Youth Sidelined By Mizoram Parties

By Linda ChhakchhuakAizawl, Nov 8 : Party elders has sidelined youth leadership with geriatric candidates getting preference over the youth. Across party lines, youth leaders, who had been earmarked as candidates, have lost out during last minute string-pulling spilling discontent among the young rank and file of all the major political parties in Mizoram. Eleven candidates in the 2013 fray including...

Mizoram Election Update: Nov 8

Mizo church body imposes tighter poll code in state The Assembly elections in Mizoram are being held under the strict guidelines of the widely-influential Mizoram People’s Forum, an election watchdog controlled by the synod, the largest Church body in Mizoram.The forum has formulated 27 rules for the political parties and candidates. No candidate can organise political meetings without the forum’s...

Mizoram Election Update: Nov 7

Lal Thanhawla to face tough contest in Mizoram Assembly polls Serchhip constituency in Mizoram's central district of Serchhip would be one of the most interesting seats in the coming elections to the 40-member state Assembly to be held on November 25. Four-time Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, who would be contesting from the seat, would be facing a tough contest from C Lalramzauva, an advocate and...

Mizoram Creates History By Issuing 100 pc EPIC

By Linda ChhakchhuakAizawl, Nov 7 : Mizoram has created history by being the only State in the country to have completed the process of issuing Election Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to 100 per cent voters.“Mizoram’s electoral track record is the envy of every other State”, said the Election Commission of India in a poll-preparedness review Press conference here today.The Commission members arrived...

Five Cops Killed in GNLA Ambush in Meghalaya

By Samudra Gupta Kashyap‘Retaliation attack’ comes within 36 hours of killing of 7 villagers Guwahati, Nov 7 : Five policemen were killed and their arms snatched away when a group of heavily armed militants belonging to the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) ambushed them in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya Tuesday. The incident occurred less than 36 hours of the same rebel...

Battle of Imphal: A Forgotten Story

Indian National Army Memorial Complex, Moirang Joanna Lobo A new tour service in Manipur revisits the forgotten Battle of Imphal through its historical sites. The year was 1944. A battle was raging across Manipur, with the British-led Allies defending themselves against the Japanese invasion. The ultimate defeat of the Japanese at Imphal and Kohima, halted their...

India Must Develop its Northeast States

By  Tridivesh Singh Maini As the BJP and Congress campaign for the 2014 elections in India, what is clearly missing from both party’s platforms is an agenda for the North-East. This is evidenced by the fact that the current attention of both political parties is heavily focused on four states heading for...

Mizoram: Opposition MDA names common candidates for upcoming Assembly polls

Mizo National Front (MNF) chief Zoramthanga announced on Monday that he would contest from from the Tuipui seat for the November 25 assembly election. The MDA comprises the MNF, Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) and the Maraland Democratic Front (MDF). Zoramthanga, former Mizoram...