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Pu Zin Cung, Chairman of Chin National Front (CNF) said that Chin Nationalism should be first priority to bring out common interest for Chin people, rather than party politics, organization politics and personal view points at Chin National Level Dialogue in Thantlang town, Chin state on 27th February 2017. “The purpose of holding Chin National Dialogue is that to bring out common interest for the Chin people in order to establish the union by democracy, national equality, self-determination and federal system. At the same time, this meeting will bring out more understanding and unity among Chin National Front (CNF), legal…

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Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) has launched its by-election campaign in Thantlang town, from this week for a seat of National Parliament, vacated by Vice-president (2) Henry Van Thiau, although the ballot is still one month away. The by-election will be held in Thantlang town, and the candidates are Pi Za Tlem from Chin National Democratic (CND) party, Pu Bawi Khing from National League for Democracy (NLD) party and Pu Zo Peng from Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Pi Za Tlem has been elected as People’s Parliament in 2010 general election in Thantlang township. But she was not re-elected…

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Dr. Lain Hmung Sakhong, vice-chairman of CNF said that the central government has given permission on 13 February to hold Chin national level political dialogue in Thantlang town. “After the agreement made between Commander in Chief of Defense and State Counsellor, Peace Committee informed me about the permission. We are planning to hold Chin National level political dialogue from 23-25 February 2017, but not confirm yet. Because we will need preparation if the second time meeting of Union level Peace Conference 21st Pinlong will be held in the first week of March,” he added. Although UPDJC has decided all NCA…

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The Chief Minister of Mizoram, Lal Thanhawla said there was a need to strengthen the bonds between the Zo brethren in Mizoram and Myanmar at the concluding ceremony of the three-day Zofest, 6-8 December 2016 at the border village of Zokhawthar, near the Indo-Myanmar border in Champhai district. The Centre had agreed to the Mizoram government’s request to build four new bridges across the Indo-Myanmar border, he said, expressing the hope that the ongoing World Bank-funded project to widen Champhai-Zokhawthar road would eventually make inroads into Falam and Tiddim (Myanmar). “We lost land in the west on the Indo-Bangladesh border.…

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Mizoram’s Saiha district police and Assam Rifles jointly raided a militant hideout in southern Mizoram near the Myanmar border and caught eight militants with sophisticated weapons and ammunition on 8th December 2016. Police said the eight militants, suspected to belong to the Myanmar-based outfit Arakan Liberation Army (ALA) were brought to Saiha on Friday and have been booked under the Indian Passport Act and Arms Act. “Language is a problem and as such, we couldn’t find out the reason of their infiltration. But what we understood was that they are all members of the ALA,” the sources said. The 8…

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