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Covid-19 test kits being stranded in ensure resumption of traffic movement AIZAWL, AUG 3 violation of basic fundamental right to Highway between 17 October and 11 The letter also said that the Lailapur-Dholai area in Assam’s between the two neighbouring states. life as guaranteed by the constitution November in 2020 after a clash Mizoram government gave assurance Cachar district and sought their The association also blamed The Mizoram Bar Association (MBA) of the country. between residents on either sides of for the safety and security of all drivers interventions to lift the alleged Assam Irrigation and Urban on Tuesday filed public interest He said that the association had the border on the disputed area near and passengers within the state. blockade. The Assam government, Development minister Ashok Singhal AGENCIES litigation (PIL) before the Gauhati earlier submitted representations to in Mizoram and Lailapur in Earlier, the Mizoram home however, denied that neither the for denying the blockade before AGARTALA, AUG 3 High Court against the alleged the Centre and governments of Assam. department had written to the Union government nor organisations are reporters recently to allegedly Outlawed extremists gunned down two economic blockade clamped on Mizoram and Assam to take immediate The PIL, however, was disposed of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at imposing economic blockade on the camouflage the truth. (BSF) personnel National Highway -306 by certain measures for lifting of the blockade when the locals of Lailapur lifted the least three times between July 28 and NH-306. Superintendent of At least 7 people, including six including a sub-inspector rank official and organisations in Barak Valley region. but to no avail. economic blockade. August 1, seeking the Centre’s Police (SP) Vanlalfaka Ralte said that cops from Assam, died during a fierce looted their sophisticated arms in Tripura Certain organisations and vested “As the representations have no Malhotra said the high court gave intervention to lift the alleged no vehicles entered from Assam till gun battle between police forces of on Tuesday, police said. A police official in interests allegedly backed by Assam positive results, the association has felt them the liberty to file PIL afresh in economic blockade and restore the Tuesday evening despite the security Mizoram and Assam on July 26 when Agartala said that during patrolling, the government have imposed blockade it necessary to file PIL against the case of occurrence of such economic railway tracks damaged at three assurance given to the drivers. led by top cops of the suspected National Liberation Front of on Mizoram’s lifeline after the violent blockade in view of the hardship face blockade in future. locations in Assam, that links to Prices of vegetables began to soar state and district officials allegedly Tripura (NLFT) militants attacked the BSF clash that took place on the outskirts by the people of Mizoram,” he said. Mizoram home secretary Mizoram’s town in Kolasib in the state as supplies could not come trespassed into the Mizoram’s territory, troopers at Manikpur tribal village leading of Vairengte, the first border town in Though the PIL was filed before Vanlalngaihsaka has on Monday district. in from Assam due to the blockade. overran a police border outpost and to a fierce encounter in which two para- Mizoram, on July 26 putting a total the Aizawl bench, authorities of the written to his Assam counterpart, Mizoram health minister Dr. R. One kilogram of tomato is sold at opened fire to Mizoram forces and military personnel were killed on the halt on all supplies to the northeastern Gauhati High Court will decide asking the neighbouring state to make Lalthangliana had also on Monday Rs 120 in the state capital Aizawl on civilians after crossing buffer zone of spot.The martyred BSF men include sub- state. whether or not to be tried either at the all necessary arrangements for written to Union Home Minister Amit Tuesday. Meanwhile, the central neutral central armed forces. inspector Bhuru Singh and constable Raj .The MBA president Anil Rinliana principal bench or the Aizawl bench, immediate resumption of traffic Shah, Health Minister Mansuk committee of Young Mizo Association However, Assam officials claimed Kumar. The tribal guerrillas have taken away Malhotra said that the association has he said. movement citing that Mizoram bound Mandavya and his Assam counterpart (YMA), the most influential that they came to the site to ask two sophisticated arms of the slain BSF filed a PIL before the Aizawl bench of The association had also filed PIL vehicles, which have been stranded on Keshab Mahanta informing them organisation in the state, on Tuesday Mizoram side not to violate the status jawans before they fled from the area, which the Gauhati High Court to legally when locals of Lailapur in Assam the NH-306 since July 26 are willing about medical supplies, including endorsed the MBA for filing a PIL to quo. is close to India-Bangladesh border under Dhalai district in northern Tripura. BSF official said that as per the blood strains available at the spot, militants have Over 3,700 kg of freight moved Mizoram Guv meets Shah, reportedly sustained some injuries. "Both our martyrs