India sends 2200 metric tonnes of rice to Myanmar as part of humanitarian assistance
Dec 08, 2024, at 01:34 pm
India on Saturday 2,200 metric tonnes of rice to Myanmar as a humanitarian assistance, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Operation Sadbhav: India sends aid to Typhoon Yagi-affected Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos
Sep 16, 2024, at 07:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has sent aid for people of Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos after the countries were affected by Typhoon Yagi.
Sep 16, 2024, at 03:32 am
The Indian Navy has commenced rapid preparations to deploy Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in response to the flash floods in Myanmar.
Feb 07, 2024, at 03:42 pm
The Indian government on Tuesday directed its nationals in Myanmar's Rakhine state to leave the troubled region immediately given the deteriorating security situation in the area.
Entire stretch of Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, Amit Shah announces
Feb 07, 2024, at 01:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Stating that building impenetrable borders is a commitment by the Narendra Modi-led government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border will be fenced.
Myanmar army plane crashes in Mizoram
Jan 24, 2024, at 12:41 am
Aizawl/IBNS/UNI: A Myanmar army plane crashed at the Lengpui airport on the outskirts of Mizoram's capital Aizawl on Tuesday morning, injuring eight people on board, officials said.
India-Myanmar border will be sealed soon: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Jan 21, 2024, at 12:07 am
The Government of India will soon implement restrictions on the free movement of people between India and Myanmar.
Mizoram: Myanmar soldiers sheltered in Indian police station to be sent back
Nov 15, 2023, at 12:08 am
Thirty-nine Myanmar army personnel, who have taken shelter at the Zokhawthar Police Station in Mizoram’s Champhai district close to the international border, are likely to be sent back after talks with the military government there, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
Manipur: Three Myanmar nationals arrested at Moreh
Oct 23, 2023, at 12:18 am
Three Myanmar nationals were apprehended by a team of Special Commando, Manipur Police while conducting foot patrolling at border town Moreh on Sunday.
Act East Policy: India plans to connect Myanmar border in Mizoram by rail
Aug 07, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Indian Railways is planning to connect Myanmar border in Mizoram by rail as a part of its Act East Policy.
Jul 04, 2023, at 12:06 am
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Operation Karuna: Indian govt sends humanitarian assistance to Cyclone Mocha-hit Myanmar
May 19, 2023, at 11:40 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government has launched “Operation Karuna” to provide humanitarian assistance to Cyclone Mocha-hit Myanmar.
Meghalaya-based terror outfit gathering strength, regrouping in Nagaland & Myanmar
May 14, 2023, at 10:05 pm
Shillong: Meghalaya-based terror outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has been regrouping and over 500 youth have been recruited and sent for training in Nagaland and Myanmar, a leaked intelligence report noted.
India needs to engage with Myanmar: Former army chief Gen M. M. Naravane
Mar 30, 2023, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India must engage with Myanmar irrespective of who is in power in that country said former Chief of the Army Staff Gen. M. M. Naravane. The engagement must be multi pronged- with the government, people and the regional armed groups as well, he stressed.
Mumbai-bound flight from Bangkok diverted to Myanmar after passenger dies of cardiac arrest
Mar 21, 2023, at 04:21 am
Mumbai/IBNS: A Bangkok to Mumbai flight was diverted to Rangoon (Yangon) in Myanmar due to a medical emergency on-board on Sunday, the airline has said.
Myanmar citizens arrested in Manipur
Jan 27, 2023, at 09:08 pm
Imphal: Manipur Police personnel and Tengnoupal district officials found a newly established village , New Salbung just next to H. Lhangcham village, Moreh Sub-division in the Manipur Myanmar border area on Thursday.
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:18 am
From collecting seeds of fruits thrown away by the shopkeepers & planting them on his farmland, to living his dream of becoming a farmer with a difference, today he has three thriving nurseries of different varieties of fruit trees and spices, honey, and ever-evolving fish ponds and nurseries which cater to markets across the border in Myanmar and also local buyers.
Will China ever ask Myanmar to stop repressive campaigns against its own people?
Jul 31, 2022, at 08:33 am
On July 25, Myanmar’s ruling military announced executing four democracy activists for their involvement in helping a civilian resistance movement that has been unsparing in its fight against the military since it removed a democratically elected government in a coup last year.
China’s SIGINT facilities in Cocos Islands, a threat to India
Jun 24, 2022, at 09:13 pm
The Coco Islands are two islands in the north-eastern Bay of Bengal. They are part of Yangon region of Myanmar.
India does not follow a policy of sanctions: EAM S Jaishankar on Myanmar
Feb 11, 2022, at 10:37 pm
Melbourne/New Delhi/UNI: In the backdrop of western countries slapping sanctions on Myanmar, India on Friday said it does not follow a policy of sanctions and that it has some very specific concerns regarding Myanmar which guide New Delhi's thinking, especially since the two countries share a land border.
India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to visit Myanmar tomorrow
Dec 21, 2021, at 10:34 pm
New Delhi: India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will pay a two-day working visit to Myanmar on Dec 22 and 23, 2021,the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes India-Myanmar border region: National Centre for Seismology
Nov 26, 2021, at 12:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted India-Myanmar border region in the early hours of Friday, according to National Centre for Seismology (NCS), which is the nodal agency of the Indian government for monitoring of earthquake activity in and around the country.
Five Myanmar nationals apprehended by police along Assam-Mizoram border
Oct 23, 2021, at 08:29 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police had apprehended five Myanmar nationals in Assam’s Cachar district along Assam-Mizoram border on Saturday who entered into India without valid documents.
Myanmar govt releases 23 Indian prisoners along Manipur border
Oct 15, 2021, at 01:07 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid the prevailing unrest in the country following the military coup, the Myanmar government has released 23 Indian prisoners at Tamu-Moreh border along Manipur-Myanmar border.
14 Myanmar nationals arrested at Imphal airport with fake Aadhaar cards
Oct 01, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Imphal: At least 14 Myanmar nationals, including a woman, were arrested by security personnel at Imphal airport in Manipur on Thursday while they allegedly tried to board a Delhi-bound flight by using fake Aadhaar cards.
Over 2100 people from Myanmar cross over to Mizoram in past few days
Sep 15, 2021, at 09:11 pm
Guwahati: More than 2100 people, including many children from Maynmar’s Chin state, have crossed over to Mizoram in past few days after military airstrikes in the bordering villages along Mizoram-Myanmar border.
Assam: Police apprehend 26 Myanmar nationals from Guwahati lodge, forged Indian documents recovered
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:36 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Police have apprehended 26 Myanmar nationals from a city lodge in Assam's capital city Guwahati.
Children of Myanmar refugees to study in Mizoram schools
Sep 04, 2021, at 01:45 am
Aizawl/IBNS: The Mizoram government has said that the children of Myanmar refugees and migrants will be enrolled in schools in Mizoram on humanitarian grounds, according to media reports.
India abstains from voting on UN resolution on Myanmar; stands with ASEAN initiative
Jun 19, 2021, at 05:55 pm
New York/IBNS:India on Friday abstained from voting on the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA's) resolution for an arms embargo against Myanmar, saying it did not correspond to its views.
Myanmar: The international community must do more to show it is not powerless
May 30, 2021, at 04:11 am
The tendency towards authoritarianism, the flagrant disregard for painstakingly agreed rules and conventions of international order, the denigration of human rights across wide and dispersed geographies, and the seeming inability of those tasked with preventing these to do so has meant that events such as the hijacking of international aircraft by the State and the killing of dissidents on foreign shores, to name just a few, have today begun to appear commonplace.