Mizoram observes first Christian missionary’s arrival
2017-03-16
March 15 marks the arrival of Reverend William Williams, a Welsh Presbyterian missionary, in Mizoram in 1891Continue Reading
Sexual abuse of children on the rise in Mizoram
2016-11-21
Aizawal : Children in Mizoram who form 17.34 per cent of the State’s pollution are at risk of getting sexually abused in schools and even inside their own homes. “As many as 5,622 cases of abuse of children aged below four years have been recorded during 2012 to 2016,” saidContinue Reading
Mizoram records highest number of men with cancer
2016-05-24
The Northeast has always recorded a relatively high number of cancer cases but the numbers are constantly still growing says a report from the latest cancer data. The data clearly states that the highest number of men who have cancer are from Mizoram while the maximum number of women thatContinue Reading
Mizoram, Manipur to implement food security scheme
2016-01-01
Aizawl/ Imphal: The Mizoram and Manipur governments will implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from February. “Arrangements for making available rice to those excluded from the scheme will be made through the Public Distribution System (PDS),” Mizoram’s Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister John Rotluangliana said in Aizawl.Continue Reading
Archbishop Pennacchio on 3-day visit to Mizoram
2015-11-03
The nuncio will be in Mizoram for six daysContinue Reading
Mizo groups to ‘discourage’ lesbians, transvestites
2015-09-25
Aizawl: Major civil society bodies in Mizoram have decided to conduct an ‘in-depth study’ on lesbians and transvestites and take steps to ‘discourage an increase in their number’. A joint meeting of the state’s major NGOs, includingthe central committee of Young Mizo Association (YMA), women’s association Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm PawlContinue Reading
Book Review: For Love and Honour
2015-08-17
March 5, 1966 is perhaps the least known of many dates of infamy associated with Indira Gandhi. Less than two months into her prime ministership, the ‘Iron Lady of India’ ordered the only airstrike by India on her own citizens. The target: Aizawl and surrounding villages in (then) Assam’s LushaiContinue Reading
Kidnapping in Mizoram drops to zero in 2015
2015-07-19
Aizawl — The ebbing of militancy in Tripura has had a positive effect in the neighbouring state of Mizoram. As Tripura exited AFSPA with the number of extremist-related incidents, civilian deaths, security personnel deaths, kidnappings and encounters falling to zero this year, Mirzoram, too, saw the number of kidnappings byContinue Reading