Mizoram

Border ‘haat’, a common marketplace for both Bangladeshis and Indians to boost local business and trade between the two neighbours, is unlikely before mid-September as Bangladesh is yet to get a reply from Delhi on Dhaka ’s proposals with new conditions.

Aizawl, Aug 28: Growing affinity with ‘Hallyuwood’ movies has been reported in Mizoram among teenagers, who have gradually turned away from Bollywood movies and even the Hollywood flicks in favour of the ‘Hallyuwood’ movies.

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Nine states including Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have formulated organic farming policy, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Germany captain Michael Ballack was left out of Joachim Loew’s squad, on Friday, for the first two 2012 European Championship qualifiers.

Kolkata, Aug 27 : On any given day, over a lakh armed forces personnel transit from one place to another either on posting, leave or temporary duties and is the Embarkation Headquarters Kolkata that in part works out the logistics for that.

New Delhi, Aug 26: A multi-modal transit transport facility -- Kaladan project-- linking Mizoram and other North-Eastern states with Myanmarese Sittwe port is being implemented on schedule, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

New Delhi, Aug. 26: The army has urged the government to change the definition of field areas so that it depicts more accurately the map of internal strife in the country.

Aizawl, Aug 26 (PTI) About 400 grams of heroin, worth Rs 12 lakh in local market, were seized and six persons arrested by police and anti-drug cell of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) here, police said today.

Kohima, Aug 26 : In a major breakthrough, the Special Branch of Dimapur police recovered 1600 gelatine sticks and 300 meters of fuse wire from a house in Khriehulie Basti in Nagarjan area of Dimapur town and arrested four people in this connection.

Agartala, Aug 26 : India has initiated several initiatives aimed at enhancing connectivity between the Northeast and Southeast Asian countries, but the cooperation and involvement of people of the region was essential for the success of Look East Policy (LEP), said former diplomat and Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs Sudhir Devare.

Aizawl, Aug 25 : Mizoram has received a sanction for air quality monitoring stations under the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP), Mizoram Pollution Control Board (MPCB) said today.

Pune, Aug 25 : The Southwest Monsoon has been active in Assam and Meghalaya, Gujarat, Konkan and Goa, Telangana and Karnataka and subdued over Gangetic West Bengal, west Rajasthan and Saurashtra and Kutch.

Aizawl, Aug 25 : Mizoram has registered 561 eye donors since the inception of the first eye bank in North East at Aizawl Civil Hospital in September last year.

Chandigarh, Aug 25 : Former junior Indian captain Tanvi Bhargava of Chandigarh is among 45 girls invited to attend the second phase of the Under-16 girls football coaching camp at the Sports Authority of India Centre, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) to be held from September 5 to October 8.

Aizawl, Aug 25 (PTI) The Mizoram government was ready to take back Bru refugees from the six relief camps in North Tripura district before October this year as desired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

Aizawl, Aug 24 : Kanhmun police in Mizoram near the Tripura border today said they have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of a couple at Rajdali village last year.

If the proposed hike in Delhi MLA salaries gets cleared by the Assembly, it will catapult them to the top 5, along with states like Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and J&K.

Cars, cars everywhere, but not a place to park. With more than 600 new cars added to its roads every day, Delhi desperately needs an answer to its parking woes.

With large number of vascular plants including a number of medicinal plants on the verge of extinction, the Centre in consultation with the State Governments has notified these species to regulate and rehabilitate them.

New Delhi, Aug. 23: Bengal will get one of the temporary anti-insurgency training schools proposed at a meeting of the Prime Minister last month with the seven worst Maoist-hit states, after being left out of the initial list.