Archive for the 'Mizoram News' Category

Mawrah Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2007

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Mawrah Sawkha Law & Judicial Department Secretary ta a phua da ta cha Mawrah Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2007  he April 1, 2008 tawhta Mawrah chhho zydua lia hma awpa ta Governor ta apy haw / apahno khei haw.
He dah he Mawrah Gazette Extra Ordinary Volume XXXVI Issue No. 124 Dt. 24.04.2007 noh tawh [...]

Atano MBSE, HSLC Result apua aw

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Atano Dt. 02.03.2008 daw 11:00am pata MBSE chata HSLC Result apa pua aw. He a ry liata website pala sapa lia heta a moh thei aw.
MBSE HSLC RESULT 2008
www.mbse.in
http://news.mizosoft.net/index.php?nid=46
www.youthim.com

Blast damages Mizoram’s ruling party office

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

AIZAWL: A powerful bomb blast damaged the office of ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) here on Tuesday evening.
The police said the bomb which went off in front of MNF’s party office named “Hnam Run” damaged its window panes and iron grills.
Nobody was injured in the blast. Top police officers, who visited the spot after the [...]

Prompt action urged to prevent famine in Mizoram

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Aizawl (PTI): Zonal officers and village-level committees in Mizoram have been asked to immediately attend to the reports of starvation in respective areas, state Home Minister Tawnluia said.
A statement issued by Mozoram Famine Emergency Committee said instructions were issued to the famine committee officials at villages, blocks and districts to curb shortage of food and [...]

Initial survey for oil and natural gas over in Mizoram

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Aizawl (PTI): ONGC and IOC have completed geological and geochemical survey for oil and gas exploration in parts of Mizoram.
Geophysical survey is expected to be completed by this month, state Industry minister B Lalthlengliana said in the assembly on Wednesday.
“Both Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Indian Oil Corporation faced no problem while carrying out [...]

Mizoram faces famine after plague of rats

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

SATEEK, India (Reuters) - About a million people in Mizoram are facing famine after a plague of rats ate the region’s entire paddy crop, officials and aid agencies said on Monday.
Hordes of rats have swept through the forests of Mizoram, home to just under a million tribespeople, feasting on the fruits of wild bamboo, which [...]

Mizoram govt. presents tax-free budget

Friday, March 14th, 2008

The Mizoram Government presented a Rs 303.6-million deficit budget for 2008-09, which did not impose any new tax, and said it will ensure efficient tax collection. Presenting his last budget in the present term, Chief Minister Zoramthanga, who is also the Finance Minister, laid the supplementary demands for grants amounting to Rs 7.22 billion.
The Rs [...]

Rodent havoc triggers food crisis in Mizoram

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,00,000 people are going hungry as a largely unreported crisis unfolds in Mizoram following bamboo flowering, a phenomenon that occurs in the northeast every 48 years, according to ActionAid, an international anti-poverty agency.
Bamboo flowering triggers an explosion of rat population as it thrives on bamboo seeds. These rodents have caused widespread destruction [...]

19 children die of meningitis in Mizoram

Friday, March 7th, 2008

AIZAWL: Meningitis has claimed the lives of at least 19 children in the villages of Southern Mizoram, where an equal number of kids have died of gastro-enteritis and other diseases, doctors visiting the area said on Friday.
“These children died of meningitis and gastro-enteritis in the areas adjoining Myanmar since October eight,” Dr Lalrochhuanga, a pediatrician [...]

Deccan to connect Guwahati-Silchar-Aizawl

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Low cost air carrier Deccan is launching daily flights connecting Guwahati to Silchar and Aizawl.
In an official release issued today, the airline said it plans to commence operations from December 20, and an ATR has been deployed to serve the route.
Ramki Sundaram, officiating CEO, Deccan, said: Air connectivity is the key to harness the potential [...]

Solar Energy Transforming Lives in Mizoram Villages

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Thanks to the efforts of Zoram Electricity Development Agency (ZEDA).
The Central and the State governments in collaboration with ZEDA have brought solar light to many remote villages.
The ZEDA has literally brought a revolution in Mizoram, which is considered to be solar radiation deficient, by establishing many power plants fully operated on solar energy.

Solar power to Mizoram rescue

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Law to make it mandatory for govt buildings to use alternative energy.
Silchar, Sept. 18: Power-starved Mizoram is looking to the sun for help, officially.
All government buildings in Mizoram will be equipped with solar panels to generate electricity capable of powering up the particular building.
The government of Mizoram will also enact a legislation in the autumn [...]

Prices soar in Mizoram after landslides

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

AIZAWL: Prices of essential commodities have shot up in Mizoram following heavy landslides that have disrupted traffic along the Guwahati-Aizawl national highway.
A government spokesman said petrol and diesel stocks had almost dried up in the state with tankers unable to reach the mountainous state from Assam, which is currently reeling under heavy floods and landslides.

Hundreds of houses damaged in Mizoram floods

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Aizawl, Sept 12: Hundreds of houses were damaged in floods in Mizoram, where road communication was also disrupted.
At least 600 houses were submerged in the Mizoram - Bangladesh border as the Khawthlangtuipui river breached, sweeping away rice cultivation areas and fish ponds, officials said today.
Floods along the Mizoram-Karimganj district (Assam) border inundated at least 106 [...]