Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Bandh call by MNF criticised

AIZAWL, Feb 25 – Strongly criticising the Opposition MNF’s total bandh call on February 25 in the State, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Mizoram State unit asked the party to withdraw it immediately. It slammed the MNF Statewide bandh call...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

Bru outfit man arrested

A member of Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram (BDFM), who was allegedly involved in the abduction of two employees of Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) earlier this month, was arrested by Mizoram police and remanded to judicial custody, police said today.Lianmawia...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Extended programme of DD Aizawl inaugurated

AIZAWL, Feb 23 – Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Friday inaugurated the extended programme of the Doordarshan Aizawl Kendra in presence of the Additional Director General (North East) of Doordarshan and All India Radio C Lalrosanga.The four-hour-long...
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MNF call for total bandh on Feb 25

AIZAWL, Feb 23  – Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) has called for a 12-hour Statewide total bandh on February 25 in protest against Congress Government for its failure to address grievances of the public.The MNF Action Committee which met here...
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Sunday, February 15, 2015

'Mizoram CM got HM’s meeting intimation late'

Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla on Saturday could not attend the meeting convened by Union home minister Rajnath Singh at Agartala, the Tripura capital, due to late receipt of invitation, state home department officials said. David Lalthangliana,...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Calling northeasterns immigrants reflects BJP’s view: Former Mizoram MLA

Union Ministers Ananth Kumar, Harsh Vardhan, Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay along with BJP CM candidate Kiran Bedi releasing the party's Vision Document for Delhi Assembly election 2015. (Source: PTI photo) By...
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Mizoram: 1 abductee released, another still under captivity

Police claimed that no ransom was paid for the releaseAizawl, Feb 11 :  Mohammad Buizul Islam, one of the two persons abducted by NLFT and Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram (BDFM) militants on February 2, reunited with his family today after being...
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Militants release hostage in Mizoram

One of two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers abducted from Mizoram by Bangladesh-based militants has been released and is in safe custody of police, investigators have said. Thangchhuaha, a driver with the BRO, was released on Sunday...
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Ransom demanded for release of BRTF hostages

Almost a week after two employees of the Border Road Task Force (BRTF) were abducted from Mizoram-Bangladesh border, a ransom has been demanded for their release, the police said on Saturday. The abductors informed the BRTF officials posted in Mizoram-Bangladesh...
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Mizoram House session from March 17

AIZAWL, Feb 9  – Mizoram Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi has summoned the Budget session of the Mizoram Assembly from March 17, State Assembly Secretariat sources said.Qureshi would deliver his customary gubernatorial address as the session would be the...
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Mizoram Assembly session to begin on March 17

Mizoram Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi has summoned the Budget session of the Mizoram Assembly from March 17, state assembly secretariat sources today said.Detailed programme of the session would be chalked out in a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee...
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Mizoram: Ransom demanded for release of BRTF hostages

Aizawl: Almost a week after two employees of Border Road Task Force (BRTF) were abducted from Mizoram-Bangladesh border, a ransom has been demanded for their release, police said on Saturday. The abductors informed the BRTF officials posted...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Myanmar talks open: ex-Mizo CM

Silchar, Feb 6 : Former Mizoram chief minister and MNF party chief Zoramthanga will be an interlocutor between the different insurgent groups in Myanmar and Yangon's military regime in a bid to restore normality in northwestern Myanmar.Prodded present...
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Man detained for allegedly helping BDFM and NLFT militants

Mizoram Police detained a man belonging to Bru community for allegedly helping the Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram (BDFM) and NLFT militants in abducting two non-tribals from Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border Mamit district on Monday last.Police said...
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MNF calls 12-hour Mizoram bandh on February 12

Aizawl, Feb 6 : The Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) today decided to observe a 12-hour statewide bandh on February 12 in protest against the hike in the price of rice sold through PDS and increase in rates of different taxes and non-tax revenu...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Mizoram seeks Tripura’s help to trace abducted staff

The Mizoram police have requested their Tripura counterpart to trace two General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) members who were kidnapped on Monday. Suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) kidnapped GREF site in-charge Hukum Singh...
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Bru refugees to be removed from voter list

AIZAWL, Feb 4 – Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana today said that those Brus lodged in six relief camps in Tripura, who refuse to return to Mizoram after six months following the next repatriation efforts, would be disfranchised as Mizoram voters.Lalzirliana...
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Monday, February 2, 2015

NLFT, Bru militants kidnap two in Mizoram

Aizawl: Suspected armed militants belonging to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and Bru miscreants kidnapped 2 persons working under the Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) from a place on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border in Mizoram's Mamit district...
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Sunday, February 1, 2015

Mizoram move for paper mill

Aizawl, Feb 2 : Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla said his government would initiate measures to find out if the state was ready to have its first paper mill.The chief minister said this while speaking to a delegation of the Central Young Men's Association,...
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Arms seized in Mizoram

Aizawl: A joint team of Mizoram police and Assam Rifles in Champhai seized arms and ammunition near the Indo-Myanmar border in the wee hours of Sunday.One M2 and its two magazines and a 9mm pistol and a magazine were seized from Khanthang, 40, a Myanmarese...
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