Aizawl: Officials in four Mizoram districts are yet to complete biometric enrolment of 29,577 Myanmar refugees taking shelter in the state, nearly a year after the exercise began under the directives of the ministry of home affairs, state home department officials said on Sunday.The officials said the process remained stalled in the four districts since…
Aizawl: District administration officials in Mizoram have completed biometric enrolment of 1,679 refugees from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and have finished 98.88% of the biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar, state home department officials said on Saturday.The officials said the process for Bangladesh refugees was completed with enrolment of 1,361 people sheltering in…
Aizawl: Officials of the Mizoram excise and narcotics department and the Assam Rifles, in a joint operation, seized over 141 grams of heroin on a road between Zote and Bulfek villages in Champhai district on Tuesday night, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said on Wednesday.Two women, Nianglamnuami (26) and Lalnunmawii (30), both residents of the Mual…
Dibrugarh: A cadre of the NSCN-K (Ang Mai) faction was arrested during a joint operation by the Assam Rifles and Tirap police in the Hydel area of Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district on Thursday.The operation was launched by the Khonsa Battalion of Assam Rifles in coordination with Tirap police on the basis of specific…
Aizawl: District administrations of all 11 districts across Mizoram are nearing completion of biometric enrolment of over 31,200 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, state home department officials said on Sunday.Breaking down the numbers, the officials said 29,047 Myanmarese and 1,447 Bangladeshi refugees had been biometrically enrolled.While six districts – Aizawl, Champhai, Lunglei, Mamit, Khawzawl and…
Churachandpur: Manipur Police arrested two persons and seized drugs from them during a routine checking near Singngat police station, close to the India-Myanmar border, on Sunday.According to the police, the suspects have been identified as K Pauchinsuan (57) of Gouchinkhup Veng, New Lamka in Churachandpur, and Tuahmawi (42) of Mata Mualtam village in Churachandpur. Police…
Imphal: Security forces have recovered arms, communication equipment, and explosive remnants from the stretch between Border Pillars 72 and 73, about 12km south of Chonjang Company Operating Base along the India‑Myanmar border under Moreh Police Station in Tengnoupal district, police said on Saturday night.The recovered items included a country‑made lathode gun, a 9 mm pistol with magazine, a .22…
GUWAHATI: Two units of CRPF‘s elite CoBRA commandos, the force credited with clearing Chhattisgarh’s Bastar of Maoists, are being dispatched to Manipur amid a security overdrive triggered by a fresh spell of ethnic unrest, this time also involving Naga community.State home minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Friday, “There will be some development in 2-3 days.”…
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Guwahati: Mizoram CM Lalduhoma on Thursday said the continued influx of Myanmar refugees was creating a burden on the state, cautioning that more refugees may arrive in the coming months, owing to instability across the international border.Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the North Eastern Council plenary meeting in Shillong, Lalduhoma said, “Due…
