Over 2,000 Refugees Flee Into Mizoram As Fresh Armed Struggle Breaks Out In Myanmar
1 year, 1 month ago

Over 2,000 Refugees Flee Into Mizoram As Fresh Armed Struggle Breaks Out In Myanmar

ABP News  

Thousands of Myanmar nationals have entered Mizoram's Champhai district through the international border, following a fresh airstrike by the Myanmar army in the bordering areas along the Indo-Myanmar border. Officers of the Assam Rifles held a key meeting with Mizoram village chiefs and leaders of the Young Mizo Association to discuss the ongoing refugee situation along the border villages, reported news agency IANS. More than 5000 people took refuge in two villages along the border and we also got about 20 civilian injuries - 8 of them are taken to Aizawl for better medical treatment.One succumbed to his stray bullet injuries last evening.Since last night there has been no more commotion at the border.Now it is quite calm but we don't know whether Myanmar Army will attack from the air. Simultaneously, intelligence and media outlets reported that following intermittent gunfire exchanges between the Myanmar Army and the People's Defence Force, the armed wing of the National Unity Government of Myanmar, a fresh wave of refugees sought shelter in the bordering villages of Mizoram.

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A Mizoram lifeline for 4 Myanmar Army rebels
3 weeks, 6 days ago

A Mizoram lifeline for 4 Myanmar Army rebels

Hindustan Times  

At around 2pm on Monday, four men entered India secretly after a two-day journey — first on foot and later in a van — from Myanmar’s Hakha province to Zohkhawthar, a village in Mizoram along the Indo-Myanmar border. Over the last three years, after the 2021 military coup, around 30,000 Myanmar nationals have entered India and are living in Mizoram. …

Cannot push back Bangladeshi refugees, Mizoram CM tells PM Modi
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Cannot push back Bangladeshi refugees, Mizoram CM tells PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Aizawl: Urging the Centre to understand the position of Mizoram in giving shelter to Zo refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, Chief Minister Lalduhoma has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that his government would not be able to push them back, an official statement said. An official of the state home department said that nearly 2,000 Zo ethnic people from Bangladesh have …

Can't Push Back Or Deport Bangladeshi Immigrants, Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Tells PM Modi
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Can't Push Back Or Deport Bangladeshi Immigrants, Mizoram CM Lalduhoma Tells PM Modi

ABP News  

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma has urged the Centre to understand the state's position in giving shelter to refugees from neighbouring Bangladesh, according to an official statement. Nearly 2,000 people from the Zo ethnic community in Bangladesh have taken refuge in Mizoram since 2022, said an official of the state home department. During a brief meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Mizoram awaits Centre's nod to initiate biometric enrollment for 33,000 Myanmar refugees
6 months ago

Mizoram awaits Centre's nod to initiate biometric enrollment for 33,000 Myanmar refugees

Hindustan Times  

The Mizoram government is waiting for instruction from the Centre to initiate biometric enroll:ment for over 33,000 Myanmar refugees in the northeastern state, a home department official said. Mizoram waiting to start biometric enrollment for 33,000 Myanmar refugees, The official said that a new biometric enrollment portal has already been prepared. In April last year, the Union Ministry of Home …

Over 1000 more refugees enter Mizoram as Myanmar fighting intensifies
7 months ago

Over 1000 more refugees enter Mizoram as Myanmar fighting intensifies

Hindustan Times  

SILCHAR: Over 1,000 people from Myanmar have taken refuge in Mizoram’s border district of Champhai after fighting intensified between Myanmar’s rebel forces and the ruling junta, the district administration said on Thursday. Champai: People take part in a rally against scrapping of the Free Movement Regime, at Indo-Myanmar Friendship Gate, at Zokhawthar village along India-Myanmar border, Mizoram, on May 16 …

Rallies held in Manipur, Mizoram against fencing of Indo-Myanmar border
7 months, 1 week ago

Rallies held in Manipur, Mizoram against fencing of Indo-Myanmar border

The Hindu  

A large number of people belonging to the Kuki Zo tribal community organised rallies in Manipur and Mizoram on May 16 to denounce the government’s decision to cancel Free Movement Regime with Myanmar and fencing of the international border with the neighbouring country. “Hundreds of Kuki Zo tribal people organised a rally in the headquarters town of Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, …

