A least 34,282 Myanmarese refugees taking shelter across the 11 districts of Mizoram, state home department records show. Of them, 13,310 are children from different places in Myanmar.
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.
CM Lalduhoma says ultimate desire is for Mizos in India and in Myanmar's Chin Hills to be placed under one administrative unit, emphasising shared history before British intervention.
RS MP K. Vanlalvena meets Arakan Army rebels, Indian & Myanmar construction companies for Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project that will link Lawngtlai with Sittwe port.
Biren Singh-led Manipur govt has said that it intends to ‘identify & deport’ all those who entered state post-1961 — a proposition MSU believes is meant to target Kuki-Zo settlers.
'Nothing to worry about,' Mizoram CM tells powerful NGO Coordination Committee, which intends to protest against planned fencing of India-Myanmar border.
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'.
Reports from Mizoram’s border district of Lawngtlai say Myanmarese soldiers arrived at Bandukbanga village with arms and ammunition, and were being taken care of by Assam Rifles.
According to Lawngtlai district police, the Assam Rifles have initiated the repatriation process. The surrendered Myanmar army personnel have been taken to Parva.
Resistance groups' sustained attacks on military bases forced civilians to flee to India. Those who stayed, don't know whom to side with, those who left, aren’t sure when they can return.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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