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Can India Salvage its Interests in Myanmar and Avoid Another Bangladesh-like Fiasco?
3 months, 1 week ago

Can India Salvage its Interests in Myanmar and Avoid Another Bangladesh-like Fiasco?

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 14, 2024 18:06 IST - 9 MINS READ The surprise ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has forced India to reassess its neighbourhood policy, particularly with regard to Myanmar. Reports, however, suggest that the army is fast losing territory and control to armed ethnic groups and forces owing allegiance to the National Unity Government, a …

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Myanmar instability hits two crucial India-funded infrastructure projects
8 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar instability hits two crucial India-funded infrastructure projects

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The growing instability and violence in Myanmar have affected key infrastructure projects such as the 1,360-km India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway and are set to delay a motor vehicles agreement, people familiar with the matter have said. The progress in implementing key infrastructure projects has suffered because of the prevailing security situation in Myanmar The intense fighting between Myanmar’s junta …

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Did not see junta’s army personnel inside Myanmar, says Indian MP after visiting rebels
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Did not see junta’s army personnel inside Myanmar, says Indian MP after visiting rebels

The Hindu  

An Indian MP who visited rebel held areas of western Myanmar said that the area that he visited is part of the Chin state of Myanmar that has been totally liberated by the Arakan army, one of the several ethnic armed organisations that is waging an armed struggle against the military junta of Myanmar. K. Vanlalvena, member of Rajya Sabha …

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Northeastern View | India’s Kaladan Project in western Myanmar may not be viable anymore
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | India’s Kaladan Project in western Myanmar may not be viable anymore

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the Arakan Army – an ethnic armed organisation based in western Myanmar – captured a police station just outside Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state, as part of its ongoing war against the ruling military regime. Both the Sittwe seaport and Paletwa river terminal are part of a single mega-project financed by New Delhi, known as the Kaladan …

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Advances by Myanmar’s anti-junta forces mount pressure on port developed by India
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Advances by Myanmar’s anti-junta forces mount pressure on port developed by India

Hindustan Times  

The fall of Paletwa and several key cities in western Myanmar to anti-junta resistance forces has increased pressure on Sittwe, a port city developed with New Delhi’s assistance that is home to an Indian consulate, people familiar with the matter said. Last week, the Arakan Army said it had captured Ponnagyun township police station, 30 km from Sittwe, and told …

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Northeastern View | India’s relationship with Myanmar’s Arakan Army — it’s complicated
10 months, 1 week ago

Northeastern View | India’s relationship with Myanmar’s Arakan Army — it’s complicated

Hindustan Times  

On February 6, India’s ministry of external affairs issued an advisory for Indian nationals to not travel to western Myanmar’s Rakhine State. “Operation Leech” was likely undertaken at the behest of the Myanmar military, but for India, it severely dented India’s relationship with the Arakanese revolutionaries. In fact, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, which keeps track of such …

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Myanmar’s civil war and India’s interests
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s civil war and India’s interests

The Hindu  

In February 2021, when the Myanmar military leaders ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, they anticipated a resistance movement that would subside in a few months. A few weeks ago, the Arakan Army captured Paletwa in the Chin State which lies on Myanmar’s western borders with Bangladesh and India. India’s stake The developments in Paletwa will also …

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Operationalisation of Sittwe port and the way forward
1 year, 7 months ago

Operationalisation of Sittwe port and the way forward

Hindustan Times  

It was a dream of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who first envisaged opening of an alternate sea route for the north-eastern part of India through Myanmar in 2003. The operationalisation of Sittwe port’s new terminal on May 9, 2023 on the 162nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore is a major milestone that India and Myanmar have achieved. Although …

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Union Minister Sonowal To Receive First Indian Cargo Ship At Sittwe Port In Myanmar On May 9
1 year, 7 months ago

Union Minister Sonowal To Receive First Indian Cargo Ship At Sittwe Port In Myanmar On May 9

ABP News  

New Delhi: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal is set to receive the first Indian cargo ship at Sittwe Port in Myanmar on May 9. We have been able to spearhead the speedy execution of the Sittwe port in Myanmar with an aim to boost the trade prospect of northeast India in the ensuing years.” The event …

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Kaladan project getting delayed due to political situation in Myanmar: Union Minister Ranjan Singh
1 year, 9 months ago

Kaladan project getting delayed due to political situation in Myanmar: Union Minister Ranjan Singh

The Hindu  

Union Minister R. K. Ranjan Singh has said that the ambitious Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project got delayed due to the political situation in Myanmar. India-Myanmar Kaladan project in final stages: Jaishankar "Because of the unpredictable atmosphere occurring in Myanmar, our progress in view of the Kaladan project is derailing a bit," Mr. Singh, the Minister of State for External …

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Fighting in Maungdaw: A Strategic Turning Point in Western Myanmar?
2 years, 2 months ago

Fighting in Maungdaw: A Strategic Turning Point in Western Myanmar?

