Amid protests in Mizoram demanding the removal of the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) SB Shashank, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has urged the Mizoram government to take all possible measures required to ensure peaceful polls in the state.

EC requests Mizoram government to ensure peaceful polls

Mizoram Assembly Speaker Hiphei would resign from the Congress and join the BJP Monday, a senior leader of the saffron party claimed Sunday. Hiphei, a veteran leader, was elected to the Assembly from the Palak constituency.

BJP leader claims Mizoram speaker will quit Congress and join saffron party

The speaker of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly, Hiphei, resigned from his post today to join the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is the fifth Congress MLA to resign from the 40-member House since September.

Speaker of Congress-ruled Mizoram resigns, joins BJP

The Congress on Thursday released its manifesto for the upcoming Mizoram Assembly polls and promised to provide free laptops to students who have cleared Class 10 and above if it returns to power in the state.

Mizoram polls: Congress releases manifesto, promises laptops to students

The campaigning for the November 28 Mizoram Assembly elections is on in full swing, though the notification for polling to the 40-member House is yet to be issued.

Campaigning gathers steam in poll-bound Mizoram

Releasing its first list of 77 candidates for assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, the BJP Saturday fielded Chief Minister Raman Singh from his traditional Rajnandgaon seat and dropped 14 incumbent MLAs in its bid to capture power in the state for a fourth straight term.

BJP announces first list of 77 candidates for Chhattisgarh polls

Former Mizoram minister Buddha Dhan Chakma quit the Congress today and is all set to join the BJP. After tendering his resignation as a legislator from the state Assembly, Chakma submitted his resignation from the primary membership of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) to party functionaries Aizawl.

Ex-Mizoram minister Buddha Dhan Chakma resigns from Congress, to join BJP

With dates for five Assembly elections announced, all eyes are focused on the two large and politically crucial states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. However, it’s the smallest one in the list, Mizoram, which holds the key to whether the Congress will be able to retain even its depleted presence in the Northeast, or whether the Bharatiya Janata Party will sustain its recent successes in the region.

Mizoram polls more crucial for Congress than BJP

P Lal Thanhawla has been the chief minister of Mizoram since 2008 for a record five times. He started with Mizo National Front (MNF) in 1966 and subsequently joined Congress in 1967.

Congress will defeat BJP’s money power: Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla to WION

The Election Commission is expected to announce the poll schedules for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram today. All four states are expected to go to the polls this year.

Election dates for MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh & Mizoram to be announced today

Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Ram Madhav said on Wednesday that the party would fight alone in the Mizoram assembly election, but might forge an alliance with like-minded parties.

BJP to go alone in Mizoram poll: General Secretary 

Professor Ganeshi Lal will take over as the new governor of Odisha, a post which had fallen vacant in March this year after veteran Naga leader S C Jamir completed his tenure.

BJP leaders Ganeshi Lal and Kummanam Rajasekharan appointed governors of Mizoram, Odisha

Madhya Pradesh finished at a top position with a tally of eight points

Junior Women Hockey Championship: MP, Odisha reach quarters

A number of elections are scheduled to be held in India within the next one year with assembly polls in Karnataka, Mizoram, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as the 2019 Lok Sabha election

India's growth momentum must continue despite elections: IMF

The refugees fled Myanmar after November 25 last year following a crackdown on Arakan rebels by the Myanmar Army

Myanmarese refugees in Mizoram refusing to return: Police

The central government is reported to have sanctioned around 4,000-km of national highway (NH) across the Northeast at a cost of Rs 32,000 crore

PM Modi announces Rs 90,000 crore for roads, highways projects for northeast

'My visit to this beautiful state today brings back fond memories of time spent with the people of Mizoram,' noted PM Modi

PM Modi inaugurates Tuirial hydroelectric power project in Mizoram

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