Rohingya Muslims
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UN rights body slams India for its stand to deport Rohingyas
World | Sep 12, 2017, 07:29 AM ISTAmid the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, the United Nations on Monday reprimanded India for its bid to deport Rohingyas who have taken shelter in the country
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313,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh: UN
World | Sep 11, 2017, 04:40 PM ISTSome 313,000 Rohingya migrants have crossed the border into Bangladesh after fleeing deadly violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state
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Lord Buddha would have helped Rohingya Muslims: Dalai Lama
World | Sep 11, 2017, 08:02 AM ISTTibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Sunday said that Lord Buddha "would have definitely helped" the Rohingyas" and he felt "very sad" about the violence
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As exodus grows, Rohingya rebels call one-month Myanmar ceasefire
World | Sep 10, 2017, 05:26 PM ISTRohingya rebels today declared a unilateral ceasefire to allow aid to reach the increasingly desperate fugitives
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Rohingya crisis: India urges Myanmar to show restraint in handling situation
India | Sep 10, 2017, 08:15 AM ISTIndia on Saturday asked Myanmar to handle the situation with "maturity and restraint" in the Rakhine state where violence has forced over 3 lakh Rohingya Muslims to flee the country
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Pak summons Myanmar envoy over violence against Rohingyas
World | Sep 09, 2017, 07:12 PM ISTAccording to UN estimates, over 1,000 people may have been killed in the crackdown launched by Myanmar army in Rakhine state.
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Rohingya crisis: India refuses to join declaration of international meet against Myanmar
World | Sep 07, 2017, 11:46 PM ISTIndia today refused to be a part of a declaration adopted against Myanmar over Rohingya violence at an international conference in Bali
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PM Modi in Myanmar: India offers development aid to violence-hit Rakhine state
World | Sep 06, 2017, 10:53 PM ISTIndia has committed development aid to Rakhine state in Myanmar
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Rohingya crisis: Aung Suu Kyi blasts 'misinformation', says ‘fake news promoting interests of terrorists’
World | Sep 06, 2017, 05:37 PM ISTMore than 123,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in two weeks.
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At least five drown after boat carrying 35 Rohingya Muslims capsises in Bay of Bengal
World | Sep 06, 2017, 02:07 PM ISTAn unknown number of people are believed to be drowned when a trawler carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal.
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Rohingya Muslims to be deported, don’t give lessons to India on refugees: Kiren Rijiju
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PM Modi announces gratis visa for Myanmar citizens, raises Rohingya issue
World | Sep 06, 2017, 03:50 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the two leaders discussed ways to further cement the bilateral relations
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Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh seeks international pressure on Myanmar
World | Sep 05, 2017, 11:48 PM ISTUN refugee agency has said that 123,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar
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Rohingya Muslims to be deported, don’t give lessons to India on refugees: Kiren Rijiju
National | Sep 05, 2017, 07:21 PM ISTRijiju said that since Rohingyas are not legal immigrants, they stand to be deported.
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123,000 Rohingyas fled; 30,000 trapped in hilly terrain: All about Muslim ethnic group of Myanmar
World | Sep 05, 2017, 07:30 PM ISTMore than 30,000 Rohingyas are still trapped in hilly terrain of Myanmar’s northern state of Rakhine without basic supplies of food, water or medicine.
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PM Modi meets Myanmar President on maiden visit: As it happened
World | Sep 05, 2017, 11:23 PM ISTPM Modi met Myanmar’s President U Htin Kyaw and presented him with a reproduction of a 1841 map of a stretch of the River Salween
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'World is Waiting' for Suu Kyi to act against Rohingya unrest: Malala Yousafzai
World | Sep 04, 2017, 05:47 PM ISTMalala Yousafzai has called on her fellow Nobel laureate Aug San Suu Kyi to condemn the "shameful" violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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87,000 Rohingya Muslim migrants arrive in Bangaldesh from Myanmar: UN
World | Sep 04, 2017, 05:46 PM ISTThousands continued to arrive at the border, some of them with gunshot wounds, fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state
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'Don't lecture': Kiren Rijiju's response to rights groups on Rohingya refugees
National | Aug 28, 2017, 08:59 PM ISTUnion minister Kiren Rijiju today slammed human rights groups for criticising the Centre's move to deport Rohingya refugees and advised them not to "lecture".
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‘Dispose of’ illegal Rohingya immigrants from India, demands BJD MP
National | Apr 06, 2017, 05:23 PM ISTBiju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab today asked the central government to identify and“dispose of” Rohingya Muslims who have illegally migrated to India and “are being trained as terrorists”.