Mizoram Tribals

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in Aizawl today for a two-day visit to campaign for the party that ruled the mountain state for several years till 2018 when it lost to the Mizo National Front, or the MNF.

Thousands of people took part in marches in solidarity with the Kuki-Zo tribals of violence-hit Manipur across Mizoram on Tuesday, demanding the central and state governments to restore peace and normalcy at the earliest.

An indefinite shutdown has been called in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur subdivision as a protest against the state government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who had fled from Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic violence.

An agreement signed by representatives of Bru, the central, Tripura and Mizoram governments paved way for over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in Tripura. The deal was signed on Thursday in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block in New Delhi.

More than 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram, who have been living as refugees in Tripura since 1997, will permanently settle in Tripura, according to an agreement that was signed on Thursday.

The Congress ended the ruling BJP's winning streak in India's heartland, winning Chhattisgarh and emerging as the largest party in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, in state elections that are seen as the dress rehearsal before next year's national polls. "We accept the people's mandate with humility," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted last evening ...

The Congress ended the BJP's winning streak in the three heartland states of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday in elections that are seen as semi-finals before next year's national elections. While the party won Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, it bagged 114 seats in Madhya Pradesh, two short of majority. In Telangana, K Chandrashekh...

Amid prolonged uncertainty over return to their homes, Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for 21 years, on Wednesday voted in large numbers in the Mizoram Assembly polls.

Ethnic violence broke-out between Mizo and Bru tribes in 1997, due to which scores of Bru families were forced to leave their home state and take shelter in the neighbouring Tripura.

Bru voters residing in North Tripura would exercise their franchise at Kanhmun village in Mizoram's Mamit district during the Assembly polls, the Election Commission said Thursday.

Mizoram's newly appointed Chief Electoral Officer Ashish Kundra said Friday Bru voters housed in north Tripura relief camps were likely to exercise their franchise from Kanhmun village on the Mizoram-Tripura border in the upcoming assembly polls.

Elected members of the BJP and Congress have joined hands to run Mizoram's Chakma tribal council, a surprise move engineered by local Congress leaders to keep the opposition Mizo National Front, or MNF, out of power.

Mizoram has raised an alarm with the central government of a crisis brewing at the India-Myanmar border for the past one week, with more than 1,300 tribals from Myanmar fleeing into India, through the northeastern state.

The Election Commission is yet to decide whether Mizoram's Reang tribals, who have been living in relief camps in Tripura for the past 18 years, should be included in Mizoram's electoral list or not, an official said today.

Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Tripura for the past 17 years after fleeing from their villages in neighboring Mizoram, on Tuesday began casting their votes through postal ballots for the Lok Sabha polls in the north eastern state, officials said.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in Aizawl today for a two-day visit to campaign for the party that ruled the mountain state for several years till 2018 when it lost to the Mizo National Front, or the MNF.

Thousands of people took part in marches in solidarity with the Kuki-Zo tribals of violence-hit Manipur across Mizoram on Tuesday, demanding the central and state governments to restore peace and normalcy at the earliest.

An indefinite shutdown has been called in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur subdivision as a protest against the state government's decision to rehabilitate thousands of tribal refugees, who had fled from Mizoram 23 years ago following ethnic violence.

An agreement signed by representatives of Bru, the central, Tripura and Mizoram governments paved way for over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in Tripura. The deal was signed on Thursday in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block in New Delhi.

More than 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram, who have been living as refugees in Tripura since 1997, will permanently settle in Tripura, according to an agreement that was signed on Thursday.

The Congress ended the ruling BJP's winning streak in India's heartland, winning Chhattisgarh and emerging as the largest party in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, in state elections that are seen as the dress rehearsal before next year's national polls. "We accept the people's mandate with humility," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted last evening ...

The Congress ended the BJP's winning streak in the three heartland states of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday in elections that are seen as semi-finals before next year's national elections. While the party won Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, it bagged 114 seats in Madhya Pradesh, two short of majority. In Telangana, K Chandrashekh...

Amid prolonged uncertainty over return to their homes, Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for 21 years, on Wednesday voted in large numbers in the Mizoram Assembly polls.

Ethnic violence broke-out between Mizo and Bru tribes in 1997, due to which scores of Bru families were forced to leave their home state and take shelter in the neighbouring Tripura.

Bru voters residing in North Tripura would exercise their franchise at Kanhmun village in Mizoram's Mamit district during the Assembly polls, the Election Commission said Thursday.

Mizoram's newly appointed Chief Electoral Officer Ashish Kundra said Friday Bru voters housed in north Tripura relief camps were likely to exercise their franchise from Kanhmun village on the Mizoram-Tripura border in the upcoming assembly polls.

Elected members of the BJP and Congress have joined hands to run Mizoram's Chakma tribal council, a surprise move engineered by local Congress leaders to keep the opposition Mizo National Front, or MNF, out of power.

Mizoram has raised an alarm with the central government of a crisis brewing at the India-Myanmar border for the past one week, with more than 1,300 tribals from Myanmar fleeing into India, through the northeastern state.

The Election Commission is yet to decide whether Mizoram's Reang tribals, who have been living in relief camps in Tripura for the past 18 years, should be included in Mizoram's electoral list or not, an official said today.

Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Tripura for the past 17 years after fleeing from their villages in neighboring Mizoram, on Tuesday began casting their votes through postal ballots for the Lok Sabha polls in the north eastern state, officials said.