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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

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 plucked the mushroom while passing through a jungle and cooked without knowing its name or variety on Monday.

Six of them complained of stomach pain and vomited the next day and the condition of Zari, her daughter Lalthapuii (36) and Lalthapuii's husband Lalzawmliana (37) were stated as critical.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

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 stopped the girl who was coming at a car with one of her friends. Then they tried to molest her in full view of her friend. But they were resisted.

The youths further broke the glass of the car in which she was travelling. Several north eastern people have condemned the incident of racial attack on the Mizo girl and asked the authorities to take stern action against the culprits.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

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 party President Hrangdawla said that the RDF was formed as the existing political parties allegedly failed to protect the people, the land and the boundaries of the state during the past 28 years since Mizoram became a full-fledged state.

He said that under rule of law, protection of the state and the people and unification of all the Mizos were the main objectives of the newly-floated party.

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 BJP did not want the vision of the freedom fighters to make India a garden where different flowers bloom but wanted only a particular flower to bloom in the country.

The decision to observe International Yoga Day was a conspiracy to suppress religions other than Hinduism, the statement added.

Meanwhile, Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee, a conglomerate of leaders of 14 major churches, has appealed to the Christians not to observe the International Yoga Day.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

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 work which resumed today, district SP C. Laldina today said.

Majority of the damaged graves in the burial ground were recently dug ones, he said.

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 has said that he will explore a way of sending funds to BJP-ruled village councils (the equivalent of Panchayats) directly and not through the state government as is normally done.

The Minister of State visited Mizoram earlier this week on an official trip, and also met with the state’s BJP leaders in Aizawl.

According to a statement from the party’s state unit about Nihalchand’s visit, the MoS said during this meeting that he would explore ways to get funds to the dozen VCs ruled by the party.

The party also alleged the Congress-led state government has misused funds meant for local bodies and have delayed in submitting plans and utilization certificates.

The BJP made electoral history in Mizoram this year by winning seven VCs in the Chakma Autonomous District and later winning another five VCs in rural body polls in six districts of the state mostly populated by the Mizo community.

The number of VCs won by the party, however, remains minuscule given there were 536 VCs in the latter rural polls alone, with the ruling Congress winning 270 and the main opposition winning 125.

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 told that the samples were sent on Wednesday as Mizoram does not have testing facilities to determine food safety.

Lalsawma said that the laboratory would send its report and findings to the Mizoram health department which would be submitted to the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI).

Though the state government did not ban the Nestle product, the company continued recalling its product from the state.

He said that the recalling process progressed well but recalling all the products from all the remote villages took time.