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Central YMA yesterday arranged a discussion time with members of the MJA on the latter’s campaign against drugs and alcohol.

Members of YMA CEC admitted excesses were sometimes required to extract information.The media, however, pointed out that everyone wants a better society, the means do not always justify the end and that taking the law into one’s own hands is heavily frowned upon by the media and that the media is the watchdog for these kinds of situation

Finally at the end of the two and a half hour meeting, it was resolved that activities of the supply reduction service of the CYMA were necessary for a better society but that these activities should be contained within the ambit of the law.

Source: Aizol Times.

Aizawl July 29: In a press conference held in Silchar this evening by the Barak Valley People’s Forum, the media were informed of the need to have lasting harmony between the people of Barak Valley and the Mizos and that the press can play a vital role in this.

Talking to this newspaper over the telephone this evening, senior advocate and president of the Barak Valley People’s Forum A. Bulbul said they had wanted journalists from Mizoram to attend the press conference too and were disappointed that no one from Mizoram had come.
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Aizawl July 29: Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs minister K. Sangthuama who paid a one-day visit to Vairengte village yesterday urged the people to remain peaceful and refrain from activities that could stop supplies coming to the state.
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Aizawl July 29: In a recent meeting of the Mizoram English Medium School Teachers Association, MEMSTA reiterated its intention not to participate in the Middle English School Leaving Certificate examinations that the state conducts.

Talking to this newspaper, Lalnunkunga Sailo, president of MEMSTA said a meeting of his organization held last Friday had again resolved its intention not to let their class VII students sit for the state-prepared examinations because it was a useless gesture and because they want the better Comprehensive & Continuous Evaluation system.
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Aizawl July 29: Sleuths of the Aizawl District Special Branch of the police department have seized Rs 1,98,000 in counterfeit currencies following a tip off from an informer.
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