Northeastern View | Fresh influx of refugees into southern Mizoram reveals new complications in western Myanmar
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Fresh influx of refugees into southern Mizoram reveals new complications in western Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

On May 7, The Mizoram Post, citing sources, reported that more than 40 Myanmar nationals had entered a village in southern Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district on 30 April from Paletwa in southern Chin State. However, the Mizoram government and civil society remain wary of the asylum situation, which has put additional stress on the state’s limited finances and public service infrastructure, …

If things were normal in Myanmar, this wouldn't have happened: EAM Jaishankar on border fencing
8 months, 1 week ago

If things were normal in Myanmar, this wouldn't have happened: EAM Jaishankar on border fencing

New Indian Express  

AIZWAL: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the Centre decided to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and end the Free Movement Regime because the government gives top priority to the country's security. In February, the Centre decided to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and abolish the Free Movement Regime between the two countries. Mizoram government, civil society organisations and …

Mizoram Assembly passes resolution to oppose Myanmar border fencing
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mizoram Assembly passes resolution to oppose Myanmar border fencing

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The 40-member Mizoram Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution against the Centre’s decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime agreement with the civil war-torn neighbouring country. Reconsider move In the resolution moved by Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga, the Centre was urged to reconsider its decision and take steps instead to ensure the Zo …

Mizoram: NGOCC protest in Aizawl against scrapping of FMR, fencing India-Myanmar border
10 months ago

Mizoram: NGOCC protest in Aizawl against scrapping of FMR, fencing India-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Aizawl: A civil society group in Mizoram on Wednesday staged a peaceful demonstration in protest against the Centre's proposal to erect a fence along the India-Myanmar border and terminate the Free Movement Regime with the neighbouring country. NGOCC opposed to the move to construct fence Speaking at the rally, NGOCC chairman and CYMA president Lalhmachhuana the firm opposition of the …

Myanmar military aircraft skids off runway In Mizoram airport, six injured
11 months ago

Myanmar military aircraft skids off runway In Mizoram airport, six injured

Deccan Chronicle  

A Myanmar military aircraft, with 14 passengers including pilots onboard, skidded off the runway at Mizoram's Lengpui Airport on Tuesday. At least six people who were injured have been admitted to Lengpui Hospital, the Mizoram director general of police said.The military aircraft was on a mission to airlift Myanmar army personnel who had sought refuge in the state following intense …

Aircraft to evacuate Myanmar soldiers from Mizoram overshoots runway, eight injured
11 months ago

Aircraft to evacuate Myanmar soldiers from Mizoram overshoots runway, eight injured

The Hindu  

A Myanmar Air Force cargo plane sent to Mizoram to evacuate 92 Myanmarese soldiers overshot the runway of Lengpui Airport near the State’s capital Aizawl on January 23. It was supposed to pick up some 50-60 Myanmar soldiers who crossed over into Lawngtlai district to escape the resistance forces in their country’s Chin State,” a police officer said from Aizawl, …

Myanmar Army plane that came to fetch soldiers who crossed into India for refuge crashes in Mizoram
11 months ago

Myanmar Army plane that came to fetch soldiers who crossed into India for refuge crashes in Mizoram

Firstpost  

A Myanmar Army plane with 14 people, including the pilot, on board crashed at Mizoram’s Lengpui airport on Tuesday. Myanmar soldiers enter India’s Mizoram On Monday, India sent home at least 184 Myanmar army soldiers. An official statement from Assam Rifles confirmed that 276 Myanmar soldiers entered Mizoram on 17 January to take shelter after a gunfight with the rebels …

Mizoram government to hand over state's lone airport to AAI or Adani Group: CM Lalduhoma
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Mizoram government to hand over state's lone airport to AAI or Adani Group: CM Lalduhoma

India TV News  

Mizoram news: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Saturday said that the state government would hand over the state's lone airport to the Airports Authority of India or Adani Group for its further development and management. Returning from Kolkata, the Chief Minister said that the state government would take steps to hand over the Lengpui airport to either AAI or Adani …

Over 150 Myanmar soldiers flee to Mizoram village after rebel forces capture camps; some critically injured
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 150 Myanmar soldiers flee to Mizoram village after rebel forces capture camps; some critically injured

