AIZAWL: Mizoram Home minister, R Lalzirliana said that the state government is making arrangements to hold negotiation with the Hmar outfit Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC-D).
R Lalzirliana said, “It is true that the HPC -D is not to be approached by the Mizoram government. However, since they use the very fact that we (the Mizoram Government) do not initiate talks with them, as an excuse, therefore, we shall hold talks with them, if necessary. HPC-D are our brothers, and the government, their father, and we are not enemies”.
According to the Home minister, negotiation between the Mizoram government and the HPC-D shall be held on certain conditions. Such that, if the HPC-D and Mizoram government are to hold talks, the HPC-D should cancel their dictate of dissolving Young Mizo Association (YMA) branches, and situation should prevail such that the government would be able to conduct village council elections in the villages where it has not been held, within areas of Sinlung Hills Development Council; and also that they should not create any disturbance to the contractors and also on the NREGS fund distribution. (NNN)
Additional flights in Kolkata-Aizawl sector for four days
Aizawl: Air India would arrange for additional flights in the Kolkata-Aizawl-Guwahati sector for four days from Saturday next, after Air India’s subsidiary – Alliance Air – withdrew its service between Aizawl and Guwahati from January one. An official statement on Thursday said that the flight would come from Kolkata, halt at Aizawl, depart for Guwahati from where it would fly again to Kolkata via Aizawl. While some officials of the Air India said that the discontinuation of the Aizawl-Guwahati was due to non-payment of subsidies by the North Eastern Council (NEC), NEC officials told media persons in Shillong recently that the Alliance Air service connecting the state capitals of the region was very poor. (PTI)