Mizoram

As protests at North-Eastern Hills University (NEHU) intensified, faculty members appealed to Meghalaya Governor CH Vijayashankar for intervention, marking the fourth day of an indefinite hunger strike led by students. The strike, coupled with campus protests, has disrupted operations for the university’s nearly 5,000 students.The students, staging a sit-in outside NEHU Vice-Chancellor PS Shukla’s office, are demanding the dismissal of Shukla, as well as the registrar and deputy registrar, citing alleged incompetence. Demonstrators escalated their protest by burning effigies of the officials. North Eastern Hill University Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA) President Prof. Lakhon Kma stated that faculty members met with Governor…

Minister of State for Minority Affairs, George Kurian, visited Aizawl on Thursday, where he engaged with Mizoram BJP members and addressed the media at BJP’s party office, Atal Bhavan. Addressing the gathering, Kurian, a devout follower of Christ, emphasized the importance of prayer for the nation's development and prosperity. He highlighted his background from a predominantly Christian village in Kerala and affirmed his faith in BJP's inclusive ideology, dismissing notions of the party being anti-Christian since he joined in 1980. Asserting BJP's commitment to integral humanism, Kurian clarified that any portrayal of BJP as anti-Christian is merely political rhetoric. He…

In a move aimed at bolstering sustainable agricultural practices, PC Vanlalruata, the Minister of Agriculture, distributed essential equipment for Green Landscape Information Platforms (GLIPs) to 17 high-priority villages under the Green-Ag project. The distribution ceremony took place at the Minister’s Office Chamber at MINECO, Aizawl. The GLIPs were allocated to 13 villages in Mamit District and four villages in Lunglei District, strategically located in the buffer zones of the Dampa Tiger Reserve and Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary, respectively. The event also served as a platform for Green-Ag project staff to highlight achievements, emphasizing community engagement and awareness-building efforts in sustainable land…

Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga has issued an apology to over 33,000 Myanmar refugees who have been sheltering in the state since February 2021, acknowledging the state's inability to meet all their needs due to limited resources. Addressing an event on Sunday night, Sapdanga expressed the deep connection between the people of Mizoram and the refugees, referring to them as brothers and sisters of the Mizos. Holding the Disaster Management portfolio, Sapdanga recounted his initial visit to the refugee camps along the Mizoram-Myanmar border and his interactions with the refugees. He shared his sorrow over the hardships faced by those…