Hindustan Times  

As many as 151 Myanmar soldiers fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after their camps in the neighbouring country were overrun by an armed ethnic group, news agency PTI reported citing an Assam Rifles officer said on Saturday. The Myanmarese Army personnel, also known as the ‘Tatmadaw’, fled with their arms and approached the Assam Rifles at Tuisentlang in Lawngtlai district …

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

Why are people fleeing Myanmar for Mizoram? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a spillover of the civil war in Myanmar, 1,500 nationals of India’s neighbouring country, took refuge in Mizoram’s Champhai district early on November 13 following an intense gunfight between the Myanmar Army, and pro-democracy militias in the country’s western Chin State abutting Mizoram. The attacks in Chin State coincidentally followed a major coordinated attack on …

Myanmar Nationals Take Shelter In Mizoram's Champhai After Airstrike
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar Nationals Take Shelter In Mizoram's Champhai After Airstrike

ABP News  

Following the recent airstrike by the Myanmar army in the bordering areas along the Indo-Myanmar border, around 5000 Myanmarese who fled from their country have now taken shelter in the Zokhawthar area of Mizoram's Champhai district. #WATCH | Champhai, Mizoram: Myanmar nationals take shelter in the Zokhawthar area after they fled Myanmar following a recent airstrike by the Myanmar army …

Vantage | Why fires of rebellion in Myanmar wont's leave India unscathed
1 year, 1 month ago

Vantage | Why fires of rebellion in Myanmar wont's leave India unscathed

Firstpost  

In the tumultuous landscape of Southeast Asia, Myanmar finds itself entangled in a complex web of conflict. Mizoram, Inspector General of Police, Lalbiakthanga Khiangte, said, “This morning again we still captured two Myanmar army and apart from that another one is also injured, that is already admitted in Champhai Civil Hospital yesterday evening itself. Humanitarian crisis The crisis intensifies as …

Over 5,000 Myanmar nationals enter India amid clashes - Here’s what is happening
1 year, 1 month ago

Over 5,000 Myanmar nationals enter India amid clashes - Here’s what is happening

Live Mint  

More than 5,000 people from Myanmar – including army personnel – have crossed into Mizoram over the past two days amid an intense gunfight. Locals breached the international border on Sunday evening after the People's Defence Force attacked two military bases in Chin state and prompted retaliatory airstrikes. “More than 5,000 people took refuge in two Mizoram villages along the …

Myanmar refugees want ration, kids education from new Mizoram government
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar refugees want ration, kids education from new Mizoram government

The Hindu  

A decent two-time meal and good education for children are the expectations of a group of Myanmar citizens, who fled their country and are now taking shelter in Mizoram, from the new government in the northeastern State, where assembly polls are scheduled on November 7. "The expectation from the new Mizoram government is that they continue providing us the ration …

Manipur, Myanmar shadow on Mizo polls
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur, Myanmar shadow on Mizo polls

Hindustan Times  

At 79, life has come full circle for Zoramthanga, the chief of Mizo National Front, who is fighting to retain office in Aizawl. If he wins, it will be a record fourth term as chief minister for Zoramthanga, who started his political career in the Mizo nationalist movement in the 1960s as an activist of MNF, then an underground outfit. …

Mizoram contest animated by distant thunder in Myanmar and Manipur
1 year, 2 months ago

Mizoram contest animated by distant thunder in Myanmar and Manipur

The Hindu  

Nowhere in India are elections as bland as in Mizoram, where the influential church – mostly Presbyterian – and community-based NGOs issue stricter dos and don’ts than the Election Commission of India. Mizoram Seat Sharing In the 2018 election, Mizo National Front emerged as the single largest party with 27 seats with a vote share of 37.7% INC won 4 …

Manipur, Mizoram differ on Myanmar ‘refugees’
1 year, 2 months ago

Manipur, Mizoram differ on Myanmar ‘refugees’

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Mizoram government has decided against collecting the biometrics and biographical data of ‘refugees’ from Myanmar while its Manipur counterpart has sought more time from the Centre in view of the ongoing Kuki-Meitei conflict to complete the exercise. A Mizoram Home Department official said on Thursday that the State Cabinet decided on Wednesday not to proceed with the proposed …

Mizoram emerges as an island of peace, provides shelter to hapless people, says CM Zoramthanga
1 year, 3 months ago