have fought valiantly before succumbing to their injuries. Massive search operation has been launched in the area to from Silchar Airport to Aizawl discusses security situation nab the militants," the BSF official said. AIZAWL, AUG 3 Aizawl” a tweet put out by Silchar through Tripura. also obstructed on Monday by In an attempt to ease the problems airport mentioned. The Mizoram home locals at Luairpua, a town near the be continued. Mizoram dragon fruit of Mizoram residents facing an Sources close to the department on Sunday had written Tripura border in the Karimganj The situation had escalated on July 26 acute shortage of essentials due to development informed the flight to the Union Ministry of Home district. afternoon, when at Vairengte auto stand in exported to Delhi the ongoing lockdown of the NH loaded goods from both Kolkata Affairs (MHA) stating that no Over 100 vehicles with goods, Mizoram, five Assam Police personnel and a 306, around 3,711 kg of freight and Silchar airport and delivered it vehicles entered from Assam till including essential commodities, civilian were killed and over 50 others, were airlifted from Silchar airport to Mizoram. However, it is not clear date and many vehicles carrying were stranded at Churaibari gate, including a superintendent of police were to Mizoram on Monday morning. what material was flown into essential commodities and the Assam-Tripura border injured as the Mizoram Police opened fire on A Spice Xpress flight landed at Mizoram. medical consignment are stranded checkpost at North Tripura district a team of the Assam officials. Silchar airport on 08:15 hrs on Civil organizations in Barak at Lailapur-Dholai area. of Tripura and the Karimganj Immediately after the clash, Shah spoke Monday and departed for Aizawl at Valley had announced an economic However, officials in Barak district of Assam. to the Chief Ministers of the both states and 10:00 hrs. The flight flew from blockade of Mizoram following the valley have time and again “We are obstructing the roads AGENCIES advised them to defuse the tension and also Kolkata and returned to the airport July 26 violence, which has since maintained that the blockade had to prevent the goods from entering NEW DELHI, AUG 2 asked them to withdraw their police personnel after the delivery of the whole been lifted, But truckers afraid of been lifted, and no group was Mizoram through Karimganj. Amid the Mizoram-Assam border row, from the site. consignment. possible violence have opted to trying to stop truckers or other Tripura government, which is also Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Later, on July 28, Union Home Secretary “On 02.08.2021, Silchar either park their vehicles near the vehicles. Mizoram is now getting dependent on Assam for essentials, on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Ajay Bhalla chaired a meeting with the Chief Airport Authority helped in the border in Cachar district’s Dholai its supplies delivered through a should not support Mizoram that Shah in the national capital and discussed Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of the prevailing security situation in the Assam and Mizoram wherein both the states OUR REPORTER dispatch of 3711 kgs of Cargo by or circumvent the troubled long route, traversing through had killed our police personnel” Spicejet flight to Airport, boundary by taking a longer route Tripura. However, that route was protestors said. bordering areas with Assam. This was the agreed on the deployment of the CRPF in the AIZAWL, AUG 3 first meeting of Mizoram Governor with the disturbed border areas along NH306. For the first time, a batch of dragon fruit Union Home Minister after a bloody clash During the meeting, both state and pineapple harvested in Mizoram was over the border dispute between the police governments also agreed to continue exported to Delhi as a result of an AR recovers areca nuts personnel of the two states on July 26, killing discussions mutually to resolve the border initiaitive of the Horticulture Department Mizoram ranks 7th in vaccination AIZAWL, AUG 3 5 policemen of Assam Police and injuring issue in an amicable manner. and Clover Organic Pvt. Ltd. JC OUR REPORTER According to him, Mizoram now stands at 7th rank In yet another success in its crusade over 50 persons including one Earlier, Mizoram Home Department Ramthanga, Addl Chief Secretary, AIZAWL, AUG 3 in Covid-19 vaccination in the country. He said that about against smuggling activities, superintendent of police. In the meantime, Secretary Pi Lalbiaksangi also wrote a letter to Horticulture department spoke at the More than 81 per cent of people have been inoculated 3,000 odd pregnant women have also been vaccinated. Battalion of 23 Sector the Mizoram government has withdrawn the the Additional Secretary (Northeast) Piyush flagoff program saying it was great to see with Covid-19 vaccine in Mizoram, taking the state at The state now has over 4 lakh stock of Covid-19 , under the aegis of FIR registered against Assam Chief Minister Goyal in MHA complaining that armed police such developments in the Horticulture 7th rank in vaccination in the country, a health vaccine and more consignments are arriving soon, he Headquarters Inspector General Himanta Biswa Sarma and other police personnel were being mobilised by Assam at