FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 10 - Caught on Camera

Explained | How the amended Forest (Conservation) Act imperils the Northeast

The Mizoram Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023. Aside from special Constitutional protections in Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act is applicable in the rest of India’s Northeast. In 1996, the Supreme Court expanded the term ‘forest land’, such that the Forest Rights Act also…

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2023

Mizoram Assembly polls | Opposition Zoram People's Movement forms alliance with Hmar People's Convention

An agreement was signed between the two parties- Zoram People’s Movement and Hmar People’s Convention- in Sakawrdai village in the northeastern part of the State on August 29.

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2023

Myanmar’s striking civil servants: Displaced, forgotten, but holding on

The Civil Disobedience Movement remains a pillar of resistance to military rule, but the cost is high for those involved

Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2023

Mizoram: 17 workers killed as under-construction railway bridge collapses in Aizawl

At least 17 workers were killed after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Wednesday morning. Read further on dynamite News.

Dynamite News · Aug 23, 2023

18 killed as an under-construction railway bridge collapses in Mizoram

At least 18 workers were killed after an under-construction railway bridge collapsed near Sairang area of Mizoram and several others are feared trapped at the site.

The Hindu · Aug 23, 2023

MNF has 10 'safe' seats, will retain power in next Mizoram Assembly polls: Zoramthanga

Mizoram CM Zoramthanga exuded confidence that his party MNF will retain power in the next Assembly polls and has 10 “safe” seats where the opposition’s strength is “negligible”

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2023

Gehlot defends Sachin Pilot’s father on Mizoram bombing controversy

The BJP’s attack on the late Rajesh Pilot over the 1966 Mizoram bombing controversy became an occasion for Congress rivals in Rajasthan to close ranks, as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lambasted the BJP for insulting the Congress leader, who had served in the Indian Air Force and died in 2000.

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2023

'Wrong dates, facts': Sachin Pilot slams Amit Malviya over claim that Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs on Mizoram

In a post on X, Amit Malviya had claimed that Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi were flying the Indian Air Force planes that bombed Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on March 5, 1966. 

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2023

40,000 Kukis from Myanmar in Mizoram since 2021, never created any problem: Mizoram MP counters Amit Shah

Rajya Sabha MP K. Vanlalvena, from Mizoram said that though his State had sheltered more than 40,000 “refugees” from the neighbouring country since 2021, they had never created any problems, countering Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2023

Manipur CM appeals for peace in his Independence Day speech while blaming ‘outside forces’ for trying to destabilise the State

The Mizos are ethnically related to the Kuki-Zomi people who have been affected the most by the ethnic violence in Manipur. Read more on The Hindu

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2023