Mizoram

2 Indian women arrested in Nepal with banned currency notes

Sify (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Two Indian women from the northeast state of Mizoram have been arrested in Nepal for carrying banned Indian currency notes.

Mizoram government disburses Rs20 lakh for Bru relief

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Around 500 Brus belonging to about 100 families fled to Tripura due to the recent spurt of communal tension triggered by the murder of a Mizo youth by Bru militants.

[khabor.com] Armed Forces Special Powers Act

Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

R Collective in India calls for total repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act November 23, 2009 A collective of 18 human rights and media organisations in India has called upon the Indian government to immediately repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that had been in force since 1958 as the most repressive tool, providing the armed forces and other para military organisations working...

Mizoram rejects autonomous council demand for Reang tribals

India eNews (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Mizoram has rejected the demand to set up an Autonomous District Council (ADC) for Reang tribals but said the government was ready to talk with them to solve any of their other problems. It also refused to seek a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the ethnic violence in the state.

• Mizoram rejects autonomous council demand for Reang tribals - Sify

No autonomous councils for Brus: Mizoram home minister

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Lalzirliana said that any other demands of the Bru community to the state government can be solved through dialogue with the leaders of the community without violence.

Chidambaram meets Tripura chief minister, discusses refugee repatriation

Sify (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

/New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in New Delhi Saturday and discussed ways to resolve the 12-year-old deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to Mizoram following the recent ethnic violence in the northeastern state, officials said.

Asian rights body demands CBI probe into Brus attacks in Mizoram

A little about .... (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

New Delhi, Nov.20 - ANI: The Asian Centre for Human Rights today urged Home Minister P. Chidambaram to order an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the killing of one Mizo youth identified as Zarzokima on November 13 and the su

Tripura CM concerned over 'fresh influx' of Brus from Mizoram

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Tripura CM Manik Sarkar has expressed concern over the "fresh influx" of Bru refugees into the state from neighbouring Mizoram following the gunning down of a youth there.

Stop ethnic hostility, take back refugees: Mizoram told

Sify (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

/Aizawl, Nov 19 (IANS) The central and Tripura governments have asked Mizoram to resolve the long-standing deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to the state, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Thursday.

Get out and go: Events around the world (November 18-21)

Gadling (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Surfing , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Europe , North America , India , Israel , Finland , Netherlands , Mexico , United States , Middle East It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and...

Mizoram announces monetary relief for the arson-hit BRU

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Police estimated that more than 600 Brus had fled Mizoram since November 13 last as tension escalated following a murder by suspected Bru militants.

Seven arrested for Bru arson in Mizoram

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Seven people were arrested on the charge of arson in villages inhabited by Brus near Tripura border following the killing of a Mizo youth Zarzokima by suspected Bru National Army militants.

Shoot at sight order in Mizoram border area

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

The trouble began on Friday when 18-year-old Zarzokima, a resident of Bungthuam was gunned down by Bru National Army militants.

Naxals are controlling 40,000 sq km in India:

Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

NEW DELHI, Nov. 15 (APP) Naxals are controlling almost 40,000 sq km areas in North Eastern states of India and the Cabinet Committee on Security has given approval to launch operation against them.Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet members had already described Naxalism as the “biggest threat” to security of India.During the recent briefing in the standing committee on...

Thousands displaced in ethnic violence in NE Indian state

People Daily (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

Over 5,000 tribal people were displaced in the northeast Indian state of Mizoram after mobs set fire to their village following the death of a local youth, reported the Indo-Asian News Service on Sunday. The mobs have set ablaze the huts in seven villages inhabited by the Reang tribal people in southern Mizoram since Saturday, the report quoted officials in Aizawl, the state capital of Mizorum which...

• Mobs set homes on fire, thousands displaced in north-eastern India - The Earth Times Online Newspaper