Tag: Mizoram
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Mizoram is among India’s top states, but 4 worries for new government
By Devyani Chhetri and Sejal Singh, Mumbai : On November 28, Mizoram — the last northeast bastion of the Congress — will vote to elect a new government that will oversee what is planned as Indias gateway to Southeast Asia. With about half as many voters as south Mumbai, Mizoram is one of India’s fastest-growing,…
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Imparting skills in Mizoram: The Aizawl experience
By Annapoorna Ravichander, I recently had the opportunity to conduct a hands-on workshop on entrepreneurship, creativity and communication for three government colleges in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, with two of my colleagues. We went to Aizawl with limited knowledge of what to expect. Six days of interacting with a bunch of college students primarily…
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Over 32,850 tribals to repatriate from Tripura to Mizoram by September
New Delhi/Agartala : Over 32,850 Mizoram tribals staying in refugee camps in Tripura for the past 22 years would be repatriated to their home state (Mizoram) by September, an official release said here on Tuesday night. The decision to repatriate the Reang tribal refugees was taken at a meeting in New Delhi where Union Home…
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Mizoram’s first medical college to open in August
Imphal : Mizoram’s first medical college is slated to open its doors in August. The Mizoram Institute of Medical College of Research is located at Falkawn and has all the necessary infrastructures as required by the Medical Council of India (MCI), L. Fimate, the Director of the college, told IANS on Saturday. “The MCI has…
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Mizoram to pay higher salaries to government employees
Aizawl : The Mizoram government has decided to give salaries and allowances to its 42,457 regular employees as per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, official said on Thursday. The Council of Ministers, chaired by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, decided on Wednesday night to give salaries and allowances to its regular employees as per…
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Mizoram now a power-surplus state – 3rd in northeast
By Sujit Chakraborty, Aizawl : Over two decades after it was conceptualised, the first unit of a 60 MW power plant in Mizoram began generating electricity this week — making it the third power-surplus state in northeastern India after Sikkim and Tripura. “The first unit (30 MW) of the 60 MW capacity Tuirial hydro-power plant…
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ONGC strikes gas in Mizoram: Minister
Aizawl/Agartala : (IANS) State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has struck gas in northern Mizoram and is continuing prospecting for more hydrocarbons, a minister said on Thursday. “The ONGC has for the first time found gas in Assam-Mizoram bordering areas under Kolasib district,” Mizoram’s Industries Minister H. Rohluna told the assembly in Aizawl. “The…
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Tripura, Mizoram ready to implement food security act
Agartala/Aizawl:(IANS) The Tripura and Mizoram governments have almost computerised their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA), official sources in the two states said. “We will start implementing the food security act from next month. Our necessary preparation are almost completed,” Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told IANS. He…
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Trade with Myanmar, Bangladesh soon: Mizoram CM
Aizawl:(IANS) Trade between Mizoram, Myanmar and Bangladesh would be launched soon as border infrastructures were almost ready, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here on Saturday. “The land customs station at Zokhawthar (in eastern Mizoram) was recently inaugurated by minister of state for commerce and industry Nirmala Sitharaman. This will enhance border trade with Myanmar,” Lal…