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Centre decides to scrap India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Centre has decided to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime (FMR) to maintain the country’s internal security and demographic structure of…
- India
Manipur Meitei bodies welcome decision to fence India-Myanmar border
Imphal: Imphal Valley-based Meitei organisations have welcomed the Centre’s decision to fence the entire 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, while Naga and Kuki bodies in Manipur said “it is not acceptable to them”. In…
- India
Govt to fence entire 1,643 km stretch of India-Myanmar border
New Delhi: The Government of India will construct a fence along the entire 1,643 km stretch of India-Myanmar border. Commenting on the development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, “It…
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India advises citizens not to travel to Myanmar’s Rakhine state
New Delhi: India on Tuesday advised its citizens not to travel to Myanmar’s Rakhine state in view of deteriorating security situation. In an advisory, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) asked Indian…
- India
India calls for complete cessation of violence in Myanmar
New Delhi: As Myanmar marked three years of a military coup that evicted Aung San Suu Kyi from power, India on Thursday called for complete cessation of violence in the country and…
- India
Myanmar military aircraft overshoots runway in Mizoram, 8 crew injured
Aizawl: At least eight crew members of a Myanmar Air Force aircraft were injured after the plane skidded off the Lengpui airport in Mizoram capital Aizawl on Tuesday, officials said. The Myanmar…
- India
India to send back 276 Myanmarese soldiers who fled to Mizoram last week
Aizawl: India will send back 276 Myanmarese soldiers who fled to Mizoram last week following gunfights with an ethnic insurgent group, an official said on Sunday. With this repatriation, which will continue…
- India
Will protect India-Myanmar border with fencing: Amit Shah
Guwahati: Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government will end the free movement of people at the India-Myanmar border, and fence it completely so that it can be protected like…
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Two police commandos killed, several injured in fresh Manipur flare-up
Imphal: Two Manipur Police commandos were killed and two others injured in a militant attack on security forces in Manipur’s Moreh area, along the Myanmar border, on Wednesday, police said. Police officials…
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.4 jolts Myanmar
Naypyidaw: An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar on Friday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the NCS, the earthquake struck at 07:23 am…
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416 Myanmar soldiers entered India, closely watching border: Army chief
New Delhi: About 416 Myanmarese soldiers crossed over to India in view of the situation arising out of the fighting between Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups and the government forces, and Indian military…
- India
Military coup, civil war in Myanmar leave Mizoram & Manipur with 32K refugees
Aizawl: The northeastern states of India, specially Mizoram and Manipur, have borne the brunt of the Myanmar military’s coup toppling the Aung San Suu Kyi government and seizing power in February 2021.…
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Myanmar refugees won’t be sent until normalcy returns: Shah to Mizoram CM
Aizawl: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has informed Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma that the Centre won’t deport Myanmar nationals who sought refuge in the state since February 2021 until normalcy is restored…
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151 Myanmar soldiers who fled to Mizoram sent back: Assam Rifles
Aizawl: Altogether 151 Myanmar soldiers, who fled during armed clashes with an ethnic insurgent group in the neighboring country and came to Mizoram, were sent back on Tuesday, January 2, an Assam…
- India
2K people from Myanmar cross over to India after intense gunfight
Aizawl: Over 2,000 Myanmar nationals entered India through the international border in Mizoram over the last 24 hours after an intense gunfight in the neighbouring country’s Chin state, an official said on…
