Mizoram Police Crackdowns on Myanmar Militants

Imphal, May 20 : Indian Security Forces razed the headquarters of outlawed Chin National Front of Myanmar yesterday with the Mizoram Armed Police (MAP) and seized various weapons during the operation, reports said.The MAP marched towards Camp Victoria by 3:00 P.M.(IST) from Mawhro village and evaded it, said the reports, adding that the armed forces seized three weapons left by the Chin National...

Tale of Unsung Mizo Freedom Fighter Widens Ambit

Book on Khuangchera, the first Mizo to die fighting the British, translated into Hindi ZODIN SANGA The memorial stone of Khuangchera at Changsil near Aizawl. Telegraph picture Aizawl, May 20 : You must stand up to be counted. Mizoram now has a book in Hindi on a freedom fighter whose fame had never spread beyond the state. The country will now know Khuangchera when...

Mizoram NLUP To Resume Soon

Aizawl, May 20 :  As and when the election process gets over, the pending and further works on New Land Use Policy (NLUP), the Mizoram state government flagship programme, shall be resumed, Chairman of NLUP Implementing Board (NIB) J.H Rothuama said today.Addressing the non-officials of NLUP, Apex Board Members and NIB Members, the NIB Chairman said that disbursement of NLUP assistance and...

Lal Thanhawla Turns 76

Aizawl, May 20 : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla turned 76 today with felicitations pouring in from all quearters.An official statement said that those who wished him y included members of the Indian Society of Tobacco and Health, (ISTH), Mizoram Chapter, headed by his wife Lal Riliani.Five times Chief Minister, Lal Thanhawla is a veteran Congressman who first became the state's Chief Minister...

Dissidents Want Gogoi to Resign as Chief Minister of Assam

By Manoj AnandGuwahati, May 20 : The problem of Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi may not be over merely by offering his resignation to the Congress president as the dissident camp, led by Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, wants him to vacate the chair for a new chief minister in Assam.Though, dissident leaders who claim to have the strength of nearly 50 out of 78 Congress legislators are...

Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die

By Tyler Durden In the past several years, one of the topics covered in detail on these pages has been the surge in such gimmicks designed to disguise lack of demand and end customer sales, used extensively by US automotive manufacturers, better known as "channel stuffing", of which General Motors is particularly guilty and whose inventory at dealer lots just hit a new record high. But did...

Cong Retains Mizoram's Lone Seat, But Its Vote Bank Erodes

Ruala, 79, defeated his nearest rival Robert Romawia Royte by a margin of 6,154 votes in a triangular contest Though the ruling Congress nominee CL Ruala was re-elected to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat for the second consecutive term after a close contest, his vote bank considerably eroded compared to 2009 parliamentary polls. Ruala, 79, defeated his nearest rival Robert Romawia Royte, an...

Tuki Sworn in as Eigth CM of Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar, May 19 : Veteran Congress leader Nabam Tuki was sworn in as the eighth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the second consecutive term.Governor Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma (Retd) administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Tuki in an impressive function held at Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here.Most of the newly-elected Congress MLAs, Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president...