The Commissioner of Railway Safety’s (CRS) authorisation of the newly constructed Broad Gauge (BG) line from Hortoki to Sairang would soon link Mizoram's Aizawl, making it the fourth capital city in the northeast region to be connected by a railway network, officials said on Tuesday.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Assam Rifles have seized banned highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 16.72 crore and arrested three drug peddlers in Mizoram and Tripura, officials said on Sunday.
The Tripura government will reconstruct the eco-tourism building along the Tripura-Mizoram inter-state border as the under-construction building was badly damaged by unidentified people on May 27, officials said on Saturday.
Three people, including a child, died in three northeastern states while normal life in most of the states in the region was badly affected due to intermittent light to moderate rain triggered by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, officials said on Friday.
An under-construction building along the Tripura-Mizoram inter-state border was badly damaged by "unidentified people", forcing police authorities of the two states to probe the incident separately, officials said on Thursday.
Smuggling of various narcotic substances from Myanmar continues unabated in the northeastern states of India, as drugs valued at Rs 9.70 crore have been seized by the security forces in Manipur and Mizoram and four drug peddlers have been apprehended, officials said on Wednesday.
As part of the ongoing nationwide outreach efforts, the BJP on Wednesday organised 'Tiranga Yatra' in Tripura and Mizoram to celebrate the success of ‘Operation Sindoor’ conducted in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Union Minister for Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday reaffirmed the need to strengthen critical infrastructure to enhance multimodal connectivity within the northeastern region and across international borders.
Assam Rifles, along with Customs, have seized a large consignment of smuggled areca nuts, also known as Burmese Betel nuts, valued at Rs 1.79 crore in Mizoram, officials said on Sunday.
An official from Mizoram's Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) said that over 510 pigs died due to the ASF during the past two weeks in 13 villages and localities in two Mizoram districts -- Lawngtlai and Mamit.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma said on Friday that due to the illegal import of 'areca nut' (betel nut) from Myanmar, local cultivators in the state have faced serious challenges in selling their produce at competitive prices.
The security forces have arrested five drug peddlers and recovered drugs from their possession valued at Rs 5.75 crore, an official said on Saturday, adding that seizures were made in Tripura and Mizoram.
Assam Rifles and Customs officials, in a joint operation, have seized a consignment of areca nuts, also known as Burmese betel nuts, valued at Rs 1.08 crore in Mizoram, officials said on Saturday.
Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Saturday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah significantly supported the transfer of the Assam Rifles’ land to the state government and stated that his (Shah) name shall be remembered and engraved in the history of Mizoram.
Mizoram's Aizawl will be the fourth capital city in the northeast region to be joined by a railway link, and within five months, with the Bairabi-Sairang new line project at an advanced completion stage, officials said on Tuesday.
In a major blow to the drug cartel and the perpetrators of drug business, the Assam Rifles troops apprehended a drug peddler and seized heroin valued Rs 15.4 crore in Manipur, officials said on Tuesday.
The Assam Rifles in association with Mizoram Police in two separate joint operations have seized huge quantities of drugs worth Rs 66.31 crore from bordering Champhai district, which shares unfenced border with Myanmar and a hotspot of drugs smuggling, officials said on Sunday.
The HIV/AIDS adult (15 to 49 years) prevalence rate in two northeastern states -- Mizoram and Nagaland is much higher than the national prevalence rate of 0.20 per cent, officials said on Tuesday.
The Assam Rifles and other law enforcing agencies seized large quantities of ganja (marijuana) and other contraband items worth around Rs 11 crore and arrested four persons in Tripura and Mizoram on Saturday, officials said.
The security personnel in Mizoram and Assam have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 42 crore and arrested three drug peddlers including two Myanmar nationals during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.
Seizure of arms, ammunition, and explosives in Mizoram by the security forces continues unabated with 3,000 electric detonators, 700 metres cordtex, and war-like stores recovered on Sunday in the bordering state and two Myanmar nationals apprehended, officials said.
Mizoram Police seized a large cache of sophisticated arms, ammunition and other items from the state’s Lunglei district, which shares a border with unfenced Bangladesh, officials said.
Assam Rifles along with police on Tuesday seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets, also known as Yaba tablets, worth Rs 173.73 crore in Mizoram, officials said.
The Assam Rifles and other security forces in different places have destroyed a marijuana (ganja) plantation area, seized drugs valued at Rs 3.50 crore and also busted an inter-state drug peddling gang in Tripura and Mizoram, an official said on Tuesday.
Despite stringent border vigil, smuggling of drugs from Myanmar into North-east India, the security forces seized drugs worth Rs 10.80 crore and arrested four drug peddlers in Mizoram, officials said here on Sunday.
