Mizoram

Pune, Mar 11 : Heat wave conditions prevailed at isolated places in Saurashtra and Kutch.

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) Lieutenant General S N Handa, a senior infantry officer, would take over as the new Director General of Infantry at the Army Headquarters tomorrow.

iNew Delhi, March 11 : India needs 57,847,217 more hygienic toilets to counter the practice of manual scavenging, attributed mainly to use of dry latrines, especially in rural areas, the government said Thursday. The practice is still rampant in many parts of the country despite a law abolishing it.

India needs 57,847,217 more hygienic toilets to counter the practice of manual scavenging, attributed mainly to use of dry latrines, especially in rural areas, the government said Thursday. The practice is still rampant in many parts of the country despite a law abolishing it.

By Sujit Chakraborty, Aizawl, March 11 : They plan to dance their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. Around 12,000 young men and women in Mizoram will move rhythmically between clicking bamboo stilts to set a record as the largest dance congregation in the world Friday.

India is charting a grand scheme targeting its rural outback to reach telecom and broadband services to each of its 626,000 villages, using funds to the tune of $3.5bn lying unutilised in a dedicated fund.

Aizawl, Mar 10 : An unknown disease has reportedly claimed over 100 livestock in Khawdungsei village in the northeastern part of Mizoram.

Aizawl, Mar 10 : Mizoram Governor Lt Gen (rtd) M M Lakhera today stated that India's diversity is the secret of its strength and rich cultural heritage.

Imphal, Mar 10 (PTI) Hundreds of people took out a rally in an interior town of Manipur's Tamenglong district protesting against the proposed construction of Tipaimukh dam.

Aizawl, Mar 10 : For 51-year-old R Lungmuana, a daily labourer at New Serchhip, about 90 kms from Mizoram capital Aizawl, an encounter between security forces and militants in far-off Salungpham was just another encounter in the insurgency-ravaged Manipur, until he learned that it claimed the life of his own son.

Medicinal plant resources in the country are threatened by over exploitation to meet the demand of herbal industries.

Aizawl, Mar 9 : Union Minister for Information and broadcasting Ambika Soni has been invited to witness the Mizoram's attempt to set a Guinness Book of World Record on bamboo dance (locally known as Cheraw) on March 12.

Aizawl, Mar 8 : Mizo women can be considered as the backbone of the state's economy if their dominion over the market places is anything to count on, but their participation in politics is virtually nil.

What's more indicative of progress, income or wellbeing? That issue has been debated by many. But wellbeing, in the Indian context, needs to consider a range of indicators representing material and social factors.

Agencies Ranchi, Mar 8: Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren on Monday said his government will launch the inter-state Operation Green Hunt against Maoist guerrillas.

By Sandipani Dash: Myanamar – one of India’s strategic neighbours on her Northeastern frontier – shares a 1,643 kilometer long border abutting the Indian States of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

By Sandipani Dash/South Asia Intelligence Review: Myanamar - one of India's strategic neighbours on her Northeastern frontier - shares a 1,643 kilometer long border abutting the Indian States of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

Even as the cabinet put March-end as deadline for the rehabilitation of manual scavengers in India, a minister said Monday that four states continue to have dry latrines.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has given top priority to constructing strategic roads along the China border, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Monday.

Aizawl, Mar 8 (PTI) Women folk in Mizoram comprise a healthy 43.98 per cent of the state's total work force, says a new book on economic participation of the fairer sex.