Mizoram: Malsawmliana, the general secretary of the NGOCC, mentioned that the delegation had sought an appointment with the Election Commission on Friday. The Election Commission has granted them the opportunity to meet the chief election commissioner and other officials on Tuesday at 3 pm.
Around 248 grams of heroin was smuggled from Myanmar to be sold in Mizoram. The accused has been arrested by state excise and narcotics department.
The request to reschedule the counting date in Mizoram have been made previously also but the Election Commission has remained firm on not changing the date. Counting is scheduled for December 3.
EC officials have argued that counting, unlike polling, does not involve common people and they are free to do what they like on December 3 as only the EC appointed officials, counting personnel and security forces would be involved in the counting of votes.
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The Mizoram Assembly elections had concluded peacefully with over 77 per cent of 8.57 lakh electors exercising their franchise. The result is scheduled to take place on December 3.
These 29 soldiers had entered Mizoram on November 16 after their camp at Tuibual in Myanmar's Chin state, a few km from the international border, was overrun by Chin National Defence Force (CNDF), a local militia group affiliated with the PDF.
Cyclone Midhili: In a special bulletin, the met department had said, "Under the influence of the cyclonic storm, an increase in rainfall activities accompanied with heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely to occur over Tripura during 17th and 18th November."
District administrations and district disaster management authorities in notices asked people to be alert and take precautionary measures against any eventuality that can be caused due to the rain. The state is likely to experience heavy rainfall till Saturday.
Mizoram witnessed a significant voter turnout during the polling on November 7 for its 40-member assembly. With over 80% of the 8.57 lakh eligible voters participating, the fate of 174 candidates now rests on the counting process.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on each of them, and in case they fail to pay the fine, they will have to undergo imprisonment for six more months.
Assam Rifles facilitated the transfer to the Myanmar government, while the remaining three soldiers are expected to follow suit.
Several Myanmar nationals who were injured in the Myanmar army airstrike have crossed the international border entered Mizoram's Champhai district and were admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Earlier, heroin worth Rs 18 crore was seized in Champhai district along with unaccounted cash of Rs 1.21 crore from five Myanmarese nationals, officials said.
According to Assam Riffles officials, the market value of the seized heroin is estimated at Rs 18.30 crore and the unaccounted cash was in the Indian currency notes.
Mizoram witnessed a peaceful Assembly election on November 7 and recorded an overall voter turnout of 77 per cent. The results will be declared on December 3 along with the results of four other states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
The voting took place in the 20 constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Assembly election, while Mizoram went to vote for its all assembly seats - 40 constituencies. Chhattisgarh witnessed some incidents of violence, whereas in Mizoram no such incident was reported.
Earlier in the day, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga could not cast his vote due to some technical glitch in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). He also exuded confidence in retaining the power in the state and dismissed the possibility of a hung assembly.
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