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The crackdown, spanning from March 25 to March 31, resulted in the arrest of 8 people, including two Myanmar nationals, four from Manipur and one from Assam, Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) H Ramthlengliana said. The most significant operation took place on the morning of March 25, when the CID (Special Branch) operation team intercepted a truck at Tuirial Bridge near Aizawl. A meticulous search of the truck, which was proceeding towards Aizawl from Seiling in Saitual district, reve ...Read More >
Aizawl: Mizoram Police have dismantled multiple trans-border smuggling networks in a series of operations over the past week, seizing narcotics valued at Rs 25.01 crore and arresting eight persons, including two Myanmar nationals. The crackdown, carried out between March 25 and March 31, targeted trafficking routes across the state. Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) H. Ramthlengliana said those arrested include four individuals from Manipur and one from Assam. The largest seizure was ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Football Federation have congratulated Inter Kashi on being adjudged the I-League Champions following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS has partially upheld an appeal by Inter Kashi Football Club (Inter Kashi FC) against Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Namdhari FC, Real Kashmir FC, and AIFF. CAS has ruled that the AIFF shall declare Inter Kashi FC as winners of the I-League 2024-25. After an unsuccessful first procedure i ...Read More >
Guwahati: Around 3,000 Myanmar refugees who recently took shelter in Mizoram during the armed clashes between two ethnic armed groups have returned to their country. Approximately 4,653 refugees from Myanmar had sought refuge in the border villages of Zokhawthar, Saikhumphai, and Vaiphai in Mizoram's Champhai district. The refugees came from three villages in Chin State, Myanmar -- Khawmawi, Rihkhawdar, and Lianhna -- in the first and second weeks of July. Sources along Mizoram's border with My ...Read More >
Zokhawthar, a village of around 5,000 people, alone hosts over 8,000 refugees. Many households are accommodating up to 25 refugees. "We do not even have time for ourselves and are sheltering almost double our village population," Ngurchhawna said. Residents say Tlawmngaihna, a central tenet of Mizo culture, relating to selflessness, altruism, and a commitment to helping others, drives them to open their homes to strangers fleeing violence. They are now stretched thin and facing difficulties suc ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) To curb illegal mining and transportation, the Uttar Pradesh government is deploying advanced technologies under the Integrated Mining Surveillance System (IMSS), a release said on Thursday. Mining activities are already being monitored through drones, geo-fencing, RFID tags, and AI-powered check gates. Now, the state is set to introduce 'Weigh-In-Motion' (WIM) technology to accurately track vehicle overloading. Also Read | 'Arvind Kejriwal Used Government Funds to Buy Mo ...Read More >
Aizawl, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 3,000 Myanmar refugees, including women and children, who earlier this month crossed the unfenced International Border and took shelter in Mizoram during the armed clashes between two armed ethnic groups, have returned to their villages in the neighbouring country, officials said on Thursday. Around 4,653 refugees, including children and women, from Myanmar had taken shelter in the border villages of Zokhawthar, Saikhumphai, and Vaiphai in eastern Mizoram ...Read More >
Aizawl: Nearly 3,000 refugees from Myanmar, who recently crossed the international border and took shelter in India, have returned to their villages in the neighbouring country, a senior police officer said on Thursday. More than 4,500 refugees from the neighbouring country had entered Mizoram and taken shelter in the border villages of Zokhawthar, Saikhumphai, and Vaiphai in Champhai district, following an armed conflict between Chin rebel groups -- the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and C ...Read More >
Aizawl: With 148 more refugees leaving for Chin state of Myanmar on Sunday, there are hardly over 1,300 refugees taking shelter in India-Myanmar border trade centre in Zokhawthar village of Champhai district bordering Myanmar, a village leader of Zokhawthar said.Zokhawthar village council president Laldinthara said only a few refugees are left in Zokhawthar as the large majority of those who fled Khawmawi, Rikhawdar and nearby villages of western Chin state since last Saturday have returned to t ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Mizoram government has decided to collect biometrics and biographic data of Myanmar refugees taking shelter in the northeastern state after a military coup in the neighboring country in February 2021. Earlier, Manipur had carried out this exercise. A Mizoram Home Department official, who did not want to be named, told ET, "Towards the end of July, the work of collecting biometric and demographic data of around 35,000 Myanmar refugees would start. The biometric exercise would be co ...Read More >
