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Mizoram to ensure displaced children from violence-hit Manipur continue schooling
Sub-divisional educational officers and principals of state-run higher secondary schools said in a letter sent to all district and school authorities to allow the displaced students to be enrolled in state-run and government-aided schools if they seek admission
Manipur Violence: Over 5,800 people flee to Mizoram, take shelter in relief camps
Mizoram Lok Sabha member C Lalrosanga pressed on his demand for a separate administration for tribals
All Smiles: What makes Mizoram the happiest state in India?
Mizoram has been named the happiest state in the country. According to a study, the state, which is the second in India to achieve 100 per cent literacy, provides students with opportunities for growth even under the most challenging of circumstances
Mizoram: Assam Rifles nabs Myanmar nationals with 100 detonators in Champhai district
Two Myanmar nationals were arrested by the Assam Rifles and the and Mizoram Police on Sunday after 100 detonators were recovered from their possession in Mizoram’s Champhai district
Myanmar bombs rebel camp near border with India, causes panic in Mizoram village
A senior official of the Assam Rifles (AR), which guards the India-Myanmar border, also confirmed that several explosions occurred in the neighbouring country along the international boundary
Mizoram: At least 12 labourers feared trapped as stone quarry collapses in Hnahthial district
People familiar with the incident said that loose soil caved in from the above while the labourers were breaking and collecting the stones at the quarry
NH 306 blockade by land owners demanding compensation chokes supply of essential goods to Mizroram
Over 1700 landowners have blocked the stretch of NH- 306 and NH-6 in northern Mizoram's Kolasib district bordering Assam. They are demanding compensation for their lands, which fall in the area proposed for the widening of the national highway
Two including Myanmar national arrested in Mizoram, heroin worth Rs 1.24 crore seized
As per the police, 19 soap cases containing 248.36 grams of heroin, which were worth Rupees 1.24 crores were recovered from the joint possession of one Myanmar national and one person hailing from Manipur
Assam, Mizoram chief ministers to meet in Delhi today for border talks
An official of the Mizoram Home Department said the date for the next round of minister-level talks between the two states, scheduled to be held in Guwahati next month, is yet to be fixed
HIV/AIDS cases 10 times higher in Mizoram than rest of India
Over 2.30 per cent of Mizoram's 10.91 lakh population is infected with HIV/AIDS. The disease has so far claimed 3,506 lives in the state since October 1990 when the first HIV-positive case was reported
‘Op Salvation’: NSCN (IM)’s conversion method of depth engineering in Arunachal Pradesh
NSCN (IM) has instituted a novel method to ‘include’ Tirap and Changlang into their Greater Nagalim. Conversion to Christianity has been one of its stratagems
Assam's five-member delegation to visit Mizoram for border talks
Mizoram shares a 164.6 km long boundary with Assam, which has seen several flare-ups in the last few years. The decades-old boundary dispute between the two northeastern states, mainly stemmed from two colonial demarcations in 1875 and 1933
Faced with IAS shortage, Mizoram govt to sponsor coaching for UPSC civil services
Faced with an acute shortage of IAS officers, the Mizoram government has decided to sponsor the coaching of 40 UPSC aspirants from the state for the civil services examination
Heroin, foreign cigarettes worth Rs 3.4 crore seized by security forces in Mizoram
Two peddlers, both from south Mizoram's Lunglei town, were arrested for possessing the contraband
Mizoram to declare outbreak of African Swine Fever as state disaster
As per the data released by the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary department on 25 May, more than 37,000 pigs have died due to ASF since March last year, causing huge monetary losses
Indian Oil Corporation plans to transport fuel to Tripura via Bangladesh
After the only rail link connecting Assam's Dima Hasao district and Barak Valley, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura with the rest of the country was washed away earlier this month, the company started moving all its supplies by road via Meghalaya
Mizoram Police rescues 468 exotic animals suspected to be smuggled from Myanmar
The rescued animals included four tortoises, 11 snakes, 442 lizards, four toed sloths, two beavers, four pattos and one wild cat, the officer said on 26 May
Aam Aadmi Party to launch membership drive in Mizoram
AAP's Rajesh Sharma said discussions were held with stakeholders concerned on 14 May following which it was decided that a membership drive would be initiated
Mizoram MADC polls: BJP wins 12 seats, emerges as largest party; says it has 'further spread wings in North East'
BJP has, however, failed to get the absolute majority in Mizoram MADC polls. Now, the election body is waiting for a post-poll alliance for formation of the new council in the state
Voting underway in Mizoram local body polls; 85 candidates in the fray
In the last council polls held in May 2017, the Congress had won 17 seats, while the MNF and the MDF combine bagged seven constituencies and an independent candidate secures one