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| local. | 09/10/02 |
Another faith healer at Kawnpui
Aizawl Oct 08:After the Suangpuilawn faith healer Lalparmawia, the city is agian abuzz with still another faith healer, this time at Kawnpui, a village on the National Highway 54 about 60 km from here.
According to reports, Lalsangzela, a twenty-year old cripple, allegedly received healing powers from God on September 15, 2002 after which he embarked upon a faith healing mission.
As news of his power spread, more and more people have gone to him to get healed. Reports reaching this newspaper from Kawnpui Tuesday evening said people have been cured of various illness, both physical and spiritual.
With people coming from all over the state to Kawnpui, the Kawnpui YMA have taken up the reception and line-up work for their visitors.
Sangzela is said to have suffered from typhoid when he was two years old and have ever since been paralysed from the waist down. Studying upto class X, he had to abandon his studies as the scooter used for taking him to school became unavailable.
Staying at home, Sangzela apparently had contact with God after which he received his healing power.
When he touches a person, he immediately knows their illness and after a few minutes of hand contact, the person usually becomes better, a source said.
However, there are some who he have told to come back for a second touch.
According to reports, the youth loses his healing power at bedtime and during mealtimes.
Sangzela usually ministers to people with internal organ problems from 5:50 in the morning and from 10:30 am, he starts on people with other illnesses.
PIB receives Cleanliness Award
Aizawl Oct 08:The Mizoram office of the Publicity & Information Bureau was awarded the Most Clean Government Office award at the Cleanliness Week closing function held at Vanapa Hall today.
The PIB office is located at Tuikhuahtlang in the building of former Union minister Dr C Silver.
The function, attended by government officials, students and NGO activists, was organised by the Local Administration Department in which the LAD minister, H Vanlalauva was the chief guest.
Of the other awards presented today, the Most Clean Locality award was lifted by ITI locality and the Most Clean School/College award by the Bethlehem High School.
Prizes and certificates, awarded to the top three in the three Most Clean categories, was given out by Lalhmingmawii, wife of H Vanlalauva, minister.
MSU press gov't for cancellation of non-Mizo seats
Aizawl Oct 08:The Mizo Students Union have met the Higher & Technical Education minister B Lalthlengliana to put pressure on the government to cancel its order allocating a number of seats in various fields of further study to non-Mizos.
A press statement of the MSU today said they had made known their unhappiness over the government�s lack of interest and apathetic attitude towards safeguarding seat allocations for Mizo students to the minister at their meeting on Monday.
"While the government should have appealed against the High Court ruling over seat allotments for non-Mizos, it remained silent showing its apathetic attitude towards the welfare of Mizo students," the press statement said.
However, at their meeting, the minister assured the students that everything would be done to ensure that Mizo students get seats for MBBS, BSc, BDS etc and that scholarships would be disbursed before Christmas.
MPCC allege Food for Work misuse by MNF
Aizawl Oct 08:The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee have accused the MNF party of misusing the Central programme of poverty alleviation known popularly as Food for Work at Serchhip town.
Elaborating on the allegation, a press release of the MPCC said the MNF party has started misusing the Food for Work Programme at Serchhip just as it had misused government funds during the 1999 VC elections.
"Just as government funds had been misused by the MNF to gather votes in the 1999 VC elections, it has started misusing the Food for Work programme at Serchhip town by forming self styled committees through which foodgrains are being taken out of godowns," the MPCC said.
Requesting government officials to take utmost care in this matter, the Congress said if the MNF party can employ such tactics to gather votes, it would also form committees and take out the foodgrains from the godowns.
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