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Myanmar border-fencing idea isn’t a masterstroke. It comes from Manipur’s complete collapse

Residents of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram have had familial connections with Myanmar for centuries. It will be impossible to completely seal the man-made line.

Myanmar military plane to evacuate fleeing soldiers skids off runway at Mizoram airport, 8 injured

Aircraft, which was carrying 14 crew members apart from pilot, swerved off runway shortly after landing. Injured rushed to Lengpui hospital, four in serious condition.

Beijing is making inroads, Delhi is building fences. India shouldn’t give up on Myanmar

The real question for India is why it has allowed politics to mire strategically important states like Manipur in ethnic conflict, sabotaging its hopes of completing Asian Highway 1.

276 Myanmar army personnel enter Mizoram after armed ethnic group Arakan Army overruns camp

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.

416 Myanmar soldiers crossed over to India, fighting at border a ‘concern’, says Army chief

Army chief says deployment upped on Indian side amid fighting between Myanmar's army & rebels, adds there is 'talk to further strengthen' fencing along Indo-Myanmar border.

Myanmar crisis has put India in a difficult situation. Can it balance competing interests?

Ever since the Myanmar military regained control of the State in 2021, India—like China and other nations in Southeast Asia—has seen its power as a kind of necessary evil.

‘Whom to trust?’ — people of Myanmar’s border towns caught between military & an armed resistance

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.

Chin rebel leader lauds India’s help to Myanmar civilians, bats for political solution to end strife

State Administration Council — the government under Min Aung Hlaing — has already been 'morally defeated' by resistance forces, Chin National Front vice-chairman Sui Khar says

MEA expresses concern over violence near India-Myanmar border, influx of refugees into Mizoram

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi says local authorities in Mizoram ‘handling situation on humanitarian grounds, facilitating return of those who wish to return to Myanmar’.

At least 29 more Myanmar soldiers fleeing rebel attacks enter India, say police

Earlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers entered Mizoram after their military bases were overrun by rebels. Nearly 40 were sent back by Indian authorities.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts training Jammu & Kashmir cops 

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.