As protesters set vehicles on fire, hurling petrol bombs, and pelting stones, the police reportedly opened fire and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse them.
Suspended by NSCN-IM in July, HS Ramsan adds border fencing is 'devious design' to divide Nagas. Reacting to his statement, an IM leader says all Nagas oppose FMR revocation.
Mizoram shares a 510 km border with neighbouring country. On 8 February, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced decision to scrap Free Movement Regime between India & Myanmar.
The foreign minister, who is on a four-day visit to South Korea and Japan, also told the diaspora in Seoul about his government’s efforts to make the Northeast a ‘bridge’ to the extended region.
Protest organised in Aizawl on 21 February. NGOCC says ending Free Movement Regime, fencing Mizoram-Myanmar border will have detrimental effect on 'vital ethnic & cultural connections'.
10-km stretch in border town of Moreh has already been fenced & work for another 20 km approved. Govt also plans to use a hybrid surveillance system to keep an eye on work being done.
India believes it’s the right time for free movement because it has a good relationship with Myanmar, and this would buttress the Modi govt’s ‘Act East’ policy.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
The Kukis have been the root cause of this unrest and violence. The Meiteis clearly had no choice but to respond in kind.
As it us, the Kuki-Hmar-Zo people are residents of Myanmar. Over the last few decades, massive illegal immigration across the porous Indo-Myanmar border has resulted in a substantial Kuki population in India, especially in the hills of Manipur. This illegal immigration has been actively aided and abetted by various church organizations as almost all Kukis are Christians. That also is the primary reason why the European Union (EU), Canada, USA and the UN human rights organisations are so seriously concerned about the “situation” in Manipur. It’s just the Christian church pulling the strings behind the curtains.
The Indo-Myanmar agreement allowing free movement of people across the border for a distance of 100km further compounded the problem of combating illegal immigration.
The presence of such massive numbers of illegal immigrants in India, that too in the volatile north-east, is a serious national security threat. The Home Ministry must wake up and act before it’s too late.
The Kukis have been the root cause of this unrest and violence. The Meiteis clearly had no choice but to respond in kind.
As it us, the Kuki-Hmar-Zo people are residents of Myanmar. Over the last few decades, massive illegal immigration across the porous Indo-Myanmar border has resulted in a substantial Kuki population in India, especially in the hills of Manipur. This illegal immigration has been actively aided and abetted by various church organizations as almost all Kukis are Christians. That also is the primary reason why the European Union (EU), Canada, USA and the UN human rights organisations are so seriously concerned about the “situation” in Manipur. It’s just the Christian church pulling the strings behind the curtains.
The Indo-Myanmar agreement allowing free movement of people across the border for a distance of 100km further compounded the problem of combating illegal immigration.
The presence of such massive numbers of illegal immigrants in India, that too in the volatile north-east, is a serious national security threat. The Home Ministry must wake up and act before it’s too late.