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Three accused, including one Myanmarese national, were arrested and charge-sheeted in the case by the federal agency on April 19.

Six Mizoram districts share a 510-km-long international border with Myanmar's Chin state.

The Mizoram police got this distinction first for carrying out mega disposal (through burning and bulldozing) of smuggled drugs weighing 930.229 kg valued at over Rs 2,362 crore on June 24 and second for seizure of the largest consignments of 468 smuggled exotic animals.

There were instances that the exotic animals seized in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh smuggled from Myanmar and ferried through Mizoram to these states.

President Kovind Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders on Sunday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their Statehood Day.

The fresh immigrants including women and children took shelter in 15 to 16 villages in Mizoram's three districts -- Champhai, Lawngtlai and Hnahthial districts bordering Myanmar.

After several incidents and tension for several months over the border dispute, six Assam Police personnel and a civilian were killed and around 60 people were injured in firing and clashes between the police and civilians of the two states on July 26.

Paying tributes to five killed policemen, he announced a government job and Rs 50 lakh as compensation to their next of kin and Rs one lakh for the 42 policemen and civilians injured in the border firing and clashes.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga, in a series of tweets, sought to blame each other's officials for the situation, while calling on Amit Shah to urgently intervene to control the situation.

New Delhi:The Congress on Tuesday was set to return to power in Chhattisgarh, was ahead of the BJP in Rajasthan and locked in a neck-and-neck fight in Madhya Pradesh but it was mauled in Telangana and Mizoram in critical Assembly elections held ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha battle. Exit polls held at the end […]

New Delhi: The Congress took early significant leads in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and was locked in a close fight in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as officials counted the millions of votes polled in Assembly elections in five states. Election Commission officials also said on the basis of preliminary trends that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi […]

Aizawl: Polling is underway for 40 seats to elect a new Mizoram Assembly. Nearly 15 per cent of the over 7.68 lakh electorate cast their votes in the first two hours on Wednesday, officials said. “Till 9 a.m., 15 per cent voter turnout has been recorded,” an Election Commission official said. Around 11,100 security personnel […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission has banned all exit polls for the five poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana from November 12 till December 7. Also, as per Section 126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, displaying any election matter “including results of any opinion poll or any other […]

New Delhi: The armies of India and Japan on Thursday began a first-of-its-kind joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian’ in Mizoram to build and promote relations between the forces of the two countries in addition to exchanging skills and experiences, a Defence Ministry statement said. Approximately one platoon strength each of Japanese and Indian contingents took […]