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Rights Group, Manipur Ex Chief Minister Allege Report On Ethnic Violence "Biased", Seek Legal Action
Manipur's former chief minister N Biren Singh, in his first public reaction to a report by a Delhi-based non-profit on the ethnic violence in the northeast state bordering Myanmar, alleged the report "serves only to deepen divides".
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Over 4,000 Flee to Mizoram Following Armed Clashes In Myanmar's Chin State
Fighting between two armed Chin groups in Myanmar has forced several civilians to flee into Mizoram's Champhai. At least 2,845 people from Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages, which border Mizoram, have sought refuge in Zokhawthar village.
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Exclusive: Manipur Panel Began Identifying Immigrants 5 Weeks Before Clashes Began In May 2023
Five weeks before the Manipur ethnic clashes began in May 2023, a cabinet subcommittee comprising ministers from the three major communities visited three villages to make an assessment of the situation on "identification of Myanmarese immigrants."
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Over 10,000 More Soldiers To Be Sent To Manipur Amid Fresh Violence
The Centre will send over 10,000 more soldiers to ethnic violence-hit Manipur, taking the total number of companies of the central forces to 288 in the state neighbouring Myanmar, the state's Chief Security Adviser told reporters today.
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'Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete': Manipur Academics At UN Event
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said.
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"Strong Links With Myanmar Insurgents": NIA In Chargesheet Against Mizoram Arms Trafficker
The country's top anti-terror agency NIA has filed a chargesheet against a Mizoram resident in a transnational weapons trafficking case linked to Myanmar-based insurgent groups.
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"Expressed Concern Over Myanmar Instability's Impact On Our Border": S Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar has expressed concern about the impact of continuing violence in Myanmar in a meeting with the neighbouring country's foreign minister.
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Rohingya Refugees Flee To Bangladesh Amid Escalating Violence In Myanmar
Escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state in recent months may have spurred some Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, a key refugee official said, although Dhaka insists it cannot accept more refugees from its war-torn neighbour.
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Naga Insurgent Group Helped Meitei Outfits To Destabilise Manipur: Anti-Terror Agency NIA
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.
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Blog | A Year On, It Is Schrodinger's Manipur
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.
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India Plans To Spend Rs 370 Crore To Fence Myanmar Border: Report
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.
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Explained: The Rohingya Crisis And India's Stance On Those Seeking Asylum
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.
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Special Central Team Reaches Manipur; Scrap Ceasefire With Insurgents, Say MLAs
Thirty-five MLAs from different parties including the ruling BJP in Manipur have asked the Centre to end a ceasefire deal signed with 25 Kuki insurgent groups, on a day a special three-member team of the Home Ministry landed in Imphal.
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Second Commando Dies In Violence In Manipur's Moreh, On Myanmar Border
A second Manipur Police commando has died amid renewed violence in Moreh, a small but significant trading town located a few hundred metres from the Myanmar border.
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6,000 Myanmar Refugees In Manipur, More Likely To Come: Chief Minister
Around 6,000 people from Myanmar have taken shelter in Manipur after violence in the neighbouring country, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Sunday, adding that more refugees are likely to reach the state soon.
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Rights Group, Manipur Ex Chief Minister Allege Report On Ethnic Violence "Biased", Seek Legal Action
Manipur's former chief minister N Biren Singh, in his first public reaction to a report by a Delhi-based non-profit on the ethnic violence in the northeast state bordering Myanmar, alleged the report "serves only to deepen divides".
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Over 4,000 Flee to Mizoram Following Armed Clashes In Myanmar's Chin State
Fighting between two armed Chin groups in Myanmar has forced several civilians to flee into Mizoram's Champhai. At least 2,845 people from Khawmawi and Rihkhawdar villages, which border Mizoram, have sought refuge in Zokhawthar village.
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Exclusive: Manipur Panel Began Identifying Immigrants 5 Weeks Before Clashes Began In May 2023
Five weeks before the Manipur ethnic clashes began in May 2023, a cabinet subcommittee comprising ministers from the three major communities visited three villages to make an assessment of the situation on "identification of Myanmarese immigrants."
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Over 10,000 More Soldiers To Be Sent To Manipur Amid Fresh Violence
The Centre will send over 10,000 more soldiers to ethnic violence-hit Manipur, taking the total number of companies of the central forces to 288 in the state neighbouring Myanmar, the state's Chief Security Adviser told reporters today.
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'Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete': Manipur Academics At UN Event
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said.
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"Strong Links With Myanmar Insurgents": NIA In Chargesheet Against Mizoram Arms Trafficker
The country's top anti-terror agency NIA has filed a chargesheet against a Mizoram resident in a transnational weapons trafficking case linked to Myanmar-based insurgent groups.
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"Expressed Concern Over Myanmar Instability's Impact On Our Border": S Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar has expressed concern about the impact of continuing violence in Myanmar in a meeting with the neighbouring country's foreign minister.
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Rohingya Refugees Flee To Bangladesh Amid Escalating Violence In Myanmar
Escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state in recent months may have spurred some Rohingya Muslims to cross into Bangladesh, a key refugee official said, although Dhaka insists it cannot accept more refugees from its war-torn neighbour.
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Naga Insurgent Group Helped Meitei Outfits To Destabilise Manipur: Anti-Terror Agency NIA
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.
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Blog | A Year On, It Is Schrodinger's Manipur
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.
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India Plans To Spend Rs 370 Crore To Fence Myanmar Border: Report
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.
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Explained: The Rohingya Crisis And India's Stance On Those Seeking Asylum
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.
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Special Central Team Reaches Manipur; Scrap Ceasefire With Insurgents, Say MLAs
Thirty-five MLAs from different parties including the ruling BJP in Manipur have asked the Centre to end a ceasefire deal signed with 25 Kuki insurgent groups, on a day a special three-member team of the Home Ministry landed in Imphal.
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Second Commando Dies In Violence In Manipur's Moreh, On Myanmar Border
A second Manipur Police commando has died amid renewed violence in Moreh, a small but significant trading town located a few hundred metres from the Myanmar border.
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6,000 Myanmar Refugees In Manipur, More Likely To Come: Chief Minister
Around 6,000 people from Myanmar have taken shelter in Manipur after violence in the neighbouring country, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Sunday, adding that more refugees are likely to reach the state soon.
