Society / Mizoram

New Delhi, June 20: Mizoram’s historical Aizawl Club will soon give way to a prototype of Delhi’s glitzy India Habitat Centre, which is the hub of socio-cultural activities in the capital. The building, estimated to cost Rs 12.37 crore, is being constructed by the state-owned National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCCL) with finance from the Union urban development ministry. It is one of the many projects the PSU has undertaken in the Northeast with a combined budget of Rs 900 crore.

“The centre will be the first of its kind in the region. Like the one in Delhi, it will be the...

Imphal, May 31: Even though the "Total Literacy Campaign" launched by the National Literacy Mission under the Ministry of Human Resource Development has begun in full swing in all the State of the country, Manipur has not been able to make much headway with the campaign being properly implemented only in three/four dists of the State, said a source. It may be noted here that the total literacy campaign has been launched by the Central Govt with the primary aim of educating the illiterate persons of the country between the ages of 15 and 35. The main objective of the campaign is to obtain 75%...

Aizawl, March 10: A leading Mizo female singer has come in for sharp rebuke from the state?s largest women?s organisation for comparing girls with puppies in one of her hit songs. The Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP) has also urged the people to boycott the song by Ramthanzuali, more popularly known as Puibawihi.

The influential women?s organisation termed the song Hmeichhia Leh Uite (Puppies and women) as ?a humiliation of women?. The controversial song dwells on the similarities between a girl and a puppy, based on an old Mizo saying that puppies and girls are easily attracted to those...

Aizawl, Feb. 2: The Mizoram government is striving toward achieving the highest literacy rate in the country by 2005, education minister R. Lalthangliana said today.

?The government is striving to achieve the highest literacy rate in the country, surpassing Kerala, by 2005,? Lalthangliana said at a function organised by the state?s largest NGO Young Mizo Association (YMA). The NGO has declared 2004 as the Year for Safeguarding the Land and the People.

?I will request the YMA and all its members to work toward this end and help the government in its endeavour,? the minister said. He praised...

Aizawl, Dec. 28: In an instance of delivering ?instant justice?, villagers in a remote area of Mizoram executed a man within hours of him raping and killing a mentally deranged housewife. A delayed report reaching here today said residents of Darlawn village in north-east Mizoram lynched Chhandama, belonging to the same village, after he admitted to the crime. The incident took place on December 24 night, marring the Yuletide festive atmosphere in the Christian village.

The report said a married woman Chhungi of the village had gone to collect firewood from the nearby forest on the day. When...

Aizawl, Dec. 10: A group which claims Mizos to be a lost tribe of Israel has said it would continue to fight for an independent homeland for the ?Mizo Israelites?. ?We know people are laughing behind our backs for calling ourselves one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel and fighting for an independent homeland. But we will persevere and in God?s appointed time, shall be successful in our endeavour,? Lalchhanhima Sailo of Chhinlung Israel People?s Convention Party (CIPCP) said in a function to commemorate the International Human Rights Day at Vanapa Hall here today.

The CIPCP believes that the...

Imphal, December 04: The Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup in a press statement today contradicted the UNLF's statement issued in the local dailies on December 2. The Statement made a specific reference to the members of KYKL who left the organization and joined the UNLF including the killing of L Anand Sharma by KYKL. The statement mentioned that L Anand was given capital punishment by KYKL according to its law not to send any message to UNLF. It further charged that UNLF was concerned for its prestige while it does not recognize others to exist with self esteem. The statement also stated that KYKL had...

GUWAHATI, June 10 ? The Mizoram Government has estimated that 779 young Mizo lives have been lost in the last 10 years because of drug abuse which has assumed alarming proportions in the hill State. Mizoram Health and Family Welfare Minister F Malsawma told The Assam Tribune here this morning that a section of illegal migrants from neighbouring Myanmar, which is closer to the infamous ?Golden Triangle?, had been engaged in smuggling and peddling of contraband drug in the hill State. The minister said, ?These notorious sections of migrants from Myanmar, who are into this illegal business of...

AIZAWL, March 25 – A government press release said the government is reverting to the old school academic year after careful consideration of opinions put forward by various organizations and prominent citizens, reports NEPS.

According to the release, the academic session that is to commence in May 2003, now will commence on April 23, 2003 with promotion exams being completed by the early part of March 2004. Accordingly, the government hopes to get back to the old school calendar year starting from January to December by January, 2005.

After receiving criticisms from the various NGOs in the...

AIZAWL, March 15—Chapchar Kut, the greatest festival of the Mizos, was celebrated on Friday and in Mizoram it was declared as a state holiday where all the government offices and educational institutions remained closed.

Exuberant dancers danced to the tune of typical Mizo folk songs and modern songs performed by different cultural troupes from all over the state and neighbouring states like Manipur and Tripura at the Assam Rifles ground here.

State Chief Minister, Zoramthanga, was the ‘Kut Pa’ or father of the festival in the Kut function attended by C P Thakur, Unon Miniser for department...