Mizoram

08 Jul

Two Myanmar nationals escape from Mizoram’s Serchhip jail

Sonakshi SarkarMizoram

In a daring escape from Serchhip district jail in Mizoram, two Myanmar nationals managed to flee on the evening of July 6th, according to official reports.The escapees, identified as 44-year-old Lalchhanhima from Leisen, Myanmar, and 31-year-old Lalnunnema, were incarcerated since June 10, 2024, for possessing a significant cache of AK-47 assault rifles. The breakout occurred during a recreational period when inmates were engaged in a volleyball game. After the match, as participants returned sports equipment to the storeroom, Lalchhanhima and Lalnunnema seized the opportunity and fled through the prison's main entrance. Following the incident, the district jail superintendent filed an…

01 Sep

CC Tea inks anti-cancer research collaboration with Dr B Barooah Cancer Institute

editor0 CommentsArunachal Pradesh, Business, Mizoram

CC Tea has signed three-year anti-cancer research collaboration to assess the efficacy of CC Tea extract on molecular pathways in lymphocytes and other blood cells of cancer patients of North-East India. The three phased research undertaking will begin with CC Tea extract tested on blood cells taken from cancer patients to concluding with the product being tested on patients directly.According to the report, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh recorded the highest incidence of new cancer cases in the country among females and males respectively. The company recently concluded a 6 months anti-viral and immune modulatory research with the prestigious Indian Institute…

07 Aug

Assam assembly team blames border violence on Mizoram police

editor0 CommentsAssam, Mizoram

Recent violence in the Kacha district along the Assam-Mizoram border has been “committed” by police in neighboring states, a delegation of all parties to the parliament here who visited the scene of the incident said Friday. In a report submitted to the Assam Legislative Assembly, the team also stated that the case was “a cold-blooded slaughter,” and Mizoram police were not making efforts to control the mob. The delegation said in Assam that “Mizoram police and some villains are indulging in invasion,” claiming that border disputes have long been exacerbated for this reason. On July 26, six Assam police officers…

27 Jul

6 Assam Police personnel killed in border clash with Mizoram

editor0 CommentsAssam, Mizoram

At least six personnel of the Assam Police were killed in firing by miscreants from neighbouring Mizoram on Monday as violence escalated along the inter-state border in the Cachar district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. A senior Assam Police officer, who is still inside the forest amid continuous firing from across the border, told PTI that at least 50 personnel, including Cachar Superintendent of Police Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, were injured in firing and stone-pelting. Tension has continued to flare along the Assam-Mizoram border after six police personnel were killed and around 80 people injured, so far.On Monday, stones were…

14 Jun

The head of the world’s largest family dies at 76 in Mizoram

editor0 CommentsMizoram

The head of the world's largest family has died in the Mizoram state. 76 year old Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practiced polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 89 children and 36 grandchildren. Chana reportedly suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Doctors said that Chana was rushed to hospital on Sunday evening when his condition deteriorated at home in his village, Baktawng Tlangnuam. He was however, declared dead on arrival. It's hard to say if Chana was indeed the head of the world's largest family since there are others who claim the title. It's also…

22 Jun

Earthquake of 5.3 Magnitude hits Mizoram.

editor0 CommentsMizoram

Two back to back earthquakes strike Manipur on Monday evening, according to the National Centre for Seismology.The two earthquakes were reported within 13 minutes of each other. Quoting the National Centre for Seismology, he said the earthquake happened at 4.10 am and the epicentre was at Zokhawthar in Champhai district on the India-Myanmar border. The tremors were felt in several parts of the state, including state capital Aizawl, he said. Several houses and buildings, including a church at Zokhawthar in Khawbunga, in Champhai district have been partly damaged due to the quake, he said.

11 Jun

Maharastra saw a big surge of COVID 19 cases and deaths.

editor0 CommentsArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, North East

On Wednesday, Maharastra as well as mumbai experienced a highest 24 hours toll. Only after a week of the first phase of 'mission begin again' started the death rate was highest in a day. The state saw its highest single-day rise in cases (3,254) ,the previous highest toll was on June 5 (139 cases).The city in total has more positive cases (52,667) than the cases of Wuhan (50,333) the epicentre of corona virus outbreak. Mumbai city, which recorded a staggering 1,595 of these new cases to post its highest day-surge as well, breached the 20,000-case mark to rise to 20,150…

09 Jun

Total Lockdown In Mizoram

editor0 CommentsMizoram

The state has also decided to increase the quarantine period to 21 days Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on Monday announced a “total lockdown” for two weeks from June 8 midnight. The state has also decided to increase the quarantine period to 21 days from 14 days following a rise in Covid cases to 42 during the day, up from 24 on Saturday. The decision was announced after a consultative meeting on Covid-19 with representatives of MLAs, government officials, non-government hospital association, Church leaders, village council members, taskforces and NGOs at Aizawl to discuss the state’s way…

28 Mar

Tata Group commits ₹1,500 crore to fight Covid-19

nebm0 CommentsBusiness, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, North Bengal

The Tata Group--Tata Trusts and Tata Sons-- is the latest to join the fight against coronavirus and will together donate ₹1,500 crore towards coronavirus relief fund, chairman Ratan Tata announced in an Instagram post on Saturday. The funds will be utilized for providing protective equipment to medical personnel, respiratory systems for treating increasing cases, testing kits to ramp up testing in the country and setting up treatment facilities for those who have already caught the virus. The group has also said that it will train health workers and the general public to empower them against coronavirus. “Urgent emergency resources need to…