Aizawl, July 13 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday said that the history and cultural heritage of the people of the Northeast had been preserved through their traditional attire, handicrafts, and indigenous skills long before they were documented in writing. He said these traditional practices and artistic expressions continue to serve as living repositories of the region’s identity, history and collective memory.Inaugurating the week-long ‘Zo Fair’ (Aadhi Bazaar) in Aizawl, the C…
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Aizawl, July 13 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday said that the history and cultural heritage of the people of the Northeast had been preserved through their traditional attire, handicrafts and indigenous skills long before they were documented in written form.He said these traditional practices and artistic expressions continue to serve as living repositories of the region’s identity, history and collective memory.Inaugurating the week-long ‘Zo Fair’ (Aadhi Bazaar) in Aizawl, th…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Natural History Museum (NHM), Mizoram University, Aizawl, as a Designated Repository under Section 39 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, an official said on Tuesday. With this notification, NHM becomes India’s 21st Designated Repository, further strengthening the country’s biodiversity conservation and scientific infrastructure, the official said in a statement.Designated Repositories constit…
Aizawl, July 4 (IANS) Mizoram has become the first among the 16 states and two Union Territories currently undertaking the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to achieve 100 per cent digitisation of the enumeration process, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Garima Gupta, said here on Saturday.The draft electoral rolls under the ongoing SIR-2026 were published in all 11 districts of the state on Saturday. Following the publication of the draft rolls, the Chief Electoral O…
Aizawl, June 30 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in two separate joint operations with the Mizoram Police, seized a large consignment of heroin worth more than Rs 7.40 crore and arrested three alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, officials said on Tuesday. A Defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence inputs received from a sister intelligence agency, the Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Mizoram Police, conducted a successful joint operation at Ngopa along the Khawzawl-Sinzawl…
Aizawl, June 25 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Thursday said that visible drug abuse on the streets of the state has declined significantly due to sustained, coordinated efforts by the government, law enforcement agencies, civil society organisations, churches, and local communities. He noted that many individuals battling substance addiction have successfully undergone rehabilitation and reintegrated into society.Ahead of the ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Traffic…
Aizawl, June 22 (IANS) Mizoram Governor Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) on Monday hailed the Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal, as a beacon of agricultural innovation and excellence for the entire Northeastern region, underscoring its pivotal role in advancing agricultural research, education and sustainable development across the eight states. The Governor formally inaugurated three important meetings of CAU scheduled from June 22 to 24, 2026. He emphasised that the three councils, Researc…
Itanagar/Imphal/Kohima, June 21 (IANS) From the remote forward posts and high-altitude areas of Arunachal Pradesh to the conflict-affected and border regions of Manipur, as well as the rugged mountainous terrains of Nagaland and Mizoram, the armed forces on Sunday celebrated the 12th International Yoga Day across the Northeastern region, underscoring the message of health, resilience and unity through yoga.A defence spokesman said that the Assam Rifles commemorated International Yoga Day on Sund…
Aizawl, June 13 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in separate joint operations with other law enforcement agencies in Mizoram, have seized foreign‑origin cigarettes worth over Rs 11.25 crore, recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and apprehended a suspected smuggler and a Myanmar‑based militant, officials said on Saturday. A defence spokesman said that, acting on specific intelligence inputs regarding the storage of smuggled foreign‑origin cigarettes at Zemabawk North in Aizawl district, …
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday highlighted a series of major anti-drug operations carried out across the country during May, ranging from the busting of a transnational narcotics network and the seizure of high-grade cocaine valued at Rs 1,745 crore to India’s first-ever seizure of Captagon tablets. Sharing a roundup of its activities on social media platform X, the NCB said May reflected its “relentless and coordinated efforts” to protect the country…