Mizoram emerges as an island of peace, provides shelter to hapless people, says CM Zoramthanga

India TV News  

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said that amidst turmoil in certain parts of the northeast region and around it, his state emerged as an island of peace. Around 35,000 Myanmar nationals, including children and women, have taken shelter in Mizoram since February 2021 after the Myanmar military, following a coup, took over the governance there. Over 1,000 tribals have also taken …

40,000 Kukis from Myanmar in Mizoram since 2021, never created any problem: Mizoram MP counters Amit Shah
1 year, 4 months ago

40,000 Kukis from Myanmar in Mizoram since 2021, never created any problem: Mizoram MP counters Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Countering Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament last week that Kukis from Myanmar contributed to the present ethnic tension in Manipur, K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram said that though his State had sheltered more than 40,000 “refugees” from the neighbouring country since 2021, they had never created any problems. I was asked by our Chief Minister …

Mizoram awaits Centre’s aid to shelter 12,600 people fleeing Manipur amid unrest
1 year, 4 months ago

Mizoram awaits Centre’s aid to shelter 12,600 people fleeing Manipur amid unrest

Live Mint  

A senior official from the Mizoram government revealed that they are still awaiting financial assistance from the Central government to support over 12,600 people from Manipur who seek shelter in Mizoram due to the ongoing ethnic strife. As reported by PTI, Mizoram Home Commissioner and Secretary H Lalengmawia noted that Chief Minister Zoramthanga had, in May, sought ₹10 crore as …

Manipur asks Assam Rifles to push back 718 refugees from Myanmar
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur asks Assam Rifles to push back 718 refugees from Myanmar

The Hindu  

The Manipur government on July 24 asked the Assam Rifles to immediately “push back” 718 Myanmar nationals, including 301 children, who entered the State illegally on July 22 and 23. The State government also sought a detailed report from the border guarding force on how the “refugees” were allowed to “enter illegally.” The Assam Rifles had informed the Deputy Commissioner …

Mizoram to raise funds for Manipur-displaced
1 year, 5 months ago

Mizoram to raise funds for Manipur-displaced

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Mizoram government has decided to seek donations from the people to support some 12,000 internally displaced persons who sought refuge in the State after fleeing ethnic violence in Manipur. Mizoram’s Home Secretary, H. Lalengmawia told Aizawl-based news portal ZoramChronicle that fundraising has become necessary as the Centre has not provided any financial or humanitarian aid for the IDPs. …

Mizoram now home: Manipur’s refugees say nothing left behind
1 year, 5 months ago

Mizoram now home: Manipur’s refugees say nothing left behind

Hindustan Times  

Harried and bedraggled, 45-year-old Thangma and seven members of his family arrived at a transit camp in Aizawl, Mizoram on June 18. On May 27, more than three weeks after the beginning of intermittent waves of violence that have left at least 131 dead, 419 injured and 50,000 displaced, Thangma said that a group of armed men came arrived in …

Refugee influx into Mizoram from all around and new concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

Refugee influx into Mizoram from all around and new concerns

The Hindu  

In the last couple of years, Mizoram has seen an influx of refugees from Myanmar and recently from Bangladesh and now Manipur, adding to the internal security situation there. As per the State Government, in all around 40,000 Myanmar nationals who have crossed into the border districts of Mizoram since the Military takeover there. Narcotics smuggling Three Assam Rifles Battalions …

Manipur Violence: Over 5,800 people flee to Mizoram, take shelter in relief camps
1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur Violence: Over 5,800 people flee to Mizoram, take shelter in relief camps

Firstpost  

Over 5,800 people in violence-hit Manipur have left for Mizoram and taken shelter in different districts of the state, officials said on Sunday. A total number of 5,822 people, belonging to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo community, have lodged in temporary relief camps across six districts of Mizoram. Meanwhile, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, along with his four cabinet ministers, rushed to …

Assam Rifles to tighten security along India-Myanmar border to stop influx in Mizoram
1 year, 7 months ago

Assam Rifles to tighten security along India-Myanmar border to stop influx in Mizoram

The Hindu  

Assam Rifles will enhance vigilance along the 510-km stretch of the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in a bid to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country, officials said. They also expressed concern over "rising number of crime incidents, including murder cases", after Myanmarese people started taking shelter in the northeastern State following a military coup in the …

