Mizoram Cong. leader Lalzirliana gives up assembly seat
Aizawl, Oct. 12 (PTI): Former Mizoram home minister R Lalzirliana Friday submitted his resignation as a legislator as part of his intention to join opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) in the poll-bound North-Eastern state. He submitted his resignation letter to state assembly secretary S.R. Zokhuma in the absence of Speaker Hiphei, who is on a tour to southern Mizoram. Mizoram will go to vote on November 28. Politically it would be interested to watch if Congress manages to hold power in the only state under its rule in the North-East at present. Lalzirliana, second-in-command in the Congress government headed by chief minister Lal Thanhawla and also vice president of the state PCC had resigned from the council of ministers on September 14 after he was served a show cause notice by the party disciplinary action committee on September six He was expelled from the party for an indefinite period on September 17 after which he announced his intention to join the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF).
16 IAF personnel airlifted from Arunachal Pradesh
Jorhat (Assam), Oct. 12 (PTI): All the 16 air force personnel on onboard the helicopter that made an emergency landing at West Tuting on Thursday were airlifted from there and brought to the IAF station here Friday, IAF sources said. The 16 Indian Air Force personnel arrived at their Jorhat base this afternoon, the sources said. The MI-17 chopper which had taken off on routine mission from Jorhat to West Tuting and back to Jorhat had to make the emergency landing due to a technical snag on Thursday, said Shillong based IAF PRO Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh. He said all the 16 IAF personnel on board the chopper were safe. The technical snag occurred when the chopper was returning from West Tuting and had to stay back there, Singh said.
Two killed as bus falls into gorge in Mizoram
Aizawl, Oct. 12 (PTI): Two persons were killed and 17 others injured early Thursday when a bus carrying them fell into a gorge near Pukpui village, on the outskirts of Mizoram’s Lunglei district, a police officer said. The bus, with 19 people including two drivers, was on its way to Aizawl from Siaha district, in the southern part of the state, when it met with the accident around 2.30am. Two passengers H. Zirsanga of Lawngtlai district and Albert Rothangpuia of Aizawl were killed on spot, he said. “Prima facie, it seems the brake malfunctioned and the driver lost control of the vehicle. The exact reason will be ascertained after a thorough investigation,” the officer said.
