Two Chins staying in Mizoram, northeast India died from alcohol poisoning on 8 August. The alcohol was made in Burma.
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A signboard has been put up saying “Don’t flout the authority’s order,” in departmental offices in Hakha, the capital of Chin state, Burma by the local authorities on state ministerial office’s order.
Fourteen bridges and about 20 houses were swept away by floods following heavy downpour for days in Tedim Township, northern Chin state, Burma last week.
Three assault rifles and ammunition were seized by Mizoram police from two Burmese nationals in Mizoram, northeast India on 10 August.
Two people were killed on the spot and 11 persons were injured in a truck accident on the No-2, Indo- Burma border trade road on Friday.
5 August 2011: Five ethnic political parties have urged the government of Burma yesterday to bring about a ceasefire between ethnic armed groups and the Burmese Army.
The issue of losing income from the forest in Chin state will be brought up in the second regular assembly in Burma on August 22 by the Chin Progressive Party (CPP).
Members of the Union Solidarity Development Party of Chin state, Burma have had to intervene to solve the problem created by an administrator from Than Tlang town, who took money to appoint two people against one vacancy in July.
Students in Kalemyo, Sagaing division have been pushed to go for a strike by a lawyer of Kalemyo demanding the release of Salai Run Lian Ci, who was allegedly arrested for drug smuggling on 24 July.
The Government of India will provide US $ 6 million for the development of Chin state. “The Indian Consul General Dr. Madan Mhohan Sethi based in Mandalay visited Hakha, the capital of Chin state yesterday and said that the Indian government will help Chin state’s development with US $ 6 million,” said a member of a political party.