No fresh influx of Myanmar nationals into Mizoram after air strike: Official
1 year, 8 months ago

No fresh influx of Myanmar nationals into Mizoram after air strike: Official

Hindustan Times  

AIZAWL: There has not been any fresh influx of Myanmar nationals into Mizoram following an air strike in the Sagaing area of the neighbouring country, a senior state government official said on Friday. Independent media reports said dozens of villagers in central Myanmar have been killed in an air attack carried out Tuesday by the military government. ”There has been …

Over 200 Myanmarese refugees sought shelter in Mizoram's Champhai after airstrikes: Official
1 year, 11 months ago

Over 200 Myanmarese refugees sought shelter in Mizoram's Champhai after airstrikes: Official

India TV News  

Myanmar refugees: A total of 251 Myanmarese refugees have sought shelter in Mizoram's Champhai district after the recent airstrikes on an insurgent camp by the armed forces of the neighbouring country, an official said on Wednesday. Champhai Deputy Commissioner James Lalrinchhana told news agency PTI that 251 Myanmar citizens have entered India and taken shelter in three villages in Champhai …

Myanmar jets shelled Mizoram border area, claims youth body
1 year, 11 months ago

Myanmar jets shelled Mizoram border area, claims youth body

The Hindu  

An influential Mizoram youth organisation claimed that one of several bombs dropped by the Myanmar military jets on the camp of a pro-democracy extremist group fell on Indian territory, causing some damage and affecting the lives of border villagers. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Tuipuiral Group of the Young Mizo Association said Myanmar jets strafed Camp Victoria, the …

No explosion occurred on Mizoram side during aerial strikes in Myanmar: Assam Rifles
1 year, 11 months ago

No explosion occurred on Mizoram side during aerial strikes in Myanmar: Assam Rifles

The Hindu  

Two days after the Myanmar military reportedly bombed a rebel camp along the country's border with India, with some local leaders claiming that one shell fell in Mizoram's Champai district, the Assam Rifles on January 12 rebuffed the assertion stating that the Indian side was unaffected by the aerial strikes. Manipur extremist groups feeling the heat of Myanmar’s civil war …

Civil society groups in Aizawl protest outside Governor’s house demanding Kuki-Chin refugees’ entry to India
1 year, 11 months ago

Civil society groups in Aizawl protest outside Governor’s house demanding Kuki-Chin refugees’ entry to India

The Hindu  

Civil society groups in Mizoram protested outside the Governor’s house in Aizawl on January 9, 2023 demanding that the Kuki-Chin refugees from Bangladesh be allowed to enter the State as they were not safe in the neighbouring country. In a memorandum, CYMA said that on January 4, several ethnic Mizos from Bangladesh were pushed back by the Border Security Force …

Kuki-Chin refugees from Bangladesh ‘pushed back’ from Mizoram, says MP
1 year, 11 months ago

Kuki-Chin refugees from Bangladesh ‘pushed back’ from Mizoram, says MP

The Hindu  

As another round of refugee crisis brews on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, several members of the Kuki-Chin community were “pushed back” by the Border Security Force on Friday, according to K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram. He said not allowing the “ethnic Mizo” from Bangladesh to enter India would amount to “discrimination on ethnic grounds” as in the 1970s …

Refugee crisis on Mizoram border
1 year, 11 months ago

Refugee crisis on Mizoram border

The Hindu  

As another round of refugee crisis brews on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, several members of the Kuki-Chin community were “pushed back” by the Border Security Force on Friday, according to K. Vanlalvena, a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram. He said not allowing the “ethnic Mizo” from Bangladesh to enter India would amount to “discrimination on ethnic grounds” as in the 1970s …

After Myanmar, refugees from Bangladesh enter Mizoram
2 years, 1 month ago

After Myanmar, refugees from Bangladesh enter Mizoram

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Mizoram, burdened with refugees from civil war-ravaged Myanmar, is now dealing with people fleeing alleged persecution in Bangladesh. More than 270 Chin-Kuki people from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh have taken refuge in southern Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district following an alleged offensive by the Bangladesh Army against an armed group of the community. The Bangladesh Refugee Committee in Mizoram …

