AIZAWL: They were married in church before friends and family. They lived together for many years. He was a nobody before he married her, but with her support as a working woman, he came up in life.

He was her success story when he rose to become an elected politician. But with money and power in hand, he acquired a mistress. When she pleaded and protested, he uttered the Mizo man’s traditional magic words of ‘Ka Ma Che< /em>’ to free himself from her. She had to leave her home immediately, taking nothing but her own clothes.

SRINAGAR: Praising his son and Chief Minister of the State National Conference President Farooq Abdullah Friday that government has already accepted the 6 th pay commission recommendations and announcement in this regard will be made soon.

AIZAWL: Mizo National Front (MNF) today threatened to boycott the forthcoming parliamentary polls if electoral voting machines (EVMs) are used in the state during the elections.

In a statement, MNF chief and former chief minister Zoramthanga alleged that the present Congress government led by Lal Thanhawla won a landslide victory in the recent assembly polls by tampering the EVMs.

IMPHAL: The Okram Ibobi Singh government is seeking nearly 90 companies of additional central paramilitary forces for smooth and violent-free conduct of the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

The state election office will make this demand to the Election Commission in a report about the state’s poll preparedness, which is likely to be sent in the next few days. “We will seek 86 additional companies of central paramilitary forces. If this strength is given with the state’s own forces and existing paramilitary forces, we can manage a trouble-free election in both the Outer and Inner Manipur seats,” an official source said.