Guwahati: In a major haul of drugs, the Assam Rifles and other agencies, in different operations have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at over Rs 113.36 crore and recovered 7,000 detonators in Mizoram. The security personnel arrested three persons in connection with the significant seizure during the past 24 hours. A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence, regarding the movement of drugs in Zokhawthar areas, an Area Domination Patrol (ADP) ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jul 12 (PTI) Assam Rifles personnel seized a huge consignment of Meth tablets worth Rs 112.40 crore from Mizoram Champhai district near the Myanmar border, a statement issued by the paramilitary force said on Saturday. During an area domination patrol Assam Rifles personnel observed two individuals carrying rucksacks at Zokhawthar village near the Myanmar border on Friday, it said. On inspection of the rucksacks, the Assam Rifles personnel recovered 3.33 lakh tablets of Methamphetamine ...Read More >
Aizawl, July 9: Intense fighting between rival Chin groups in Myanmar's Chin state continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, keeping the Mizoram border on the edge. Meanwhile, the number of refugees taking shelter in Champhai district has risen to over 4,400 since July 2, official sources stated. Security concerns deepened along the Myanmar border as the Chin National Army (CNA) and the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) continued their armed conflict near Leilet village, with no sign ...Read More >
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], July 8 (ANI): Following intene clahe between the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-H) and the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) inide Myanmar, the Mizoram Police and Aam Rifle have been deployed with heightened alertne along the Indo-Myanmar border to prevent any breach, according to Mizoram Home Miniter Pu K Sapdanga. The violent conflict between the two Chin armed group began on the night of July 5 in Khawmawi, the lat village on the Myanmar ide of the border. ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Nearly 4,000 people from the Chin community in Myanmar fled to Mizoram's Champhai district in the wake of a fierce gunfight between two ethnic armed groups. The refugees arrived in the Zokhawthar and Vaphai villages through a border bridge and by crossing the Tiau river that separates the two countries in the area. Most of them are taking shelter in their relatives' houses, while others are lodged in schools and community halls. Chins, Mizos, Kukis, Zomis, Hmars, and Kuki-Chins (Bang ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, India - Thousands of refugees have crossed into India's northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday. Refugees have been crossing into Mizoram since July 2 when clashes between two rival Chin groups -- the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-H) -- erupted over control of strategic areas in Myanmar's northwestern Chin State, a senior security offic ...Read More >
Aizawl, July 7: With the number of refugees fleeing Myanmar's Chin state crossing 3,000, Mizoram Chief Minister's political adviser Lalmuanpuia Punte on Sunday rushed to the tense India-Myanmar border and crossed over to hold talks with leaders of the warring Chin rebel factions in a bid to defuse the escalating crisis. Since Saturday, more than 2,845 civilians from Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages have crossed into Zokhawthar in Champhai district. Local officials believe the actual number is ...Read More >
Guwahati: A renewed armed confrontation between two Chin rebel factions in Myanmar's Chin state has forced over 1,000 people to flee into Mizoram, seeking refuge in the border village of Zokhawthar. According to a local leader of the Young Mizo Association (YMA), a well-known civil society group, Myanmar nationals began crossing the India-Myanmar border on Friday and Saturday as violence escalated. They took shelter in Zokhawthar, located in Mizoram's Champhai district, which has previously wit ...Read More >
Nagpur: Despite aggressive promotion of electric vehicles (EVs) under green energy initiatives, Nagpur district continues to grapple with a critical shortage of charging infrastructure. According to official data, there is just one EV charging station for every 515 electric vehicles in the district.The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), which is the sole authority for providing power connections to EV charging points, revealed that 151 charging stations have been se ...Read More >
