Mizo Brothers Keep Congress' Hopes High

Aizawl, Nov 12 : The two boys from Mizoram grew up together. They played and fought together, the younger following the footsteps of the elder. Siblings chief minister Lal Thanhawla and Lal Thanzara spent their lives doing similar things and now both are members of Mizoram legislative assembly. Lal Thanzara has traced his elder brother's footsteps as the president of the Mizoram Football Association...

Mizoram District Council Members Can Contest Polls Without Quitting From Posts

Aizawl, Nov 12 : The Gauhati High Court has allowed members of district council (MDCs) to contest assembly polls without first resigning from their posts. This has come as a welcome relief for veteran Congressmen like former Mizoram assembly speaker Hiphei, who is also the Mara Autonomous District Council chairman, and chief executive member (CEM) of Lai Autonomous District Council C Ngunlianchunga....

Mizoram Election Update: Nov 12

Last day for withdrawal of nominations in Mizoram Monday is the last day for candidates to withdraw their nominations for contesting assembly polls in Mizoram. Elections in Mizoram will be held on November 25. In Mizoram, over 11,000 Bru voters will exercise their franchise through postal ballots. Some of them are currently staying in relief camps in neighbouring Tripura. Mizoram Chief Minister...

Can Mizoram’s Unique Campaigning Model Be Replicated Elsewhere?

By Vishant V AgarwalaAizawl, Nov 11 : The fervour of two events driving the country crazy — Sachin Tendulkar's swansong Tests and the upcoming assembly elections — is missing almost entirely in Mizoram.Being in a football-crazy state, it is understandable that most television sets are tuned in to mundane Hindi soaps, films dubbed in the local language and western music videos even as the Maestro...

Mizoram Election Update: Nov 11

Mizoram polls: NLUP, Illegal Immigration key issues By Biplob Ghosal The Assembly Elections in Mizoram will take place on November 25. Here are the major issues around which the political parties will woo the electorate: New Land Use Policy (NLUP) The incumbent Congress government is heavily banking on the NLUP to attract the electorate. The chief aim of the NLUP is to develop and give all farmers...

Mizoram Assembly Election – State profile

By Manisha SinghIntroductionMizoram is one of the Seven Sister states of North-East India. It shares its borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Burma. Its capital is Aizawl and it became the 23rd state of India on 20 February 1987.PoliticsMizoram has two seats in the Parliament, one each in the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha. The...

Migrants in Manipur Wary After Series of Blasts Targetting The Community

Policemen speak to the injured victims of the blast in Chandel Imphal, Nov 11 :  Manipur's Home Minister and Director General of Police visited an Imphal hospital where...

Hmar Choir Wins North-East India Choral Singing Competition 2013

Photo: Wungram Raikham By Joyful Thiek, for Sinlung New Delhi, 10 November 2013: The Hmar Christian Fellowship Delhi (HCFD) Choir is winner of the 2nd Annual North-East India Choral Singing Competition, held at Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi this evening, taking away with them the prize money of Rs. 3 Lakhs. The Evangelical Baptist Convention Church (EBCC) Choir, who came in second, took home Rs....