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Exclusive: 'Propaganda To Malign State, Will See Legal Route', Say Sources On Row Over Mizoram Chief Minister's US Speech
Comments made by Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma at an event in the US in September have been deliberately taken out of context, and video clips of his address have been shared without showing the full context of what he said, top sources said.
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'Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete': Manipur Academics At UN Event
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said.
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"900 Kuki Militants" Report Not Substantiated On Ground: Manipur Security Adviser
The Manipur Security Adviser today said intelligence received from "different quarters" about infiltration by 900 Kuki militants from Myanmar could not be substantiated on the ground, and so "there is no basis currently to believe in any such input."
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After "900 Militants From Myanmar" Report, Kuki Groups In Manipur Call Shutdown
The Kuki-Zo tribes in Manipur have asked their community to be vigilant between September 26 and 29, days after the Manipur Security Adviser confirmed in a press conference that some "900 Kuki militants" have entered Manipur from Myanmar.
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"100% Correct": Manipur Security Adviser On Intelligence Report "900 Kuki Militants" Entered From Myanmar
The Security Adviser to the Manipur government today for the first time publicly confirmed they have received an intelligence report that alerted about the entry of "900 Kuki militants" from Myanmar to Manipur.
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Heads Tonsured, Cigarette Burns, 2 Mizoram Teens Kidnapped By Myanmar Insurgents Return Home
With their heads tonsured and cigarette burns on bodies, two teenage boys returned home in Mizoram after being held captive by militants in adjoining Myanmar's Chin state for nearly a week, an Assam Rifles officer said on Sunday.
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No More India-Myanmar Border Free Movement. Amit Shah Cites Internal Security
The government on Thursday suspended the Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar - an arrangement that allows people from either nation to enter up to 16km without travel documents - Home Minister Amit Shah said on X.
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Aung Suu Kyi's House Arrest Site Up For Auction By Court, Bid Starts At...
A court in military-run Myanmar has put up for auction the villa where ex-leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest, and set starting bids at 315 billion kyats ($90 million), a source said on Thursday.
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Myanmar National Arrested With Drugs In Mizoram: Excise Department
A 47-year-old Myanmarese national was arrested with 248 grams of heroin in east Mizoram's Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Friday, the state excise and narcotics department said in a statement.
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Manipur's Big Move On Illegal Immigrants From Myanmar Amid Ethnic Clashes
The Manipur government has started capturing biometric data of illegal immigrants from Myanmar living in the ethnic violence-hit state, the state government said in a statement today.
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Questions Raised After Over 700 Myanmar Nationals Enter Manipur In 2 Days
The Manipur government has sought a detailed report from the Assam Rifles on how at least 718 Myanmar nationals - in just two days i.e. July 22 and 23 - "were allowed to enter India" without "proper travel documents".
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Opinion: NRC Won't Achieve A Thing In Manipur. Just Look At Assam
In Manipur, the politically dominant Hindu Meiteis in the valley do not have any particular ethnic affectation, even though Myanmar has a sizeable Meitei population.
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"Illegal Myanmarese Set Up Villages, Refused Shelters": Manipur Panel
A report by the Manipur cabinet subcommittee on identifying illegal immigrants says over 2,000 Myanmar nationals have set up settlements inside Manipur and refused to be moved to designated shelters.
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The Role Of A Plant In Manipur Ethnic Violence
One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.
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3 Buddhist Monks Among 22 Shot Dead At Myanmar Monastery
At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's postmortem report, in what opponents of military
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Exclusive: 'Propaganda To Malign State, Will See Legal Route', Say Sources On Row Over Mizoram Chief Minister's US Speech
Comments made by Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma at an event in the US in September have been deliberately taken out of context, and video clips of his address have been shared without showing the full context of what he said, top sources said.
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'Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete': Manipur Academics At UN Event
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said.
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"900 Kuki Militants" Report Not Substantiated On Ground: Manipur Security Adviser
The Manipur Security Adviser today said intelligence received from "different quarters" about infiltration by 900 Kuki militants from Myanmar could not be substantiated on the ground, and so "there is no basis currently to believe in any such input."
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After "900 Militants From Myanmar" Report, Kuki Groups In Manipur Call Shutdown
The Kuki-Zo tribes in Manipur have asked their community to be vigilant between September 26 and 29, days after the Manipur Security Adviser confirmed in a press conference that some "900 Kuki militants" have entered Manipur from Myanmar.
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"100% Correct": Manipur Security Adviser On Intelligence Report "900 Kuki Militants" Entered From Myanmar
The Security Adviser to the Manipur government today for the first time publicly confirmed they have received an intelligence report that alerted about the entry of "900 Kuki militants" from Myanmar to Manipur.
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Heads Tonsured, Cigarette Burns, 2 Mizoram Teens Kidnapped By Myanmar Insurgents Return Home
With their heads tonsured and cigarette burns on bodies, two teenage boys returned home in Mizoram after being held captive by militants in adjoining Myanmar's Chin state for nearly a week, an Assam Rifles officer said on Sunday.
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No More India-Myanmar Border Free Movement. Amit Shah Cites Internal Security
The government on Thursday suspended the Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar - an arrangement that allows people from either nation to enter up to 16km without travel documents - Home Minister Amit Shah said on X.
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Aung Suu Kyi's House Arrest Site Up For Auction By Court, Bid Starts At...
A court in military-run Myanmar has put up for auction the villa where ex-leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest, and set starting bids at 315 billion kyats ($90 million), a source said on Thursday.
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Myanmar National Arrested With Drugs In Mizoram: Excise Department
A 47-year-old Myanmarese national was arrested with 248 grams of heroin in east Mizoram's Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Friday, the state excise and narcotics department said in a statement.
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Manipur's Big Move On Illegal Immigrants From Myanmar Amid Ethnic Clashes
The Manipur government has started capturing biometric data of illegal immigrants from Myanmar living in the ethnic violence-hit state, the state government said in a statement today.
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Questions Raised After Over 700 Myanmar Nationals Enter Manipur In 2 Days
The Manipur government has sought a detailed report from the Assam Rifles on how at least 718 Myanmar nationals - in just two days i.e. July 22 and 23 - "were allowed to enter India" without "proper travel documents".
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Opinion: NRC Won't Achieve A Thing In Manipur. Just Look At Assam
In Manipur, the politically dominant Hindu Meiteis in the valley do not have any particular ethnic affectation, even though Myanmar has a sizeable Meitei population.
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"Illegal Myanmarese Set Up Villages, Refused Shelters": Manipur Panel
A report by the Manipur cabinet subcommittee on identifying illegal immigrants says over 2,000 Myanmar nationals have set up settlements inside Manipur and refused to be moved to designated shelters.
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The Role Of A Plant In Manipur Ethnic Violence
One of the factors of the Manipur ethnic violence, among a multitude of social frictions, include loss of livelihoods of the hill tribes who have depended on poppy cultivation for decades.
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3 Buddhist Monks Among 22 Shot Dead At Myanmar Monastery
At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's postmortem report, in what opponents of military