department as a result of the hardwork department official said on Monday. said. Assam Rifles (East), recovered 120 officials on Sunday which was duly Dholai and Hawaithang area along the inter- of the farmers. The fruit produce National Health Mission (NHM) director Dr. Eric Meanwhile, (ZMC) director bags of Areca Nuts in General Area reciprocated by the Assam Police which also state border. consisting of 11 quintals of pineapple and Zomawia said that the vaccination drive is going on in Dr. John Zohmingthanga said that more than 20 Ngur on Tuesday. withdrew the FIR against Mizoram MP K. Citing reports that additional enforcement 4 quintals of dragonfruit will be full swing across the state. vaccinated people, mostly senior citizens, have died due The operation was carried out Vanlalvena on Monday on the instruction of of around four platoons of Assam Police transported via Air Cargo to Delhi. Of the 7.75 lakh eligible beneficiaries (18 years to Covid-19 in the state so far. by a joint team of Assam Rifles and Sarma in the interest of de-escalation of Commandos have been deputed, he also The pineapples are a produce of and above), over 6.30 lakh people (81.4%) have been He said that 8 fully vaccinated persons and 12 Customs Department , tension along the border. requested the Union Home Ministry to issue Sialhawk farmers under Tuichangral FPC administered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine others, who had been administered with the first dose based on specific information. The Assam Police, however, said that appropriate instructions to Assam government who are members of the Horticulture till Sunday, he said. Out of 6.30 lakh people, 1.98 lakh of vaccine, had succumbed to Covid-19 at ZMC this year. Approximate cost of the recovered criminal proceedings against the erring to refrain from such reinforcements and to Department and Mission Organic Value (31.4 %) have been fully vaccinated, he said. Most of the victims had comorbidities, he added. areca nuts is Rs 22.53 lakh. police personnel and other miscreants will pull back those contingents. Chain Development for Northeast Region (MOVCDNER). The Dragon fruit was a produce of selected farmers under Horticulture Department. MBCC meets CS to discuss struggles Border row: 2 Assam Ministers to go Mizoram Aug 5 for talks AGENCIES others injured. "Assam stands the accused persons." committed to ensuring peace along Mizoram logs 748 faced due to total lockdown GUWAHATI/AIZAWL, AUG 3 committed to ensuring peace on its Sarma earlier on Monday our borders." Zoramthanga OUR REPORTER borders, paving the way for a peaceful morning asked the police to withdraw retweeted his Assam counterpart's new Covid-19 cases AIZAWL, AUG 3 In a bid to resolve the inter-state border & developed North-East," he said. an FIR against Vanlalvena which was posts. Monday's series of OUR REPORTER The Mizoram Business Coordination Committee(MBCC) met the Chief row, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Noting that he learned his lodged in the wake of the July 26 developments came a day after Union AIZAWL, AUG 3 Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo to discuss the struggles they have Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday faces due to the extended total lockdown. The Chief Secretary Biswa Sarma on Monday night said that Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga border row. The Assam Police had 748 more people have tested positive for he will send two senior Ministers to has asked Mizoram Police to issued summons to Vanlalvena and six spoke to both Chief Ministers and novel coronavirus, pushing the state's tally responded saying the government understands the plight of the MBCC urged them to resolve the border members and business persons and that they are aming the worst Aizawl on August 5 for "a meaningful withdraw the July 26 FIR against Mizoram state officials for their to 40111, a health department official dialogue" with the Mizoram Assam officials, he said: "I heartily alleged role in the violence and asked issue amicably through dialogue. said on Tuesday. affected as a result of the lockdown. He also thanked them for their Mizoram Chief Secretary The fresh cases were reported from contribution in the society and for the help they have extended to the government. reciprocate this positive gesture and them to report before the Lalnunmawia Chuaungo on Sunday various districts with Aizawl registering LLTF and in other areas in regards to measures taken for the The two states have also decided ask Assam police to withdraw cases investigating officers on August 1 and said that Zoramthanga did not the highest at 467, the official said. containment of Covid19. Chuango said they expect to finish most of to withdraw most cases filed against against DC Kolasib and SDPO Virengte August 2. In a series of tweets then, approve of the inclusion of Sarma's 162 fresh cases were confirmed at the planned mass testing drives held across the city by this week. He each other, including those against (sic)." Before Sarma's tweet, he said : "To take this goodwill name in the FIR, adding that he too RT-PCR laboratory in Zoram Medical assured them that unless there is an unprecedented rise in Covid19 Sarma, Mizoram Rajya Sabha member Zoramthanga has announced gesture ahead, I have directed the