Politics / Mizoram

AIZAWL, January 11: Former Mizoram Veterinary Minister P Lalbiaka on Wednesday left the Congress and joined the BJP, a press release issued here by RL Rina, general secretary of the Mizoram unit of the BJP said, reports PTI. Lalbiaka, a minister during former Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla's regime, is the younger brother of the Late president of the State BJP, P Lalchhuma. He was inducted to the party at a function held here where hundreds of booklets on the achievement of BJP-led government and messages of the party central leadership written in Mizo language were distributed, the release said...

NEW DELHI, August 8: In a significant development, the Union Government on Monday set deadlines for Mizoram Government to take back the Reang refugees currently taking shelter in neighbouring Tripura, in a fresh attempt to resolve the Reang refugee problem. Although the settlement, arrived at a tripartite meeting convened by the Ministry of Home Affairs with the state governments of Mizoram and Tripura, here on Monday left the Left Front government all smiles, it had a reverse effect on its Mizoram counterpart. The meeting, chaired by the Union Home Minister, LK Advani was attended by Tripura...

AIZAWL, August 5: Mizoram Director General of Police (DGP) M. Tumsanga on Friday gave appointments on compassionate ground to the dependents of 17 policemen killed in action, reports PTI. The appointees included wives or next-of-kin of the seven policemen killed by Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) militants near Malsury in Lunglei district on June 30 and those five policemen killed by Manipur's PREPAK ultras at Mizoram-Manipur border hamlet of Vaitin in 1999. All the 17 new appointees were given jobs according to their educational qualifications in the police department. Addressing the...

IMPHAL, August 4: The All Manipur Students' Union, has expresses deep concern at the publication of a news item in a Shillong based daily, to the effect that the AMSU had pressurised students of the CAU, who hail from outside Manipur, to leave the state. AMSU representatives told media persons at a press meet that the AMSU had never pressurised CAU students from neither outside the state to leave nor for shifting of the CAU from Manipur, and questioned the grounds on which the allegations had been made. Remarking that the situation at CAU remained tense in the aftermath of the attempt by...

IMPHAL, August 4: A one man enquiry committee to be headed by the deputy director general of the Indian Council of Agricultural research, ICAR, SL Mehta, has been instituted to investigate the reasons behind the attempted mass exodus of non local hostellers of the Central Agricultural University, CAU, at Iroishemba, according to a CAU press release. The term of enquiry of the one-man committee would also be to identify responsible person for the attempted flight, if any. Meanwhile, although complete normalcy has still not been brought to the crisis, it definitely seems to be very close by...

IMPHAL, August 4: Following the announcement of an inquiry into the Central Agriculture University (CAU) incidents by the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Leishangthem Chandramani Singh, the situation in the university campus has totally calmed down. It may be noted that a total of 96 students from Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,Tripura and Mizoram had tried to run away from the Irishemba Agriculture University hostels packing all their belongings on August 2 morning. The Deputy Chief Minister, who is the Chief Minister-in-charge, said that certain developments had come up regarding the...

IMPHAL, August 3: In what could be construed as a blow to the academic atmosphere in the entire north-eastern region, all the students of the Central Agriculture University (CAU) at Irsishemba here, barring Manipuri and Sikkim students, have made a vain bid to leave the varsity campus and the state alleging harassment. However, they were intercepted by a strong team of Manipur Police in time and were sent back to their respective hostels with their bag and baggages on Wednesday. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, SS Bhagel, while talking to The Assam Tribune said that he had no idea about...

IMPHAL, August 2: Altogether 96 students from Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, who were studying at College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Iroishemba, abruptly fled the college early this morning without informing the authorities and tried to leave the state, but were stopped by the police. The fleeing students were forcibly taken back to the college later this afternoon but not before a tussle with the police that left several students injured. The 96 students, including a number of girls, left their hostels with their luggage early this morning without...

AIZAWL, July 25: Former Speaker of Mizoram Assembly and veteran politician Vaivenga died of prolonged illness at his residence at Tuikhuahtlang locality here on Monday evening, family sources said. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and three daughters. Vaivenga entered politics in 1965 and joined Mizo Union, the first political party in the erstwhile Mizo district when Mizoram was one of the districts of Assam. He contested and won in the district council elections in 1971 and was appointed as executive member of the Mizo autonomous district council having education as his portfolio. He...

AIZAWL, August 26: After having failed to forge an electoral alliance with the Congress, the Mizo National Front (Nationalist) today decided to contest the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram on its own, party leader Landuhawma said. The party has, however, invited all "like-minded" parties to support its candidate which would be announced soon. The MNF(N) was formed in 1997 by a breakaway group of the MNF led by present chief minister Zoramthanga following the defeat of Lalduhawma in the party organisational election. Lalduhawma, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was a security officer...