AIZAWL, Dec 9?Mizoram Chief Minister, Zoramthanga today allocated portfolios to the 14 ministers sworn in on Thursday, reports PTI. Zoramthanga kept to himself finance, taxation, planning, general administration, political cabinet, vigilance, power, industries, art and culture, public works and other departments not allotted.

Among the Cabinet ministers? Tawoluia was given home, public health engineering and personnel and administrative reforms while R Tianghmingthanga was allotted health, social welfare and secretariat administration. Another senior cabinet member Lalrinchhana got animal...

Imphal, December 09: Stating it will no longer engage in a verbal duel with the KYKL, the UNLF today said that it will leave the matter to the people to judge. In a statement issued to the press today, UNLF said that it would be tough to make the KYKL realize the stand of the UNLF. Tearing into the statement of KYKL released and published in the State dailies earlier, the UNLF said that it (KYKL) still refuses to see the difference between the NSCN (IM) and the Naga people and added that the KYKL still does not know that UNLF's aspiration is for all the people of the region to live together as...

Nagaon, Dec. 9: The Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) today offered to talk peace with its rival, the anti-talks faction of the United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), and said it was ready to accept even a Karbi as mediator. The announcement was made by the KRA divisional commandant in charge of operations launched by the Manipur-based militant group in Assam.

The militant leader, K. Hanghshing, said: ?For the sake of peace in Karbi Anglong, we are ready to sit for discussions. The mediator may be a Karbi or from other community, but we are ready to talk on the issue of peace in Karbi...

Aizawl, Dec. 9: The Independent candidate who won the election in Mizoram?s Suangpuilawn constituency has promised to resign immediately after being sworn in as a legislator to pave the way for a ?free and fair bypoll?. H. Lalsangzuala, who was declared the winner of the seat yesterday, made the commitment this morning in an agreement with the Hmar People?s Convention, which had backed him, and the Central Young Mizo Association. He agreed with the two organisations that the election in Suangpuilawn had not been free and fair.

Sources said Lalsangzuala prepared the draft of his resignation...

SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH EAST REGION, Dec 9 ? The Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) has threatened to continue with its armed struggle until the killing of Kuki people by UPDS militants in Karbi Anglong district stops, reports PTI. KRA divisional commandant of Nagaland, Karbi Anglong and NC Hills, Thangkeng Sanghshing told reporters, whom they took to their camp, today that ?if the killing of our Kuki people continued, we will not sit idle but retaliate. We are ready to fight.?

Sangshing alleged that there was a conspiracy to drive out the Kukis from Karbi Anglong as they did not have any political...