Monday, August 31, 2015

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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Sunday, August 30, 2015

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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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

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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Monday, August 24, 2015

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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Sunday, August 23, 2015

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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Thursday, August 20, 2015

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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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

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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Monday, August 17, 2015

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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Sunday, August 16, 2015

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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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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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Monday, August 10, 2015

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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Sunday, August 9, 2015

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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Thursday, August 6, 2015

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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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

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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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

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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Monday, August 3, 2015

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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Sunday, August 2, 2015

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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