Organised by the Union Ministry of Tourism, the objective of the International Tourism Mart is to highlight tourism potential of the northeast region in domestic and international markets.
Category: MIZORAM
Explosives, ammunition, foreign currencies seized in Mizoram; 6 held
The Assam Rifles on Saturday in two separate raids in Mizoram seized a huge quantity of Myanmar-bound explosives, war-like stores, foreign currencies, and detained six persons including four Myanmar nationals, defence sources said.
Smuggling from Myanmar, Assam govt's curbs hit arecanut trade in NE states
Due to large-scale smuggling from Myanmar and Assam government's restrictions, arecanut farmers in the northeastern states, especially Mizoram and Tripura, are affected a lot and are seeking central intervention.
Trekked 50 km, slept in forests, starved: How B'deshi tribals found refuge in Mizoram
Along with his wife and two children, the tribal elderly man left his home and properties in the mountainous Chittagong Hills Tracts (CHT) in southeast Bangladesh and fled to Mizoram in northeast India.
G20 presidency to boost investment in tourism : Kishan Reddy
Union Tourism and DoNER Minister G. Kishan Reddy said on Friday that the assumption of G20 presidency by India would be a big boost in opening the scope of investment for hospitality as well as adventure, cruise and wellness tourism.
'Daily direct flights from Delhi to all NE states under consideration'
The Minister, who inaugurated the 10th International Tourism Mart here, announced that the offices of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) would be opened shortly in all the northeastern states.
Mizoram: 15 feared dead in stone quarry collapse, rescue ops underway
An official of the Mizoram Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Department said that a huge portion of a stone quarry of a private company suddenly collapsed when the workers were working in the stone pit.
Nearly 50% of displaced Mizoram tribal voters enrolled in Tripura
Around 50 per cent out of the 21,703 eligible voters, displaced from Mizoram 25 years ago following ethnic troubles in the state, have been added to the electoral rolls in Tripura, officials said on Tuesday.
Education of women will increase their participation in workforce: President
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said that it should be ensured that the education of women translates into increased participation in the workforce, adding when women would progress, the entire country would also progress.
Smuggled from Myanmar, foreign cigarettes valued at Rs 2.47 cr seized in Mizoram
Assam Rifles and Customs officials in a joint operation seized 190 cases of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 2.47 crore from eastern Mizoram's Champhai district, a hotspot of illegal trade from Myanmar.
Three flights connecting five NE cities inaugurated by Scindia
A flight connecting Imphal and Aizawl under RCS UDAN commenced from Sunday and will operate five times a week, while a flight connecting Shillong and Lilabari under RCS UDAN will commence from Monday and will operate four times a week.
Mizoram: 4 dead, 18 injured as petrol tanker catches fire after accident
Aizawl District Superintendent of Police C. Lalruaia said that a Champhai-bound oil tanker carrying over 20,000 litres of petrol met with an accident on Saturday night near the Tuirial airfield and caught fire.
Cyclone Sitrang: Rain in several NE states dampens Diwali cheers
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday evening said that cyclonic storm Sitrang, pronounced as "Si-Trang" over Bay of Bengal is very likely to cross Bangladesh coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to Barisal in the early hours of Tuesday.
Tripura among NE states destroys highest quantity of drugs weighing 12,000 kg in virtual presence of HM Amit Shah
Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to Assam and he witnessed the destruction of drugs virtually from the city of Guwahati, where drugs weighing a total of 40,000kg in different states of the NE region of the country, were destroyed.
Over 6,000 Myanmarese refugee children studying in Mizoram schools
Over 6,000 children of Myanmarese refugees, who have taken shelter in Mizoram since March last year following the military coup there, are enrolled in government and private schools across the state, officials said.
5K displaced Mizoram tribal voters enrolled in Tripura electoral rolls
Around 5,010 people out of the 37,136 displaced Reang tribals, who migrated from Mizoram 25 years ago following ethnic troubles, were enrolled in the electoral lists of Tripura, officials said here on Wednesday.
India-Myanmar border: Narco corridor to hotspot for smugglers of exotic species
The 1,643-km long India-Myanmar unfenced borders, which have already turned into a hotspot of illegal trade in various highly addictive drugs, gold, arms and ammunition and other contraband, have also become an easy route for smuggling of endangered and exotic animals from Myanmar.
Mizoram teacher suspended for stripping off girl student's uniform
A woman teacher, who allegedly stripped off the uniform of six-year-old girl student at a government school in Mizoram's Lunglei district and sent her home, was also suspended from service on Monday, officials said.
Assam, Mizoram hold ministerial-level meeting over border disputes
A ministerial level meeting between Assam and Mizoram was held in Aizawl on Tuesday to evolve strategies for a lasting solution to the inter-state border disputes between the two northeastern states.
Mizoram court sentences lone BJP MLA, 12 others to 1-year imprisonment
A local court in Mizoram on Monday sentenced state's lone BJP MLA Buddha Dhan Chakma and 12 others to one-year rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for a 10-year-old corruption case.
Prevalence of tobacco use in Mizoram as high as 77.1%: Study
A joint survey of ICMR-NCDIR has found that the prevalence of tobacco use (smoked and smokeless) in Mizoram is as high as 77.1 per cent, with the use of smokeless tobacco higher at 54.1 per cent as compared to smoked tobacco at 43.6 per cent.
Moderate quake in Mizoram, no damage reported
A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale, jolted parts of Mizoram along India-Myanmar border on Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.
EC shifts names of tribals from Mizoram voters list to Tripura's rolls
The Election Commission has started deleting names of Reang tribals from the electoral list of Mizoram after the displaced tribals were settled in different districts of Tripura and will include these in the latter state's voters' list, officials said on Monday.
NDA Presidential candidate Murmu ends 3-day campaign in NE states
On the last leg of her three-day tour to seven of the eight northeastern states, NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu on Thursday campaigned in Assam and Mizoram for the July 18 Presidential poll.
Tripura terror group chief held in Mizoram
In a major blow to the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), the Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police, in a joint operation, apprehended its chief Jacob Hrangkhawl from Aizawl on Wednesday, officials said.