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Topic: Mizoram

Mizoram CM Zoramthanga tenders resignation after Mizo National Front loses elections

The Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) won 27 seats out of 40 in the Mizoram assembly elections held on 7 November.

Mizoram election results: 9 out of 11 ministers from Zoramthanga’s MNF lose to ZPM candidates

The ruling Mizo National Front has faced a rout as it could win only 10 seats, while the main opposition ZPM bagged 27 seats in the 40-member House.

Exit polls 2023: Congress ahead in Telangana & Chhattisgarh, BJP in Rajasthan, MP

Most exit polls predict hung assembly in Mizoram, with ruling MNF as largest party. These indicative surveys, conducted after voters have cast their ballots, are not definitive.

MEA expresses concern over violence near India-Myanmar border, influx of refugees into Mizoram

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi says local authorities in Mizoram ‘handling situation on humanitarian grounds, facilitating return of those who wish to return to Myanmar’.

Thousands of Myanmar nationals seek refuge in Mizoram following airstrikes near border

The district admin of Mizoram, along with NGOs, youth bodies, and village council, has provided food & medicines to the refugees who are currently seeking shelter in makeshift tents in Zokhawthar.

40 of 43 Myanmar soldiers who fled to Mizoram after rebel attack handed over to junta

The Myanmarese soldiers approached Mizoram police at Zokhawthar in Champhai district Monday after the rebel PDF raided two military bases in Chin state, a govt official said.

42 Myanmar soldiers take shelter at Mizoram police station after rebels overrun their camp

Indian govt is in contact with the Myanmar military to arrange the return of the soldiers, who fled to Zokhawthar police station in Mizoram Monday, it is learnt.

Chin guerrillas fight Myanmar’s junta for control over border town near India

Ethnic group's fighters have inched forward, occupying junta positions block-by-block close to Indo-Myanmar border. Myanmar refugee killed in crossfire in Zokhawthar, it is learnt.

‘Vote for peace, vote for Congress’: Sonia Gandhi to Mizoram voters

New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appealed to the people of Mizoram to elect her party in the November 7...

Prestige battle for ‘old guard’, test of ‘revdi’ culture — 5 key trends for upcoming assembly elections

This is the edited transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Ep 1339, published on 31 Oct 2023, on five things to watch for in poll-bound Telangana, Chhattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan & Mizoram.

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The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

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.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

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.