Aizawl

At least 4 people were killed and 18 others injured when a petrol tanker caught fire and exploded in Mizoram's Aizawl district on Saturday evening, police said. The incident occurred at Tuirial village, about 18 kilometres east of the state capital, at around 6 pm when the tanker was going to Champhai. The tanker caught fire when locals tried to collect petrol oozing out of the tanker due to some reason. Four people were charred to death, while 18 others were hospitalised with burn injuries. The condition of five of them was critical, the police said.

At least 4 people were killed and 10 others injured after a tanker carrying petrol caught fire in Mizoram's Aizawl district on Saturday evening

The Mizoram government is making efforts to set up a rail-fed Petroleum Oil Lubricant (POL) depot near Aizawl, an official statement said on Thursday. The depot is planned to be set up at Sihhmui, about 22 km from here, it said. Chief minister Zoramthanga on Thursday convened a meeting with officials of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, and reviewed proposals of the company for setting up of the new depot. It would be rail-fed when construction of the broad gauge railway line between Bairabi and Sairang is completed, officials said. Mizoram does not have any oil depot, and most supplies come from Assam, they said.

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga tendered a public apology after her daughter Milari Chhangte was seen assaulting a doctor at a clinic in Aizawl in a viral video

The lockdown in Aizawl was extended till November 9 to curb the rising number of Covid-19 cases, an official said

Several houses and buildings in Champhai district, including a church in Zokhawthar, have been damaged due to the quake

In another incident, two houses collapsed in a landslide at Kepran n Aizawl district