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Topic: Mizoram

Chin leader rejects Mizoram CM’s appeal to build ties with ‘strong’ Arakan Army. ‘Might cannot decide it’

Sui Khar says that Arakan Army being strong cannot be reason for ethnic outfit or Mizoram govt to choose what to do, downplays concerns of Myanmar conflict spilling into Lawngtlai.

Two Mizo teens ‘captured’ by Myanmar resistance group released, but with a warning

The two boys, aged 15 and 16, were taken captive by CDF-Hualngoram cadres last Sunday. They were also allegedly thrashed and tortured for ‘attacking’ a member of the resistance group.

10 chargesheeted by NIA in 2022 Mizoram arms & explosives case ‘linked to Myanmar-based insurgents’

NIA probe found 'conspiracy by Myanmar insurgents along with associates in Mizoram', and that consignment was supplied by a Guwahati-based explosives firm.

Toll rises to 23 in Mizoram, 3 in Assam as Cyclone Remal triggers storms, landslides in Northeast

Bulk of the victims in Mizoram are from a stone quarry that collapsed due to torrential rains. CM announces Rs 15 cr for relief work & Rs 4 lakh each for kin of those dead.

10 dead, several missing as stone quarry collapses following heavy rains in Mizoram’s Aizawl district

Police say incident took place around 6 am in an area between Melthum and Hlimen. District has also been cut off from rest of country due to landslide on National Highway 6.

More than 1,300 Myanmar nationals pour into Mizoram to escape clashes across border

Refugees are taking shelter in villages along border in Mizoram's Champhai district, it is learnt. Latest influx follows clashes between rebels & Myanmar army and its allies in Chin State.

47 Myanmar nationals enter Mizoram ‘fearing recruitment by Arakan Army’, take shelter in border village

A least 34,282 Myanmarese refugees taking shelter across the 11 districts of Mizoram, state home department records show. Of them, 13,310 are children from different places in Myanmar.

‘If things were normal in Myanmar…’ — in Mizoram, Jaishankar says free movement scrapped as precaution

Mizoram shares a 510 km border with neighbouring country. On 8 February, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced decision to scrap Free Movement Regime between India & Myanmar.

Mizoram CM slams historical India-Myanmar border demarcation, calls it British ploy to divide people

CM Lalduhoma says ultimate desire is for Mizos in India and in Myanmar's Chin Hills to be placed under one administrative unit, emphasising shared history before British intervention.

Mizoram MP meets Myanmar militants in push to speed up work on key connectivity project

RS MP K. Vanlalvena meets Arakan Army rebels, Indian & Myanmar construction companies for Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project that will link Lawngtlai with Sittwe port.

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How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.