New Bill to give Mizo woman right to property in divorce cases
Aizawl:The Mizoram Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Mizo Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance of Property Bill-2014 which gave right to the share of family property to the wife in the strictly patriarchal society. Introducing the Bill in the Assembly, state law minister Lalsawta said the state government and experts found it extremely difficult to codify the Mizo Customary Law and how the courts would try cases on divorce and inheritance of property. According to the Mizo Customary Law, a wife does not have any right over the property in case of divorce, whatever might be the cause of separation or divorce and the husband can divorce his wife just by saying “Ka ma che” or “I divorce you”. The new legislation provided that divorce could only be granted by the court and women could now have share in the family property. Women’s groups like the Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP) or the Mizo Women Federation hailed the new law and Vanlalhlimpuii Chawngthu, the lone woman legislator in the 40-member state Assembly, thanked Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and law minister Lalsawta for initiating the law emancipating the Mizo women.(PTI)
NE’s senior most Army officer visit Sainik School
Guwahati:Senior most Army officer hailing from North East, Lt Gen KH Singh, General Officer Commanding 16 Corps, visited Sainik School, Goalpara, on Wednesday to commemorate the school’s Golden Jubilee.The highlight of the visit was an interaction with the young cadets of the school to motivate them to strive for excellence through hard work and carve out a successfully military career for themselves. He will be visiting Sainik School, Imphal, tomorrow, a defence release said here. Both these Sainik Schools are primary feeder institutes to the prestigious National Defence Academy. Lt Gen KH Singh, who hails from Manipur, is the first Army Officer from the North East who has risen to the coveted rank of Lieutenant General and is currenlty the senior most officer from the region. He joined Sainik School Goalpara in 1968 and subsequently joined NDA in 1974 before being commissioned to 2 RAJPUT (KALICHINDI) in 1978. (UNI)
NRL awarded at Governance Now Public Sector Awards
Guwahati:Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has been conferred two awards at the Governance Now Public Sector Awards 2014. The public sector refinery won the awards for “Human Resource Utilisation” and “Asset Utilisation” in the category of Miniratna PSUs, a release issued here on Wednesday said. Organised by Governance Now in association with Standing Conference of Public Enterprise, the awards were given away by Union Minister for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra in New Delhi on Friday last.Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan was also present on the occasion. The selection of Governance Now PSU Awards 2014 was done by a jury chaired by Member of Competition Commission of India Anurag Goel. (PTI)
3 youths sent to 20 yrs jail for gang rape a minor in Tripura
Agartala: Three youths have been convicted to 20 years jail by a local court in Gomati district of South Tripura on Wednesday for gang rapping a minor tribal girl last year. Immediately after pronouncement of the judgment, police sent the convicted persons identified as Karna Sadhan Jamatia (30), Hriday Jamatia (22) and Surjya Mohan Jamatia (22) residents of Krishna Bhakta Para village under R K Pur police station. They have been convicted under 341 and 376(2)(D) of Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of Prevention of children from Sexual Offence Act -2012, police said adding that this was one of the most sensitive case, which disposed of in a year. One Rajkumari Jamatia resident of tribal hamlet Twaiharchaowngkami under R K Pur police station had lodged and FIR on November 2 last year alleging that the convicted youths had forcibly commissioned of gang rape upon a minor girl in the locality. In investigation police found prima-feci of the case and through mobile data, police detained three of them at Chennai and brought then to Udaipur. Police submitted charge sheet against the accused persons in January last. Finally, after hearing the case the trial court convicted them for 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and slap fine of Rs 10,000 on each one of them. (UNI)
Major fire engulfs 70 houses in Arunachal
Itanagar: Altogether 70 houses were gutted to ashes and properties worth crores of rupees are estimated to have been lost in a devastating fire that broke out at Kerang village in Kaying Circle in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. According to district official sources here, the fire broke out at about 0130 hours. Deputy commissioner Pige Ligu, SP Mari Riba and other high officials rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. The DC has announced of 20 quintals of rice and emergency relief in cash to the victims. He has also assured to take up the matter with the chief minister and MLA concerned to give all possible assistance. The Army and ITBP have been asked to put up emergency tents for the shelterless victims, sources added. (UNI)
82 gm of heroin seized in Mizoram
Aizawl:Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department has seized 82 gm of heroin from different places in the capital town and nearby Rangvamual since Tuesday. An official statement on Wednesday said 38 grams of heroin was seized from Tuikual locality in Aizawl and a 62-year-old Myanmarese was arrested in connection with it. A youth hailing from Mizoram-Myanmar border was arrested with 13.5 grams of the contraband from Chanmari West here last night. The officials raided two places in Rangvamual near here and seized 30.5 grams of heroin. Two youths were arrested in connection with the haul, the statement said. All the four accused were booked under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, it added. (PTI)