Ahead of the Mizoram Assembly elections, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will visit the state on Thursday to conduct public meeting with representatives of communities.
Meanwhile, the Severe Cyclonic Storm 'TEJ' over coastal Yemen weakened into cyclonic storm at 1130 IST on October 24, the MeT Department stated on Tuesday that it will move further west-northwestwards and weaken into a depression during next six hours.
The Congress released its manifesto for poll-bound Mizoram, promising LPG cylinders at Rs 750, old pension of Rs 2,000 per month, health insurance coverage upto 15 lakh, and other welfare measures if voted to power in the Northeastern state.
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles, along with Mizoram Police, recovered 168 grams of heroin worth Rs 1.17 crore in Mizoram's Champhai District's Tlangsam Village and arrested one person on October 21, an official from the Assam Rifles said on Monday.
In a joint operation, the Assam Rifles and the Anti-Narcotics Squad recovered Heroin worth Rs 2.74 crores, in three separate operations, in General Area Bawngkawn in South Aizawl, Tlangsam and Zote in Mizoram with the arrest of four people, an official statement said on Sunday.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, party leader Manish Sisodia, and other leaders have been named as star campaigners for the polls.
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37 B, Chandigarh will face T.G English Medium School, Bishnupur, Manipur while, Government Haulawang High School, Haulawang, Lunglei, Mizoram will face off against Amenity Public School, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand in the semi-finals of the 62nd Sub
Businessman Robert Vadra on Friday asserted that the Congress will perform well in the forthcoming Assembly elections in five States Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tops the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) list of 40-star campaigners for the Mizoram Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in November.
BJP leader Pratyush Kanth mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks during his recent visit to poll-bound Mizoram, saying he doesn't take him seriously as he can say anything that comes to his mind.