Myanmar national with 248 grams heroin held in Mizoram's Champhai
Nov 25, 2023, 10:01 PM ISTAround 248 grams of heroin was smuggled from Myanmar to be sold in Mizoram. The accused has been arrested by state excise and narcotics department.
Around 248 grams of heroin was smuggled from Myanmar to be sold in Mizoram. The accused has been arrested by state excise and narcotics department.
The Ministry of External Affairs, in its latest advisory, asked to refrain from using inter-state travel by road. Also, it asked Indian nationals living in Myanmar to register with the Embassy of India, Yangon by filling up the emergency form.
These 29 soldiers had entered Mizoram on November 16 after their camp at Tuibual in Myanmar's Chin state, a few km from the international border, was overrun by Chin National Defence Force (CNDF), a local militia group affiliated with the PDF.
Nearly 5,000 people from Myanmar crossed over to India as violence escalated between the armed forces and rebel groups. Three ethnic minority forces launched a coordinated offensive against the junta-ruled government in late October, and intend to control the border with India.
Assam Rifles facilitated the transfer to the Myanmar government, while the remaining three soldiers are expected to follow suit.
Several Myanmar nationals who were injured in the Myanmar army airstrike have crossed the international border entered Mizoram's Champhai district and were admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Myanmar military has been embroiled in a conflict with ethnic rebel armies since the coup in 2021. It has launched several airstrikes against guerrilla forces and rebel fighters that have claimed the lives of many citizens.
In an intelligence-based joint operation with Manipur Police, NIA arrested Seiminlun Gangte in a case related to a transnational conspiracy by Myanmar and Bangladesh-based leadership of terror outfits to wage war against India.
The Burmese Air Force was forced to ground the planes as malfunctions and structural flaws were detected.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that relief and gratitude as 212 fellow Indian citizens (all Meiteis) who sought safety across the Myanmar border post the May 3rd unrest in Moreh town of Manipur, are now safely back on Indian soil.
According to the officials who were engaged in the rescue operations, a landslide occurred near Kachin's Hpakant township as the region has been receiving torrential rainfall.
The earthquake hit around at 8.19 pm, and the location was 49 km south-east of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, the National Center for Seismology said. The depth of the quake was 16 km, it said.
"They were met with a storm in the sea and the boat sank under huge waves," said a police official about the incident. Eight people have survived the accident and are being held at a police station.
The clemency was announced a day after Myanmar's military extended the state of emergency it imposed when it seized power from Suu Kyi's elected government two and a half years ago.
The army-enacted 2008 constitution allows the military to rule the country under a state of emergency for one year, with two possible six-month extensions if preparations are not yet completed for new polls, meaning that the time limit expired on January 31 this year.
Over 30,000 Myanmar nationals have taken shelter in the northeastern state of Mizoram since February 2021 following a coup by the Myanmar military junta in the neighbouring country.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi is serving a 33-year punishment, subsequent to being imprisoned in closed-door, military-run trials.
The People's Revolutionary Army, KCP (Kangleipak Communist Party), PREPAK (People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak), and UNLF (United National Liberation Front) were all named in the charge sheet, which was filed in the NIA Special Court in Imphal.
This came nearly two months after more than 100 people, including children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents, were killed in the airstrike.
Myanmar earthquake: The third tremor jolted Myanmar at around 05.43 am with the epicentre at 174km south-southeast of Yangon.
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