Ahead of his meeting with his Myanmarese counterpart, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday hoped the ongoing dialogue between the military junta and pro-democracy leaders will have a "satisfactory outcome".
Seven journalists were incarcerated in India in 2021 and 2022, the highest in three decades.
However, official sources said the Assam Rifles -- a border guarding force -- primary mandate or task is not drug law enforcement.
'They have come here to protect people, but the allegation is that they help the armed organisations attack and burn down the houses of the Meiteis.' 'Many people have lost faith in the central forces as they believe these forces are involved in the escalation of the problem.'
He said over 30 people were detained for questioning during searches in 30 Rohingya settlements in Jammu city.
"Our message is to the military rulers: Let the US come to help you, help the people. Our hearts go out to the people of Burma. We want to help them deal with this terrible disaster. At the same time, of course, we want them to live in a free society," Bush said. President George W Bush on Tuesday asked Myanmar's military junta to allow the United States to provide disaster relief to thousands of people, who were left homeless by the devastating cyclone,
Stating that there is no nomenclature for the three groups who have come together, Akato said they will approach the Centre for political talks.
India struck twice in the first half to register a 2-1 win over a fighting Myanmar in the first leg of the FIFA Pre-Olympic Qualifier preliminary round encounter in Pune on Wednesday.
Hours after the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed on a historic trip to Myanmar, the country's pro-democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi said that India needs to do more in her country to establish true democracy.
Myanmar's notorious dictator General Than Shwe, who is on a five-day official visit to India, met President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday.
India's hitherto insignificant engagement in the developments in the changing Myanmar ( was the focus of the interaction held in Guwahati with speakers aligning with pro-democracy movement in Burma exhorting upon India to rise to the occasion and become discernible in its engagement in the neighbouring country.
The north-eastern states are keen to have a proposed gas pipeline from Myanmar routed through the region as they believe the project could bring about a development windfall.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had his first meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who said that China is looking forward to the Indian leader's maiden visit to Beijing.
'If the Kukis and Meiteis are the warring groups, then we need to find space for a third group which can mediate between the two.'
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The best course of action for India remains to work within the space it has created in Myanmar and not make the junta too apprehensive, while still trying to nudge for greater political reforms, writes Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd)
On Tuesday, this was confirmed by a vote in parliament. Kyaw received 360 votes of the 652 cast, the parliamentary official counting the votes said on Tuesday.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday hinted that external forces or elements may have had a hand in the ethnic violence, which has claimed several lives in the state, adding that it seems 'pre-planned'.
The drugs seized include 3,089 kilograms of charas, 158 kg of Methamphetamine and 25 kg of morphine.
Addressing the Manipur assembly during the commencement of the budget session, she said that 198 companies of central armed police forces and 140 army columns have been deployed along with state forces to maintain law and order.
The interim budget 2024-25 on Thursday allocated Rs 202868.70 crore to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) with the highest share of funds going to the paramilitary forces like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Industrial Secular Force (CISF), showing priority on internal security and border guarding.
BJP said that instead of criticising the government, Congress should have congratulated the armed forces for their action.
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.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will travel to India to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers' meeting being held in Goa on May 4 and 5, the foreign ministry in Beijing announced on Tuesday.
'If the government can conduct elections during such a time, I am sure they can find ways to bring peace and address the concerns of people. Everything that we had built over the years got burnt and now we are supposed to start our lives from scratch and we should also vote?'
India is sending two naval ships with relief and medical supplies to Myanmar, where a severe cyclone claimed over 3,000 lives and rendered thousands more homeless. The ships, carrying food items, tents, blankets, clothing and medicines will sail to Yangon from Port Blair, the External Affairs Ministry announced in New Delhi. The top leadership has conveyed India's readiness to provide immediate emergency relief assistance and to assist Myanmar in its rehabilitation efforts.
The external affairs minister said the SAARC is in trouble as one of its members has been supporting terrorism.
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.
In the wake of the killing of 18 Armymen in Manipur, government plans to deploy either Indo-Tibetan Border Police or Assam Rifles for manning the 389-km-long Indo-Myanmar border in the state.
A crack team of about 70 commandos from 21 Para of the Indian Army carried out the surgical strike inside Myanmar territory in the thick of the night that killed 38 insurgents belonging to NSCN(K) and KYKL militant groups on Tuesday.
Women are on a sit-in at Chikim village, around 3 km from Tengnoupal district's Moreh, a Kuki majority town.
The UN's special envoy to Myanmar said that the military junta has taken positive steps to move towards dialogue with the opposition, a statement which was downplayed by the US and Britain, but received positively by China and Russia.
CIDCA is headed by Luo Zhaohui, the former vice foreign minister and ex-ambassador to India.
The US embassy cable details how the regime was thought to be using football to distract its population from ongoing political and economic problems.
In the battle to decide the group topper, Ro Hak Su scored the all-important goal in the 16th minute of the match and later the Koreans hung on to the lead till the end.