The Diplomat  

On the morning of September 16, around two months after intensive clashes resumed between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military in northern Rakhine State, Brigadier General Dr. Nyo Twan Awng, the AA’s deputy commander in chief, shared a message to the Rakhine people through his social media accounts. Twelve days later, the AA launched a retaliatory attack against junta …

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Meth, gold and arms — How Assam Rifles is trying to stop them from entering Mizoram
3 years, 8 months ago

Meth, gold and arms — How Assam Rifles is trying to stop them from entering Mizoram

The Hindu  

Dressed in combat uniform and with AK-47 assault rifles slung over their shoulders, Jagriti, Sophie and Lucy are living their dream. “Narcotics is a big challenge for us,” said Brigadier Digvijay Singh, Commander 23 Sector Assam Rifles, responsible for Mizoram.“But we are doing all that is in our hands. “Assam Rifles is conducting anti-drug campaigns to create awareness about the …

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India pushes for strategic Kaladan transit project through Myanmar to ramp-up its Act East Policy
3 years, 8 months ago

India pushes for strategic Kaladan transit project through Myanmar to ramp-up its Act East Policy

New Indian Express  

ZORINPUI : Keeping an eye on the strategic interests of the country, the Indian government has mobilised its strategic road infrastructure to Myanmar through Mizoram, aiming to boost India’s Act East Policy even while disturbance prevails along the Indo-Myanmar borders, with refugees trickling in. Brigadier Digvijay Singh, 23 Sector Assam Rifles Commandant said, “The Kaladan Multi–Modal Transit Transport is progressing …

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Kaladan project | ‘No impact of Myanmar coup or threat from Arakan Army’
3 years, 8 months ago

Kaladan project | ‘No impact of Myanmar coup or threat from Arakan Army’

The Hindu  

There is no impact of the coup in Myanmar on the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Transit Project linking the northeast to Myanmar and there is also no threat from the Myanmar-based insurgent group Arakan Army, officials on the ground said. So this road will certainly bring a lot of prosperity and business opportunities for those people.” In early 2019, in a …

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India-Myanmar Kaladan project in final stages: Jaishankar
3 years, 10 months ago

India-Myanmar Kaladan project in final stages: Jaishankar

The Hindu  

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday said the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project was in the final stages despite delays due to various challenges. The Paletwa Inland Water Terminal has also progressed,” Mr. Jaishankar told journalists after an event in Guwahati on India-Japan cooperation in northeast India, where he was accompanied by Japanese Ambassador Satoshi Suzuki. Mr. Jaishankar also …

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China's Push of Weapons Into Myanmar, India Threat to Regional Security, Intelligence Agencies Tell Govt
4 years, 1 month ago

China's Push of Weapons Into Myanmar, India Threat to Regional Security, Intelligence Agencies Tell Govt

News 18  

Easy flow of Chinese weapons illegally into Myanmar and India is posing threats to regional security and stability, intelligence agencies have flagged to the Indian government. Intelligence agencies have also said that China is supplying arms and ammunition to insurgent groups on the Myanmar border as they pay good prices. China is now using the Arakan Army, an Arakanese armed …

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Making Sense of India's Myanmar Manoeuvres: To Counter China, New Delhi Looks East and Acts Fast
4 years, 2 months ago

Making Sense of India's Myanmar Manoeuvres: To Counter China, New Delhi Looks East and Acts Fast

News 18  

In a major boost to the Narendra Modi government’s Act East policy, India and Myanmar have agreed to operationalise the strategic Sittwe port in Rakhine state early next year, and initiate steps to complete India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highways. Sittwe is India’s answer to the Chinese-funded Kyaukphyu port in Rakhine under its BRI, which is intended to cement China’s geostrategic footprint in …

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