Myanmar Border
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Anti-India insurgent groups, drone warfare: NIA foils terror plot, American among 7 foreigners held
India | Mar 17, 2026, 11:39 PM ISTUS 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, 09:51 PM ISTThe 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 | Apr 11, 2024, 05:55 PM ISTSince 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 | Feb 08, 2024, 12:55 PM ISTMyanmar 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 | Feb 01, 2024, 08:10 AM ISTHeroin 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 | Jan 11, 2024, 11:54 PM ISTArmy 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 | Jan 18, 2023, 11:35 PM ISTThe 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 | Sep 25, 2021, 02:14 PM ISTAccording 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 | Jun 12, 2021, 02:31 PM ISTMore 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, 02:10 PM ISTSaikia, 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, 09:32 AM ISTChina'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 | Feb 14, 2018, 04:20 PM ISTThe 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
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Indian Army strikes Naga insurgents along India-Myanmar border
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Govt to replace Assam Rifles with BSF on Myanmar border
India | Nov 19, 2013, 08:52 PM ISTNew 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