Aizawl News

Accused were arrested on Saturday under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. They are now being interrogated by CID officials.

Aizawl is coming on the back of much-needed match practice as they have also participated in the Mizoram premier league. They played the semi-final and final of the match at the same stadium and went on to be crowned the champions of the league which will only give them a psychological boost in their encounter against Chennai.

The private airline announced that it will operate Bengaluru-Singapore-Bengaluru flights four days in a week which will be effective from October 19 onwards. 

Rahul will address a rally at Champhai and another at Aizawl in poll-bound Mizoram on Tuesday.

At Mualthuam village in Lunglei district a few hours after the PWD officials cleared the massive landslide near Ramlaitui last night.

After eight winless games, finally Aizawl FC got back to winning ways on Friday defeating Indian Arrows 3-0 at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here. In a game where both sides had a lot of chances to score, Aizawl ran away with three points as they scored thrice.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said rail connectivity between Aizawl and Imphal would be in place by 2020 when a double gauge track would be laid.

The Mizoram University had been without a regular VC for almost two years and repeated appeal to the Union Minister Prakash Javedekar and officials of the Ministry of Human Resources Development bore no fruits till date.

Former Mizoram minister and veteran politician belonging to the minority Mara community Zakhu Hlychho on Wednesday died at the Aizawl Civil Hospital.

The Mizoram police arrested two BSF constables for allegedly raping a woman and throwing acid on her face and killing her friend in Mamit district, a senior police officer said.

Addressing the ruling Congress party workers at the Congress Bhavan in Aizawl, Lal Thanhawla said that any move to divide the state on ethnic lines would be opposed.

A fresh landslide on Friday cut off Champhai town in Eastern Mizoram from the rest of the country, while nine kachcha houses of a town in south Mizoram's Lunglei district were swept away by flood.

The victims were swept away in Carnafulu river in a remote location in Lunglei district, according to the police.  

"India-Myanmar border is unique in many ways. It has a visa-free movement regime for the people living within 16 km on either side," Singh pointed out.

Mizoram remained cut off from the rest of the country by road as NGOs and student bodies continued a road blockade on a key highway protesting against the transfer of a doctor from a hospital.

The seized contraband has an estimated value of Rs 3.5 lakh in the local market. 

Delhi Police arrested two drug suppliers of an inter-state cartel in south Delhi and seized 22.5 kg of party drug ephedrine, valued Rs 22 crore, which was meant for supply to a foreign national in Dwarka.

Week-long incessant pre-monsoon rains, thunderstorm and heavy lightning disrupted life in northeastern states while road connectivity remained cut-off in Mizoram due to landslides, officials said on Wednesday.

The win took Mohun Bagan to the top of the table, tied on 33 points with Aizawl from 16 matches each but ahead on the head-to-head record.

A sensational highway robbery of gold bars allegedly committed by the officer and soldiers of a paramilitary force, mob violence in a court premises, delay in the repatriation of Brus, a lottery scam and talks with Hmar rebels were some of the developments that kept Mizoram in news in 2016.