Mizoram’s predicament over Myanmar refugees
2 years, 2 months ago

Mizoram’s predicament over Myanmar refugees

Live Mint  

On the narrow streets of Aizawl, one can barely recognise celebrity singer Benjamin Sum, known to his fans just as Sum. “To feed 30,000 people for months… it’s quite a problem for the government of Mizoram and the people at large,” Zoramthanga had noted. “We don’t look at Myanmarese as refugees but displaced people,” says Mizoram University’s Prof. Lalnuntluanga, general …

Assam - Mizoram border tension tense after blast
3 years, 1 month ago

Assam - Mizoram border tension tense after blast

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The two-month-long relative peace on the restive Assam-Mizoram border was broken again with a high-intensity bomb blast at a border outpost, resulting in the arrest of a Mizoram policeman on Saturday by the Assam police from the area with cordex wire that was used to trigger the blast remotely. The arrest of a member of Mizoram police’s India Reserve …

Mizoram Police sends notice to Assam govt officials, asks them to join probe
3 years, 4 months ago

Mizoram Police sends notice to Assam govt officials, asks them to join probe

India Today  

Mizoram Police on Friday issued a notice to Assam government officials in connection to the border row. Assam's Cachar district's superintendent of Police and deputy commissioner of Kolasib district of Mizoram have been summoned in connection with the July-26 violence along the Assam-Mizoram border. THE CLASH ALONG ASSAM-MIZORAM BORDER Six Assam Police personnel and a civilian were killed and over …

Assam-Mizoram Border Standoff: Neutral Force CRPF Faces Flak
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border Standoff: Neutral Force CRPF Faces Flak

News 18  

A day after a violent clash and exchange of fire between police forces of Assam and Mizoram left at least six people dead and over 50 injured, the Central Reserve Police Force deployed along the disputed interstate border on Tuesday received criticism from the Mizoram home minister and others for allegedly failing to carry out its responsibility as a neutral …

5 Assam policemen killed in border clash with Mizoram
3 years, 4 months ago

5 Assam policemen killed in border clash with Mizoram

The Hindu  

Five Assam police personnel were killed in an exchange of fire with their Mizoram counterparts after the protracted border row between the two northeastern States took a violent turn on Monday. ‘CRPF post attacked’ Mizoram’s Home Minister Lalchamliana said the chain of events began at 11.30 a.m. when some 200 Assam police personnel came to the Vairengte auto-rickshaw stand and …

Assam, Mizoram deploy police in border areas as inter-state border dispute intensifies
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam, Mizoram deploy police in border areas as inter-state border dispute intensifies

India Today  

With tension flaring between Assam and Mizoram over an inter-state border dispute, both states have deployed sizeable contingents of police personnel along border areas. Cachar Superintendent of Police Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant stated, "The police officers are camping along the inter-state border in Cachar district at Khulicherra and Dholakhal." Assam-Mizoram border dispute flares again Tension along the interstate border with Mizoram …

Assam-Mizoram Border Row: Two More Blasts Inside Mizoram
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam-Mizoram Border Row: Two More Blasts Inside Mizoram

News 18  

A day after a suspected IED blast was carried out inside Cachar district of Assam allegedly by miscreants from Mizoram during an eviction drive, two back to back explosions took place on Sunday along the inter-state border on the side of the neighbouring state, a police source said. Tension is running high in Khulicherra area of the district, where people …

Over 15,000 people from Myanmar shelter in Mizoram, official says
3 years, 7 months ago

Over 15,000 people from Myanmar shelter in Mizoram, official says

India Today  

The number of people from Myanmar seeking shelter in India has swelled to more than 15,000, with more likely to cross over as fighting intensifies in parts Myanmar following a coup, government official said on Tuesday. By April, about 1,800 people from Myanmar - including several lawmakers - had crossed the border but the number has recently grown to more …

More than 15,000 people from Myanmar shelter in Mizoram: Official
3 years, 7 months ago

More than 15,000 people from Myanmar shelter in Mizoram: Official

Hindustan Times  

The number of people from Myanmar seeking shelter in India has swelled to more than 15,000, with more likely to cross over as fighting intensifies in parts Myanmar following a coup, an Indian government official said on Tuesday. By April, about 1,800 people from Myanmar - including several lawmakers - had crossed the border but the number has recently grown …

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