The Prime Minister's office (PMO) tweeted, "My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones due to the tragic stone quarry collapse in Mizoram. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh would be given from PMNRF to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000."
In a historic development, a function on transfer and handing over of confiscated arms from Mizoram Firearms Bureau to Mizoram Police was held for the first time ever on Monday at Arya Mess, Police headquarters, Aizawl.
A total of eight bodies have been recovered so far from the site at Maudarh village in Mizoram's Hnahthial district after a stone quarry collapsed on Monday afternoon.
The estimated value of the seized drug is Rs 58 crore in the international market, and it was seized from a four-wheeler in the Luangmual area of Aizawl, and arrested two persons," Police said.
According to Mizoram Police, based on intelligence input, Lunglei District Special Branch (DSB) team on Wednesday conducted an operation between Tlawng bridge - Pukpui and seized 1.747 kg of heroin, valued at Rs 8.735 crore in the international market, from the possession of two persons name
Two persons hailing from Mizoram were arrested in Tripura's Agartala with fake Indian currency of Rs 1.21 lakhs which was purportedly printed outside the country, according to the police on Tuesday.