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R Dutta Choudhury, The Assam Tribune
Guwahati, July 25, 2007: Train connectivity to Barak Valley, which was disrupted following an accident in the Lumding-Silchar line over a month ago, is expected to resume by the end of September.

The Hindu
Aizawl, July 26, 2007 (PTI): A “ban” imposed on non-tribals from going outside their houses by two student organisations to protest the murder of a Mizo man in Assam’s Cachar district was lifted on Wednesday.

Double trouble for Mizoram

July 25th, 2007

The Telegraph
Aizawl, July 24, 2007: Just days after the Mizoram government settled the issue of payscale parity of a majority of its employees, more trouble has cropped up with doctors and teachers seeking redressal of their grievances through agitation.

The Assam Tribune
Guwahati, July 24, 2007: The Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) on Tuesday sought the intervention of the Central Government in neighbouring Mizoram under article 355 of the Constitution of the country. The party also declared that it would never join the Congress Government as it has a clear-cut mandate to oppose both the [...]

The Assam Tribune
Aizawl, July 23, 2007 (PTI): A joint meeting of all non-governmental organisations in Mizoram-Assam border Vairengte village decided to block National Highway No 54, linking Mizoram and Assam for 24 hours from 5 pm this evening to demand ex-gratia payment to the family of a Mizo who was killed in Cachar district of [...]

The Assam Tribune
Guwahati, July 21, 2007: Fear has gripped the non-Mizos residing in Mizoram, especially in and around the State capital Aizawl, following the imposition of a ‘curfew’ by some Mizo organizations asking them not to venture out of their houses.

The Assam Tribune
Aizawl, July 20, 2007 (PTI): Hundreds of non-tribals stranded at Vairengte market in Mizoram returned to their homes today following the easing of tensions caused by the killing of a Mizo youth allegedly by Bengali-speaking people in neighbouring Assam.

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