Mizoram govt to launch scheme to rehabilitate ex-MNF rebels

The Mizoram government is soon coming up with special schemes to rehabilitate former cadres of the erstwhile underground Mizo National Front (MNF) and the families and kin of those who lost their lives in the armed struggle, said Chief Minister Zoramthanga to the state assembly on Friday. The Chief Minister told the assembly that a […]

MNF sweeps Aizawl Municipal Corporation polls

Retaining its political wave since the assembly polls three years back, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) on Thursday swept the Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) polls by bagging 11 out of the 19 wards. The MNF won the same number of seats it had bagged in the last civic body polls held in 2015. As […]

MNF wins 20 seats in 25-member Lai Autonomous District Council

The ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram on Tuesday won the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) polls by winning 20 of its 25 seats, state election commission said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which contested 17 seats, and the Congress which fielded 14 nominees, won one seat each in the LADC in Mizoram”s Lawngtlai […]

Mizoram: ZPM leader Lalduhoma cries political vendetta over disqualification

Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) leader Lalduhoma has yet again created history by emerging as the first member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly to have been disqualified by the Speaker under anti-defection law on Friday. Earlier in 1988, Lalduhoma faced disqualification as Lok Sabha MP under the same anti-defection law. The charge against him is that […]

Congress blames Mizoram govt over failure to set up BSL-3 lab

The Opposition Congress in Mizoram on Monday blamed the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) government headed by Chief Minister Zoramthanga for allegedly failing to set up a Biosafety Level-3 laboratory for installing RT-PCR machines within six months since the first COVID-19 case was reported in late March. Speaking to reporters in Aizawl, Congress legislator from […]

MNF fields former youth president for RS poll in Mizoram

The Mizo National Front has nominated the party’s former youth wing president K Kanlalvena as its candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Mizoram. The meeting of the MNF’s nomination committee chaired by party president and Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on Thursday unanimously named party national core committee member and former youth president K […]

Mizoram celebrates 33rd Statehood Day

Mizoram is celebrating its 33rd Statehood Day today, on the occasion a function was organised at the Vanapa Hall in Aizawl. The function was attended by Governor PS Sreedharan Pilai and State Chief Minister Zoramthanga. Mizoram was granted Statehood on February 20, 1987 following the signing of the Mizo Peace Accord in 1986 between the […]

Ready to talk with rebel leaders of Myanmar, says Mizoram CM Zoramthanga

Northeast India’s iconic guerrilla leader-turned politician Zoramthanga, who is the chief minister of Mizoram, has said total and lasting peace in the region is possible only when insurgency in neighbouring Myanmar also ends. In an exclusive interview to Northeast Live Editor-in-Chief Wasbir Hussain, Mr Zoramthanga said he has held talks with Myanmar insurgent leaders inside […]

Sinlung Hills Council polls on November 4; MNF, HPC forge alliance

Political parties in Mizoram are gearing up for the upcoming Sinlung Hills Council polls. The elections will be a direct fight between the opposition Congress and the Mizo National Front-Hmar Peoples Convention alliance. Meanwhile, newly floated ZPM and PRISM have decided  not to contest the council elections slated to be held on November 4. It […]