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  Anti-India insurgent groups, drone warfare: NIA foils terror plot, American among 7 foreigners held

  India | March 17, 2026 23:39 IST

  US national Mathew Aaron Van Dyke and six Ukrainians were arrested on March 13 at different airports across India over their involvement in training anti-India ethnic groups in Myanmar, having links to insurgent outfits in the country.

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  Mizoram: NIA arrests man for smuggling arms, ammunition in north-eastern states

  Mizoram | May 25, 2024 21:51 IST

  The individual identified as Solomona alias Hminga is the second accused to be arrested in the case. According to NIA, he had established a network in the bordering areas of Myanmar to procure and smuggle arms and ammunition along with explosives into Mizoram and Manipur.

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  Myanmar: Ethnic rebels declare control over key border town as 200 military personnel flee

  World | April 11, 2024 17:55 IST

  Since ousting the democratic government in a 2021 coup, Myanmar's military-led government has been battling insurgencies on several fronts by ethnic rebels and suffered several defeats. The loss of Myawaddy, the country's most active trading post with Thailand, is a major setback for the junta.

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  Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar scrapped, tweets Amit Shah

  India | February 08, 2024 12:55 IST

  Myanmar is one of India's strategic neighbours and it shares a 1,640-kilometre border with a number of northeastern states, including militancy-hit Nagaland and Manipur. India, recently, called for a cessation of fighting between Myanmar's military and the anti-junta groups near the border.

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  Mizoram: Heroin worth Rs 30 crore seized at India-Myanmar border, one arrested

  Mizoram | February 01, 2024 8:10 IST

  Heroin valued Rs 30 crore was confiscated from an individual in a village by Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police during a collaborative operation along the India-Myanmar border in Champhai district of Mizoram. The suspect has been apprehended.

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  Situation near Indo-Myanmar border concerning, says Army chief General Manoj Pande

  India | January 11, 2024 23:54 IST

  Army chief General Manoj Pande said India is considering strengthening the fencing along the border with Myanmar. "We have strengthened our posture, and deployment on the Indo-Myanmar border. We have close to 20 Assam Rifles battalions deployed there," he added.

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  Over 200 Myanmarese refugees sought shelter in Mizoram's Champhai after airstrikes: Official

  India | January 18, 2023 23:35 IST

  The Myanmar armed forces had launched two aerial attacks targeting Camp Victoria, the military headquarters of CNA located close to the India-Myanmar border, on January 10 and 11.

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  US, India call for a swift return of democracy in Myanmar

  World | September 25, 2021 14:14 IST

  According to a recent UN Development Programme report, the ongoing political crisis in Myanmar will further compound the socioeconomic impact of the Covid pandemic, reducing incomes.

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  More Myanmar soldiers joining democracy movement

  World | June 12, 2021 14:31 IST

  More and more soldiers in Myanmar, fed up with the orders to shoot peaceful protesters since the February 1 coup, are in revolt mode and have joined the movement for restoring democracy in the country.

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  Kidnapped 3rd ONGC employee released by ULFA-I militants after 31 days near Myanmar border

  India | May 22, 2021 14:10 IST

  Saikia, who was kidnapped on April 21, was released near the border in Longwa village of Mon district in Nagaland, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI.

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  China's UN envoy: Myanmar violence could lead to civil war

  World | May 04, 2021 9:32 IST

  China's UN ambassador on Monday urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb.

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  Mizoram urges Centre for more security along Myanmar border to stop Rohingya Muslims

  India | February 14, 2018 16:20 IST

  The CM told the home minister that the state could face serious problems if Rohingya refugees and terrorists from the Rakhine state in Myanmar enter Mizoram.

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  Indian Army conducts massive strike on Naga insurgents along Myanmar border

  News | September 27, 2017 16:47 IST

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  Indian Army strikes Naga insurgents along India-Myanmar border

  News | September 27, 2017 16:19 IST

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  Govt to replace Assam Rifles with BSF on Myanmar border

  India | November 19, 2013 20:52 IST

  New Delhi: In a major decision, government has decided to replace the Assam Rifles (AR) with BSF for guarding the porous Indo-Myanmar border notorious for movement of insurgents and smuggling of arms and narcotics.  The