The Mizoram government has fully utilized the ₹17.69 crore allocated for road maintenance during the 2024-25 financial year, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Vanlalhlana informed the Assembly on Thursday. The minister stated that the cost of constructing 1 km of road varies based on specifications and road conditions, with an average allocation of ₹49,300 per…
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) “Financial Literacy Week 2025” was officially launched by Mizoram Governor Vijay Kumar Singh at the Mizoram Rural Bank (MRB) Head Office in Aizawl. The launch of Financial Literacy Messages Booklets, which will be given to 513 libraries around the state to raise citizens’ financial literacy, was part of the…
Assam Rifles and Zokhawthar Police apprehended a sizable heroin shipment in the Champhai district of Mizoram. Security personnel established an area dominance patrol in Zokhawthar, a known cross-border smuggling hub, in response to intelligence inputs. The suspect left the contraband behind and ran away when he saw the patrol. The recovered heroin, identified as Number…
At the Indo-Myanmar border in Champhai district, the Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police conducted a major operation on Tuesday, busting a drug cargo and seizing methamphetamine pills valued at ₹173.73 crore. The drugs that were confiscated weighed 57.91 kg, the Assam Rifles said in a statement. The report claims that Assam Rifles and Zokhawthar Police…
The state-run Zoram Medical College and Hospital (ZMCH) would soon offer tissue transplantation, Mizoram Health Minister Lalrinpuii said Thursday. Speaking at a party gathering in the town of Lunglei in south Mizoram, she stated that the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) has assisted in making the required preparations for the tissue transplantation service…
According to a State Health and Family Welfare Department official, Mizoram is one of the states chosen to receive the HPV vaccine. In order to prevent cervical cancer, girls between the ages of 9 and 14 will receive the vaccine for free. The girls will soon start receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine from the…
Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi of the Gauhati High Court swore in former Army Chief General Vijay Kumar Singh as the 25th Governor of Mizoram today on the Raj Bhavan’s circular lawn. Chief Minister Lalduhoma, his cabinet colleagues, Assembly Speaker Lalbiakzama, Deputy Speaker Lalfamkima, Members of Parliament, key officials, and special guests attended the oath-taking event….
Assam Rifles stated that they had arrested one person and collected heroin valued at Rs 97.90 lakh in the general region of Zote, Champhai district, on Saturday. Laltanpuia, a 35-year-old inhabitant of Tlangsam hamlet in the Champhai district, has been identified as the accused. According to the announcement, the entire shipment and the person who…
The state’s Excise and Narcotics Department stated in a statement Wednesday that 7,309 persons were arrested in dry Mizoram in 2024 for drug and alcohol-related offenses. 46.5 kilograms of heroin, 138.8 kg of methamphetamine pills, and 586.6 kg of ganja were among the substances the department recovered, according to the statement. According to the report,…
The Assam Rifles confiscated 10,320 kg of illegal areca nuts worth around Rs 72.24 lakh in the Zote region of the Champhai district. The operation, carried out by a combined team of Assam Rifles and Representatives of the Customs Preventive Force, Champhai, resulted in another win in the war against smuggling. The entire package has…
