Aizawl, Dec 4 (UNI) After an illustrious political career spanning 39 years, 74-year-old Lalduhoma looks set to realise a lifelong dream. The coveted position of chief minister, a seat he has ardently sought for decades, now seems to beckon as his party, the Zoram People’s Movement, celebrates a resounding victory in the elections for the…
Aizawl, Dec 4 (UNI) In good news for women empowerment, three women candidates won the Mizoram Assembly elections for which votes were counted on Monday. This is the first time that three women have been elected to the state legislature in an election as Lalrinpuii of Zoram People’s Movement (ZMP) wins from Lunglei East constituency…
Aizawl, Dec 4 (UNI) In a remarkable electoral feat fuelled by a robust anti-incumbency sentiment, Mizoram’s youngest political party, the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), appeared on track for a landslide win by dislodging the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) as the vote count progressed for the state’s 40-seat Assembly on Monday. ZPM has already secured…
Aizawl, Dec 3 (UNI) Except for third and final randomisation of counting officials for counting tables to be conducted on early morning of Monday before the counting begins, preparations for counting of votes polled on November 7 to elect 40-member Mizoram legislative assembly is completed, state election officials said on Sunday. State additional chief electoral…
Aizawl, Dec 1 (UNI) The Election Commission of India on Friday changed the date of vote counting for Mizoram Assembly elections to December 4. The ECI had earlier scheduled the counting day for Mizoram as Dec 3 along with four other states which have also gone to the hustings. Political parties, civil society and student…
Aizawl, Nov 22 (UNI) Two non-tribal workers were killed in a massive landslide that occurred at the site of the proposed Railway Station being constructed at Kawnpui in Mizoram-Assam border Kolasib district on Wednesday, Police said. The two workers Dipak Datta (27) and Durga Prasad Passi (53), both residents of Machak, VTC Mosaka of Nagoan…
Aizawl, Nov 16 (UNI) Notwithstanding a plethora of appeals by Mizoram political parties, civil society organisations and church denominations, the Election Commission of India has decided not to defer the date for counting of votes for the state Assembly election, state Chief Electoral Officer Madhup Vyas said on Thursday. Vyas, who returned to Mizoram on…
Aizawl, Nov 14 (UNI) Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters evacuated 42 Myanmar army personnel from the Mizoram-Myanmar border village of Hnahlan in Champhai district on Tuesday, a day after the soldiers took shelter in India following clashes with militants, sources said. According to the village council president, the soldiers, who fled after the Kachin Independent…
Aizawl, Nov 10 (UNI) Re-poll in a polling station for the Mizoram Assembly election passed off peacefully with 87.08 percent of the voters exercising their franchise on Friday. The repoll in the Muallungthu polling station within Aizawl South-3 assembly constituency became necessary as officials forgot to erase the mock poll results from the EVM and…
Aizawl, Nov 7 (UNI) Election to the 40-seat Mizoram Assembly saw an impressive voters’ turnout at 74.82 % from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm on Tuesday. Election in Mizoram was held in a single phase. Though polling stations were supposed to be closed by 4:00 pm, voters were in queues inside many polling stations even…
