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India's top anti-terror body NIA has said insurgents from Manipur hiding in Myanmar infiltrated the state amid the ethnic violence last year, and trained "impressionable youths" to participate in gunfights.

An MLA in Manipur has written to Chief Minister N Biren Singh alleging the number of "illegal" Myanmar nationals living in shelter homes in eight villages "have outnumbered" the locals, leading to insecurity among the locals.

The Manipur ethnic violence began a year ago. To say "a year ago" is the strangest thing about the situation for a state that borders the troubled, junta-ruled Myanmar.

With the deportation of 38 immigrants from Manipur to Myanmar on Thursday, a total of 77 illegal Myanmarese migrants, including 55 women and five children, have been deported to their country since March 8, officials said.

At least 38 more "illegal immigrants" from Myanmar, who had crossed over to Manipur, were deported on Thursday through Moreh town in Tengnoupal district, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has doubled down on the state government's claim that a major factor behind the ethnic crisis in the border state was the "massive influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar".

Assam Rifles on Monday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition close to the Indo-Myanmar border in Mon district of Nagaland.

Two Myanmar nationals, including a woman, were arrested for possessing 1.5 kg of heroin worth Rs 10.65 crore in east Mizoram's Champhai district, the Assam Rifles said on Friday.

India on Friday said it has relocated its staff from its consulate in Myanmarese city of Sittwe to Yangon in view of the precarious security situation in that region of Myanmar.

India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.

China's penetration of Myanmar is a major challenge to India. It is treating Myanmar as its backyard.

The Rohingya crisis is a humanitarian catastrophe that has drawn international attention due to its magnitude and complexity. Originating from Myanmar, the Rohingya people have faced decades of persecution and violence, leading to a mass exodus.

Vinay Kumar, a 1992-batch IFS officer, presently Ambassador of India to Myanmar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

The personnel recovered Myanmar currency worth 4,79,55,000 Kyat and Indian currency worth Rs 2,86,780.

The Manipur government on Friday began deporting Myanmar nationals who had fled a recent surge in fighting between the ruling junta and pro-democracy insurgents in the border region, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

India's top anti-terror body NIA has said insurgents from Manipur hiding in Myanmar infiltrated the state amid the ethnic violence last year, and trained "impressionable youths" to participate in gunfights.

An MLA in Manipur has written to Chief Minister N Biren Singh alleging the number of "illegal" Myanmar nationals living in shelter homes in eight villages "have outnumbered" the locals, leading to insecurity among the locals.

The Manipur ethnic violence began a year ago. To say "a year ago" is the strangest thing about the situation for a state that borders the troubled, junta-ruled Myanmar.

With the deportation of 38 immigrants from Manipur to Myanmar on Thursday, a total of 77 illegal Myanmarese migrants, including 55 women and five children, have been deported to their country since March 8, officials said.

At least 38 more "illegal immigrants" from Myanmar, who had crossed over to Manipur, were deported on Thursday through Moreh town in Tengnoupal district, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has doubled down on the state government's claim that a major factor behind the ethnic crisis in the border state was the "massive influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar".

Assam Rifles on Monday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition close to the Indo-Myanmar border in Mon district of Nagaland.

Two Myanmar nationals, including a woman, were arrested for possessing 1.5 kg of heroin worth Rs 10.65 crore in east Mizoram's Champhai district, the Assam Rifles said on Friday.

India on Friday said it has relocated its staff from its consulate in Myanmarese city of Sittwe to Yangon in view of the precarious security situation in that region of Myanmar.

India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.

China's penetration of Myanmar is a major challenge to India. It is treating Myanmar as its backyard.

The Rohingya crisis is a humanitarian catastrophe that has drawn international attention due to its magnitude and complexity. Originating from Myanmar, the Rohingya people have faced decades of persecution and violence, leading to a mass exodus.

Vinay Kumar, a 1992-batch IFS officer, presently Ambassador of India to Myanmar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

The personnel recovered Myanmar currency worth 4,79,55,000 Kyat and Indian currency worth Rs 2,86,780.

The Manipur government on Friday began deporting Myanmar nationals who had fled a recent surge in fighting between the ruling junta and pro-democracy insurgents in the border region, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.