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Supreme Court Restores Plea In Gauhati HC Which Challenges Sub-classification Of STs As Mizos & Non-Mizos In Mizoram
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Restores Plea In Gauhati HC Which Challenges Sub-classification Of STs As Mizos & Non-Mizos In Mizoram

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The Supreme Court on Monday set aside an order of the Gauhati High Court which dismissed a petition challenging the sub-classification within the Scheduled Tribes in Mizoram. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing a petition filed by the Mizoram Chakma Students. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India …

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Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against Mizoram notification ‘discriminatory’ to non-Mizo tribes
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against Mizoram notification ‘discriminatory’ to non-Mizo tribes

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 17 agreed to hear a petition seeking to quash a government notification that discriminates against non-Mizo Scheduled Tribes of Mizoram, which has one of the best literacy percentages in the country, in reservation to higher technical courses. The students’ union, represented by senior advocate Aditya Sondhi and advocate Vikram Hegde, said the notification arbitrarily sub-classified …

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Why seven people died in clash between two northeast India states
3 years, 5 months ago

Why seven people died in clash between two northeast India states

Al Jazeera  

Rare clash last week over longstanding border dispute between Assam and Mizoram leaves six police officers and a civilian dead. Likewise, the Assam police registered cases against a Mizoram politician for his “threatening comments” and six other police officers who allegedly fired at their Assamese counterparts. In 2018, about 50 people from Mizoram were attacked by Assam police after some …

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The Mizos and Myanmarese share deep cultural bonds that go beyond the citizen-refugee divide
3 years, 8 months ago

The Mizos and Myanmarese share deep cultural bonds that go beyond the citizen-refugee divide

The Hindu  

Salai Uk Thang, 31, a policeman from Myanmar’s Sagaing Division, knew his arrest was imminent. Thousands of Myanmarese like Thang, mostly from Myanmar’s Chin State, the Sagaing Region, and other neighbouring provinces, have trooped into Mizoram since February, an influx that once again raises questions about identity and borders, refugees and relatives, friends and foes. The Mizos have long believed …

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An Indian state's harmonious approach to life
4 years ago

An Indian state's harmonious approach to life

BBC  

An Indian state's harmonious approach to life Wildlife/Alamy Aizawl is India's only "honk-free" city, where people follow traffic rules and don't blare their horns In Mizoram in north-east India, harmony and sustainability of society – rather than economic wealth – are the most valued objectives in life. "It’s hard to trace the beginnings of tlawmngaihna," said Naulak, "But it’s been …

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Video of Bihar villagers rushing to give food to Mizoram migrants on Shramik Express restores faith in humanity
4 years, 7 months ago

Video of Bihar villagers rushing to give food to Mizoram migrants on Shramik Express restores faith in humanity

Op India  

On Saturday, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthang took to Twitter to share a heart-warming video of a large number of locals in Bihar coming to the rescue of the stranded Mizos by offering them food. Few days after stranded Mizos offers their food to flood-affected victims on their way back, a brief halt of their #ShramikSpecialTrain at #Begusarai Bihar witnessed good …

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Ground Zero | The changing dynamic between minority Brus and dominant Mizos in Mizoram
6 years, 1 month ago

Ground Zero | The changing dynamic between minority Brus and dominant Mizos in Mizoram

The Hindu  

Lalvungthanga, 67, misses being Nanda Kumar Reang. Fear of ‘outsiders’ In the recent Assembly election, Bru refugees came to Mizoram to vote, unlike in the past when polling officials from Mizoram went to relief camps in Tripura to conduct the elections. Mizo organisations reacted by demanding that the Brus be left out of the State’s electoral rolls as they “are …

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Mizoram polls: Mizos' demand that Chakma candidates be denied tickets gets ignored by Congress, BJP
6 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram polls: Mizos' demand that Chakma candidates be denied tickets gets ignored by Congress, BJP

Firstpost  

Aizawl: The Chakmas have been in Mizoram for a long time now. After consultation with prominent citizens and retired bureaucrats, and examining Parliament and Assembly records, we will try and prove that some illegalities were involved in the creation of the CADC.” The demand for an NRC stems from rising concerns among Mizo groups that the rapid growth of population …

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