Secretary F Vanlalruata...

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Green Mizoram Day – 36 lakh trees planted in 17 years

Thousands of tree saplings were planted across Mizoram as the state observed ‘Green Mizoram Day’ on 11th June. The day has been observed since 1998 and more than 36 lakh of tree saplings have been planted till last year. yourstory_green_mizoram_day Governor...

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