Mizoram govt urges Assam to hold talks in April on resolving inter-state border disputes. border dispute began in 1972 when Mizoram, then one of the districts of Assam, became a Union Territory. Both state governments reaffirmed their promise to maintain peace and stability along the disputed border. The border area saw its worst-ever violence on July 26, 2021, when the Assam and MizOram Police exchanged fire in the disputed area near Vairengte village on National Highway 306, leaving six Assam Police personnel dead and many injured. The ministerial-level meeting of the two northeastern states was held here on August 9 last year after 21 months and was the first meeting after the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) came to power in MizorAM in 2023. The state government has already submitted a list of 62 border villages to Assam government that are within the Mizoramic territory. It is hoped the talks will be held in Guwahati in the first or second week of April in a bid to resolve the decades-old boundary dispute.