The fencing of the border will virtually put an end to the Free Movement Regime (FMR) prevalent along the porous border. The FMR allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without any documents.
Mizoram news: The Assam Rifles said that the currency notes and the four accused were handed over to the state police at Tuipang for further legal process.
Lalduhoma had outlined various initiatives, including austerity measures, anti-corruption efforts, and agricultural development following his swearing-in on December 8.
Earlier, the AAP and the Congress had announced an alliance in five states and Union Territory — Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Goa to take on BJP in the Lok Sabha Elections.
The India Meteorological Department had on Sunday issued an 'Orange Alert' and forecast 'heavy to very heavy' rainfall across several states of the northeast.
Mizoram registered one of the highest voter turnouts in India in the assembly polls, held in November last year, while the polling percentage in the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019 was "even lower than the national average of 67 per cent", a statement said.
The state recorded a 63.13 per cent voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which was much lower than the over 80 per cent turnout registered in the state assembly elections last year.
He claimed that other parts of the Northeast, particularly Meghalaya, Nagaland and the hill areas of Manipur, which are dominated by Christians, work together with the NDA and are on the path of development.
The accused has been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including murder, causing the disappearance of evidence of the offence, and theft.
The government would take rationalisation of teachers and importance will be given to those schools, which have shortage of teachers.
Chief Minister Lalduhoma had recently said that the state cabinet will consider the cases of substitutes being hired by government employees and take a final decision.
Mizoram news: In a separate joint operation by Assam Rifles and the police, heroin weighing 1,376 gm valued at Rs 9.6 crore was recovered from the same Zokhawthar area on Thursday.
The security forces recovered the drug from 100 soap boxes and arrested the 35-year-old Myanmar national. The man smuggled the contraband into India from the neighbouring country.
Mizoram's Excise and Narcotics Minister Lalnghinglova Hmar raised alarm over a surge in drug smuggling linked to ongoing ethnic strife in Manipur. He revealed the narcotics transit route through Mizoram exacerbating tensions in the region.
The forces recovered 95 grams of heroin worth Rs 66.50 lakh in Zokhawthar and 155 grams of heroin and 10 cases of foreign origin Beer worth Rs 1.08 crore during the search operation.
The bill, after its enactment, will curb the “increasing practice” of fixing land prices at “exorbitant rates”, as prices would be calculated based on the value chalked out by a valuation committee, Lalchhanzova said.
According to the minister, 50 posts are now lying vacant for Group A, 20 for Group B (Gazetted), 381 for Group B, 3,528 for Group C and 289 for Group D.
Dhankhar lauded the legislators for maintaining discipline and decorum in the House, which according to him, is emulated by others. He also said that Mizoram has enormous potential in tourism, horticulture, local arts and products that need to be fully exploited.
Dhankhar will arrive on Monday on a day visit to the northeastern state and he will return to Delhi after attending the convocation of MZU and addressing the assembly, officials said. He will be the second Vice President after M Venkaiah Naidu to address the state assembly.
In another operation, the Assam Rifles seized 277 gram of heroin worth Rs 1.93 crore and apprehended three persons, including a Myanmar national, at Siahatla in Siaha district on Thursday.
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