This year the army have maintained constant vigil over the two vital supply lines to ULFA bases in Myanmar putting the outfit cadres holed up in Myanmar in a spot.
The other new items include edible oil, electrical appliances, steel products, medicines, tea, beverages, motor cycles and spare parts, semi precious stone, sewing machines and three wheelers/cars below 100cc.
India on Friday extended to Myanmar a grant of $1 million for building infrastructure, including schools, in the violence-hit Rakhine State and signed two key MoUs as New Delhi pitched for deeper bilateral ties making it clear that it cannot 'take a back seat'.
On the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Myanmar in quarter of a century, Manmohan Singh held 'broad-ranging' discussions with Myanmar President Thein Sein on a road map for bilateral cooperation and said New Delhi was committed to Myanmar's economic development.
India on Monday announced that it will provide a 500 million-dollar line of credit to Myanmar as the two countries signed agreements on a range of sectors, including air services, beginning a "new journey" of bilateral cooperation. On the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Myanmar in quarter of a century, Manmohan Singh held "broad-ranging" discussions with Myanmar President Thein Sein on a roadmap for bilateral cooperation.
Myanmar is likely to award at least one offshore oil and gas exploration block and refinery revamp project to Indian firms even as New Delhi is exploring the possibility of piping
Cooperation in security, energy, connectivity and agriculture will top Singh's agenda of talks with Myanmar's quasi-civilian government headed by President U Thein Sein in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday and the two countries are expected to sign a number of agreements in these areas during the visit, the first by an Indian premier in quarter of a century.
Seven journalists were incarcerated in India in 2021 and 2022, the highest in three decades.
Elephants hold a special place in the hearts of Southeast Asians. And if it's a white elephant, it becomes a matter of hope and good fortune.
Myanmar's former democratically-elected leader has been under house arrest since a military ousted her government in a coup in February 2021.
'I talked to many voters and most of them said they had voted for Suu Kyi. One could see the enthusiasm,' says Deepak Obhrai, head of the four-member Canadian observer team that monitored the Myanmar elections.
'but the terrorism issue should be fair, square at the centre of the conversation. It is the major issue ... I am not saying there are no other issues. But I am not going to duck that issue for the sake of talking'
The high point of the President's visit was the signing of three important agreements in natural gas, satellite-based remote sensing and promotion of Buddhist studies.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that mobile internet services, which were suspended after ethnic violence erupted in the northeastern state on May 3, will be restored from Saturday.
The appointment of veteran diplomat Derek Mitchell, who was till now the Special US Representative and Policy Coordinator for Myanmar, was confirmed by the Senate on Friday and he is expected to leave for that country soon.
The agreements were reached during the 11th round of Home Secretary level talks between the two countries in Yangon.
As Myanmar sets out on a new path after decades of military rule, India on Monday promised whole-hearted support to it in "every step" of its journey as the two countries resolved to deepen ties and actively cooperate to combat terrorism and insurgent activities in the region.
Singh said that he would resign if the government measures against the use of drugs and its campaigns against the influx of unauthorised immigrants to contain the situation in the state were found to be unconstitutional.
On Saturday, November 25, 2023, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar, the chief of the naval staff, reviewed the passing out parade of the autumn term 2023 at the Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala, Kerala.
Speaking to PTI-Video, Singh said the talks were at an advanced stage, even though he stayed away from naming the underground organisation.
Without the full participation of the democratic opposition and ethnic minority groups, the National Convention lacks the legitimacy necessary to draft a constitution, the State Department said.
A top United Liberation Front of Asom leader along with an Indian journalist and a photographer was detained in Myanmar but the two mediapersons were later released.
While the India-Myanmar gas pipeline continues to hang fire, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation may push for a gas-based power project in Myanmar to bring power to the power-starved north-eastern states
The Indian football team suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Myanmar in its last league match of the qualifying event of the AFC Challenge Cup in Yangon on Wednesday.
Three gem pits at the mine in Mongshu collapsed on July 3, trapping miners and destroying several buildings, gem industry sources said. Northern Myanmar is a world-famous gem-producing region, most notably for rubies.
Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee with Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Nyan Win. Win is in India to enhance bilateral ties, particularly in trade and energy fields. He also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Those advocating a similar raid in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, for instance, need to have a reality check on the applicability of the same template on other borders, says Nitin Gokhale.
Come September, and China will begin to lay parallel oil and natural gas pipelines from the Kyaukpyu deep-sea port on Myanmar's Arakan coast in the Bay of Bengal, all the way up north-east to Kunming in China's Yunnan province.
However, official sources said the Assam Rifles -- a border guarding force -- primary mandate or task is not drug law enforcement.
United States President Barack Obama said on Friday that Hillary Clinton would travel to Myanmar, the first trip to the country by a US secretary of state for 50 years, to hold talks with the government and the pro-democracy leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after the American president held a first-ever conversation with the freedom icon.
They had earlier been arrested by the Manipur police in September last year when they were allegedly extorting money by wearing police uniforms and carrying sophisticated weapons, the officials said.
US President Barack Obama's proposed visit will be coming less than a month after a new spell of violence between the native Buddhists of the Rakhine State and the Rohingya Muslims, points out B Raman
After launching the Nano early this week, the country's leading truck and bus maker, Tata Motors, is now looking to set up a truck manufacturing plant in Myanmar with support from the Indian government in the form of financial participation.
A report by ABC News has stated that the comments follow reports that Indian authorities warned Myanmar 48 hours before Nargis hit landfall and that many people in Myanmar learnt of the approaching cyclone from international media. Available information could have been used to warn against the likelihood of a major storm surge, according to Sharp and Melbourne-based CSIRO storm surge expert Dr Katherine McInnes.
The first 'Made In India' exhibition, showcasing the country's modern products and technologies, opened in the Myanmar capital on Thursday.
As India seems to be picking 'Bharat' at least in official communication, here are some interesting name changes.
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