Mizoram earthquake: The depth of the quake was 20 km while the coordinates of the epicentre are 23.22 (latitude) and 93.24 (longitude). An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude also hit the state on Sunday around 4.10 pm, and another of 4.6 magnitude on June 18.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 has hit Mizoram in the early hours on Monday. The tremors were felt in the state just hours after 5.1 magnitude quake jolted state on Sunday night.
The Mizoram government on Sunday extended the ongoing total lockdown in state capital Aizawl, 10 other district headquarters and containment areas for another eight days till June 30 to contain further spread of coronavirus infection.
An earthquake jolted the northeastern state of Mizoram on Sunday. The quake measured 5.1 on the Richter Scale.
Polling for 19 Rajya Sabha seats took place at 9 am and continued till 4 pm. Voting for 18 seats were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 19 seats, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya. Here are the updates on Rajya Sabha Election Result 2020.
A medium intensity earthquake measuring 5 rocked the north eastern states on Thursday, officials said.
Of the 459 samples tested since Monday, 46 people, including 31 women, were found to be positive, they said. There are 87 active cases in the state at present, while the first patient has recovered.
Mizoram government on Monday announced to impose a 2-week total lockdown in the state starting from June 9, in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation.
Education Minister Lalchhandama Ralte unanimously agreed to open educational institutions under Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) on July 15 and also open admission for Class 11 students on June 22.
Three more states -- Odisha, Sikkim and Mizoram -- have joined the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' scheme, taking the number of states and union territories (UTs) which have joined the scheme to 20, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Monday.
The Mizoram government on Sunday extended the ongoing lockdown for another one month till June 30.
Mizoram Class 12 exam 2020: The MBSE had, earlier, announced the resumption of the board examinations from April 22, which triggered stiff opposition from students citing various inconveniences amid the nationwide lockdown.
The Mizoram government will hike diesel and petrol prices by 2.5 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively, from June 1 to fight the economic slowdowncaused by the outbreak of novel coronavirus, Taxation Minister Lalchamliana said on Saturday.
Mizoram sports minister Robert Romawia Royte called the decision as "historic" and "unprecedented" development in the history of Mizoram.
Over 90 churches belonging to various denominations in Mizoram will lend their halls to the state government for use as quarantine facility, an officials said on Saturday.
The Mizoram government on Friday extended lockdown till May 31 to check the spread of coronavirus infection, an official said
Mizoram became coronavirus-free with the discharge of the lone COVID-19 patient from a hospital on Saturday, officials said. It now shares a similar status with four other northeastern states -- Manipur, Sikkim, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
The Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) will resume class-12 board examinations from April 22 despite opposition from a section of students and the Centre's guidelines which said that all educational institutions would remain suspended till May 3 for enforcing the lockdown.
Mizoram Class 12 or high school leaving certificate (HSSLC) exams will resume from April 22, state Education minister Lalchhandama Ralte said on Wednesday. Ralte said that the ongoing class 12 examination was postponed abruptly due to the lockdown.
The Mizoram government has set up one more screening counter for coronavirus at Thingsai in Hnahthial district on the Indo-Myanmar border, an official of the state Health department said. Thingsai is the entry and exit point along the Indo- Myanmar border in Hnahthial district.
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