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02 Nov

IndiaSkills: 50 candidates won gold and 48 received silver medals

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In the IndiaSkills 2021 Regional Competition for the Eastern Zone, winners from Mizoram received 3 gold and 6 silver medals. Overall, 98 candidates from 8 states and union territory were declared winners in the competition. Governor of Bihar, Shri Phagu Chauhan felicitated the winners at Bapu Sabhaghar, Patna. He awarded each of them a cash prize of Rs 21,000 along with a gold medal. The first runners up were given Rs 11,000 and a silver medal. Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal were the participating states and UT in the Eastern competition. From…

Six Assam cops killed, 80 hurt in border clash with Mizoram

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As many as six Assam Police personnel have died in an exchange of fire with their Mizoram counterparts, said Assam BJP MLA Kaushik Rai on Monday. Rai, who visited the Silchar Medical College where the injured are admitted said that at least 40 people were injured including three to four civilians. Tension has continued to flare along the Assam-Mizoram border after six police personnel were killed and around 80 people injured, so far. On Monday, stones were pelted, shots were fired, farmers’ huts were set ablaze, and government vehicles vandalised at the Mizoram and Assam border. The clash between the…

76-year-old man, believed to be head of the world’s largest family, dies in Mizoram

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The head of the world's largest family has died in the Mizoram state. 76 year old Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practiced polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 89 children and 36 grandchildren. Chana reportedly suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Doctors said that Chana was rushed to hospital on Sunday evening when his condition deteriorated at home in his village, Baktawng Tlangnuam. He was however, declared dead on arrival. It's hard to say if Chana was indeed the head of the world's largest family since there are others who claim the title. It's also…