was not properly aware of the Assam College (ZMC), while 548 were detected cases lockdown will be relaxed in the coming week. The Mizoram K. Vanlalvena and senior officials of withdrawal of the FIR registered Assam Police to withdraw the FIR Chief Minister's name being included through Rapid Antigen Test and 38 Business Co-ordination Committee (MBCC) called an Emergency two states. Sarma, in a tweet, said against the Assam Chief Minister and against K. Vanlalvena, Hon'ble MP, in the FIR before it was lodged. through TrueNat tests, he said. Meeting on Sunday where they said the total lockdown that has been that "in aid of an early amicable six other senior officials in Rajya Sabha from Mizoram. Besides Sarma, who was accused of The single-day positivity rate was extended yet again has been designed in a way that puts a heavy burden resolution", Agriculture Minister Atul connection with the July 26 violence. "He (Vanlalvena) was not in that "attempt to murder and criminal 8.11% per cent as the fresh cases were on daily laborers and skilled workers. A lockdown was imposed for Bora and Urban Development Zoramthanga posted: "In order to area on that day. We had booked him conspiracy", six other officials, detected from 6462 samples. almost the whole of 2020 and for 109 days in 2021, this has proved Minister Ashok Singhal would go to build a conducive atmosphere for only for provocative statements. including an Assam IGP, DIG and the Of the 748 patients, 376 have to be an abuse of the lesser advantaged communities. We demand the Aizawl on Thursday to talk with the amicable solution to the Mizoram- "I have noted statements in the Deputy Commissioner and developed symptoms of Covid-19. government to review the current lockdown order before August 3, Mizoram Ministers and officials to Assam border dispute & to reduce the media by Hon'ble CM Zoramthanga Superintendent of Police of Cachar Mizoram now has 12316 active 2021, they said. MBCC officials said the Total Lockdown has carried defuse the border crisis, that plight of suffering of citizens, I have wherein he has expressed his desire district and 200 unidentified Assam cases, while 27642 people have on for too long and we cannot bear it anymore,we have to pay off our intensified with the July 26 border directed Mizoram police to withdraw to settle the border dispute amicably. Police personnel, were named in the loans, we have to pay rent, electricity and water bills, online class fees clash and firing that left six Assam FIR dt. 26.07.2021 filed at Vairengte, Assam always wants to keep the spirit FIR lodged at the Vairengte police recovered from the infection. for our children and purchase our daily essentials. Police personnel dead and scores of , Mizoram against all of North East alive. We are also station in Kolasib. Olympic hockey: Stay focused, coach Marijne's advice ahead of semis AGENCIES to beat. Their defence is very strong. "We were extremely happy with our of intensity and atmosphere. This is TOKYO, AUG 3 We have to convert our goal-scoring team performance against Australia, surely the toughest test that our team opportunities like we converted the who are a world class hockey team. will face. We are feeling confident Taking things match by match has penalty corner against Australia. It's However, there is not much time to about our games and have the helped the Indian women's team all about focussing on the task and look back, and our focus is fully on necessary self-belief to put our best reach the semifinals of the Tokyo staying in the moment and being busy the semifinal against Argentina. At this foot forward." India are playing in Olympics hockey tournament, said with what we have to do well stage of the competition, matches do the semifinals for the first time while chief coach Sjoerd Marijne who ourselves. I have told all the girls not get any easier, and we are going Argentina have figured in semifinals promised that his team will continue again that it's about putting all the to give everything we have on the in four editions of the Games from with the same attitude in the last-four energy you have in the match," field." Rani said the familiariaty 2000 to 2012, reaching the final clash with Argentina on Wednesday. Marijne was quoted as saying by gained on the recent tour of Argentina twice. Marijne said the Indian team will Hockey India in a release on Tuesday. could play a role in the match. The South Americans had be focussing on the task at hand and The team led by skipper Rani "Both teams will be relatively finished seventh in Rio de Janeiro staying in the moment in their Rampal will count on its recent familiar with each other's style of play while India ended 12th and last in semifinal match. experience of playing against the as we faced each other in a few the field. "It will be a difficult match for Argentinians during their extensive matches earlier in the year. Having Both the teams are on a us. I think Argentina is a good team. tour of the country in January 2021. said that, an Olympic semifinal is a resurgence since then and will be We played them in January and we Speaking ahead of the semifinal completely different equation, and no hoping to continue their campaign know that Argentina is a hard team encounter, the Indian captain said:, tour game can recreate the same kind into the final.