190 smugglers were caught in 2020, 53 this year. Assam Rifles officers say nature of Mizoram-Myanmar border and limited troop strength make operations a challenge.
The handling of Myanmarese refugees has become a sensitive issue in Mizoram as tribes on either side of the border share strong familial and ethnic ties.
Modi govt has called for the influx of Myanmar refugees to be checked. But Mizoram has repeatedly approached the Centre to reiterate that it can't be indifferent to their sufferings.
Mizoram has been facing an influx of refugees from Myanmar since last one month amid military crackdown there following the February coup, which overthrew the ruling party.
Political refugees from Myanmar have sought asylum in Mizoram since the military coup last month. MHA wants them deported but Mizoram govt doesn’t want to.
In the letter to PM Modi, CM Zoramthanga said, the MHA advisory asking to prevent illegal immigration and ensuring deportation of the refugees, was not acceptable to his state.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
Digbijoy Ghose….you will do well in present day journalism! Homilies from a stool pigeon . As a journalist, you are not qualified to say what ‘should’ be done. Get a degree in International Law and History before preaching .
Digbijoy Ghose….you will do well in present day journalism! Homilies from a stool pigeon . As a journalist, you are not qualified to say what ‘should’ be done. Get a degree in International Law and History before preaching .