According to officials, more than 31,000 individuals belonging to the Chin community from Myanmar have sought shelter in Mizoram since February 2021, following a military coup in their home country.
According to the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, the CBI requires the consent of the state government to conduct an investigation within its jurisdiction.
Zoramthanga, also the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) president, said that his party believes that UCC is in conflict with the religious and social practices of the Mizos
Champhai Deputy Commissioner James Lalrinchhana told PTI that 251 Myanmar citizens have entered India and taken shelter in three villages in Champhai since the airstrikes on the headquarters of Chin National Army (CNA).
The 59 families took refuge in the state’s Farkawn village after fleeing the attack on Camp Victoria in Myanmar’s Chin State, just across the Tiau river that demarcates the international border between Myanmar and India.
The incident happened about a month after an areca nut growers' society in Mamit's Hachhek assembly constituency had demanded action on vehicles carrying smuggled Burmese areca nuts.
The incident occurred at around 3 pm when labourers of ABCI Infrastructure private limited were working in the quarry at Maudarh village, Hnahthial, Superintendent of Police (SP), Vineet Kumar said.
Mizoram Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) John Neihlaia said that the state police is planning to administer lie-detector test on the girl's parents, who were arrested in early October for being the prime accused in the case.
A clash had taken place in the same area in March 2018 when MZP functionaries attempted to construct a wooden hut there and more than 60 people were injured.
According to the state government's data accessed by PTI, the volume of heroin recovered by the excise department and the state police increased from 20.36 kilogram in 2020 to 34.52 kg last year.
In a viral video, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga’s daughter was seen hitting an Aizawl-based dermatologist when the latter refused her a consultation without a prior appointment.
It is the 1960s, and Mizoram is in the throes of an armed separatist movement after the Indian government orders air strikes on the hill state. A novel tells the story of a troubled time through the eyes of a teenage boy.
Fourteen lawmakers are also among those who fled the trouble-torn country and moved to Mizoram, the official said, citing data compiled by the state home department.
The case relates to the recovery of 2,421.12 kg explosives, including 1,000 detonators and 4,500 metres of detonating fuse, and Indian and Myanmarese currency from a vehicle in Zawnling area under the Tipa police station, the NIA said.
The committee had called for a protest in front of the chief secretary’s office in Aizawl on Tuesday. Since Sharma was out of town, the demonstration was called off.
Earlier this week, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter that cases, as well as the test positivity rate, had seen an increase in the small hill state in the Northeast.
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