Category: MIZORAM

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Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan will be the chief guest at the convocations of two central universities -- Mizoram University and Tripura University -- on March 7 and 8, officials said on Sunday. 

The Centre has allocated Rs 491 crore for the implementation of the Tripura-Mizoram natural gas pipeline project, Mizoram Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister B Lalchhanzova said on Thursday. ​

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Tuesday inaugurated the Lengtekai bridge, a key infrastructure project aimed at improving connectivity with Tripura as well as neighbouring Bangladesh. 

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Thursday said that rubber is one of the most promising crops through which the state can establish a strong and distinct identity. 

Over 22,500 Inner Line Permits (ILPs) have been issued from the Sairang railway station office of the Mizoram government to different categories of visitors since the inauguration of the Bairabi-Sairang new railway line by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 13 last year, officials said on Friday. 

Christmas was celebrated with traditional zeal, fervour and deep religious devotion across the Northeastern states on Thursday, especially in the Christian-majority states of Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya, where prayers for peace and prosperity were offered in hundreds of churches across the region. 

The festive fervour of Christmas has gripped the Northeastern region, particularly the Christian-majority states of Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya, with vibrant carol singing, special church services and elaborately decorated streets and homes creating an atmosphere of joy and devotion. 

In a joint operation, the Assam Rifles and the Mizoram Police seized drugs worth Rs 16.26 crore and arrested a drug peddler in Mizoram’s Saitual district, officials said on Friday. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out search operations under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at various locations in Mizoram, Assam, and Gujarat, the central probe agency sources said. 

Assam Rifles has seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 13.33 crore and arrested a Myanmarese drug peddler, officials said on Wednesday. 

Various law enforcement agencies, including the Assam Rifles and the BSF, have intensified their crackdown on narcotics smuggling, seizing drugs worth around Rs 100 crore and arresting 12 peddlers, including four Myanmar nationals, over the past week, officials said on Sunday. 

The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Mizoram Police, recovered highly addictive Methamphetamine tablets valued at Rs 45 crore from Saitual district and arrested two drug peddlers, officials said on Thursday. 

Over 82.34 per cent of the 20,790 voters exercised their franchise in the by-election for Mizoram’s Dampa Assembly constituency on Tuesday, officials said. 

Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar, on Sunday, lauded Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma and his government for their active support and commitment towards strengthening the judiciary in the state, commending the significant progress achieved in this regard. 

The Assam Rifles personnel have seized poppy seeds (Grade A) and foreign made cigarettes valued at Rs 8.70 crore and arrested ten smugglers in Mizoram, officials said on Sunday. 

The Assam Rifles in a successful operation on Saturday foiled an attempt of smuggling of arms, drugs, tobacco products and other contrabands and arrested three Myanmarese nationals in Mizoram, officials said. 

Assam Rifles have seized heroin valued at approximately Rs 11.40 crore in Mizoram and arrested three drug peddlers, including a woman, officials said on Wednesday. 

In a major haul, the security forces have seized drugs valued over Rs 143 crore and arrested three persons in Mizoram and Manipur over the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. 

In a major operation against the smuggling of narcotics, Assam Rifles seized heroin valued at approximately Rs 20.10 crores in Mizoram, officials said on Wednesday. 

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma said on Wednesday that drug abuse has created immense challenges in society, which necessitated the establishment of the short-stay drug de-addiction centre in the state. 

The security forces have seized highly addictive banned drugs, Methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at Rs 77 crore in Mizoram and Tripura, and 12 people were arrested in these connections, officials said on Friday.

Security forces in Tripura and Mizoram have seized highly addictive banned methamphetamine tablets and foreign cigarettes worth over Rs 2.35 crore and arrested three persons, officials said on Friday. 

Mizoram's Lunglei district administration earned national recognition as its flagship maternal and child health initiative -- Project BLOOM -- was presented at the 'Best Practices Seminar' organised by the NITI Aayog at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, officials said on Friday.

The biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Mizoram is underway in all 11 districts of the state, officials said on Friday.

Security forces in Mizoram and Tripura have seized huge quantity of drugs valued at Rs 34.73 crore and arrested three drug peddlers in this connection, an official said on Thursday.