Mizoram is facing a fresh influx of around 300 refugees from Myanmar's Chin state due to renewed clashes between armed groups, leading to the sealing of the Indo-Myanmar gate. The state already shelters over 33,000 Myanmar nationals, along with refugees from Bangladesh and Manipur, all belonging to communities sharing ethnic ties with the Mizos.Owing to renewed clashes in Myanmar, Mizoram has witnessed fresh influx of refugees around 300 refugees have fled to to Zokhawthar village bordering Myan ...Read More >
Aizawl: Over 3,000 Myanmar nationals from Chin state have fled Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages located adjacent to Mizoram and are taking shelter in Zokhawthar village of Champhai district bordering Myanmar due to fighting between two Chin armed groups since Wednesday, police said on Sunday.A senior Champhai district police officer told TOI that 2,845 people fled Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages and have taken refuge in Zokhawthar village from Saturday morning till Sunday, following clashes bet ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jul 6 (PTI) More than 3,000 people from Myanmar's Chin state have fled to India and taken shelter in Mizoram in the past four days following fierce clashes between two ethnic groups, an official said on Sunday. Mizoram already has more than 32,000 refugees from Myanmar. Also Read | BRICS Remains a Powerful Force for Economic Cooperation and Global Good, Says PM Narendra Modi. The official said that the Myanmarese nationals, mainly from three border villages in Chin state, started ente ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jul 6 (PTI) More than 3,000 people from Myanmar's Chin state have fled to India and taken shelter in Mizoram in the past four days following fierce clashes between two ethnic groups, an official said on Sunday. Mizoram already has more than 32,000 refugees from Myanmar. The official said that the Myanmarese nationals, mainly from three border villages in Chin state, started entering Zokhawthar area of the northeastern state's Champhai district since July 3. Two anti-junta forces - Chi ...Read More >
Aizawl, July 6: A fierce gunfight along the Myanmar border claimed the life of a CDF-Hualngoram cadre on Saturday, with stray bullets from the fighting whizzing into Zokhawthar village in Mizoram, damaging at least five homes and a parked car. The clashes erupted between the Chinland Defence Force-Hualngoram (CDF-Hualngoram) and the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) near Rihkhawdar and Khawmawi -- just a few kilometres from Zokhawthar -- around 8.45 am and raged until 2.30 pm. Amid the hail o ...Read More >
JAMMU, July 5: The solemn and spiritual Ashoor Muharram procession was taken out today from Newplot, Jammu, under the management of Anjuman-e-Haidary Newplot, in remembrance of the supreme sacrifice of Imam Hussain and the martyrs of Karbala. With great devotion and discipline, the procession reached Pir Mitha, where it was received and joined by the members of Anjuman-e-Imamia Jammu. The mourning procession concluded at Karbala, Wazarat Road, Jammu. The procession strictly followed the regist ...Read More >
Aizawl: Over 1,000 refugees from Myanmar's Chin state have taken shelter at Zokhawthar village in Mizoram's Champhai district following fierce clashes between two Chin groups in the neighbouring country. The clashes between Chinland Defence Force - Hualngoram (CDF-Hualngoram) and Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) cadres at Rihkhawdar village and Khawmawi have resulted in the death of a CDF-Hualngoram cadre, a leader of Young Mizo Association (YMA) unit in Zokhawthar said.Medala, a YMA leader, t ...Read More >
Champhai (Mizoram) [India], December 3 (ANI): Assam Rifles, in collaboration with the Excise and Narcotics Department, recovered 22 grams of Heroin No. 4 worth Rs 15.40 lakh and apprehended a woman in the Zote area of Champhai district on Monday. The operation, based on specific intelligence, led to the discovery of the contraband hidden inside the woman's clothing bag. The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Tlangmawii, along with the seized consignment, has been handed over to the Excise and N ...Read More >
Champhai (Mizoram) [India], December 3 (ANI): Assam Rifles, in collaboration with the Excise and Narcotics Department, recovered 22 grams of Heroin No. 4 worth Rs 15.40 lakh and apprehended a woman in the Zote area of Champhai district on Monday. The operation, based on specific intelligence, led to the discovery of the contraband hidden inside the woman's clothing bag. The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Tlangmawii, along with the seized consignment, has been handed over to the Excise and N ...Read More >
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