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Traders without permits leave
AIZAWL: Over 400 non-Mizos left the Mizoram capital
on Sunday after the Mizo Zirlai Pawl asked traders and labourers
who did not have inner-line permits to do so. The non-Mizos
took advantage of the 24-hour relaxation in the “curfew” imposed
on them by the Mizo Zirlai Pawl and left Aizawl under police
escort. The deadline for the traders and non-Mizo labourers
to leave Aizawl was July 26.
Cheat held
SILCHAR: Police in Hailakandi district arrested a BJP leader, Biplab Purakayastha, on Saturday for duping a person of Rs 3,000.
Woman injured
SILCHAR: A woman and her son were injured when they resisted a gang of robbers who broke into their house in Jalapur village under Karimganj district’s Badarpur block on Saturday. The woman has been identified as Tara Begum.
Girl rescued
DHUBRI: Golokganj police rescued a 14-year-old girl, Jonti Khanikar, from Kekuri village under Dhakuakhana police station of North Lakhimpur district on Friday.
Man shot at
NAGAON: An auto-rickshaw driver, Minu Chakma, was shot at by a person identified as Kamrul Khan in Panbari under Diphu police station on Sunday.
Floods
AGARTALA: More than 2,000 families have been displaced in South Tripura because of floods caused by incessant rains during the past three days, officials said on Sunday.
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