Myanmar Army

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Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and Harsh V Shringla, Foreign Secretary along with Saurabh Kumar called on State Counsellor H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (Via Indian Embassy in Myanmar)

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12 Oct 2020 11:21 PM

Claiming that more than 150 cadre of Ulfa-I, about 100 of the NDFB and close to 300 cadre belonging to different rebel groups of Manipur are still holed up in Myanmar. (Representational Image | PTI)

Myanmar Army nets 10 Indian insurgents

The security sources said that heavy rains have slowed down the ongoing operation to flush out Indian insurgents.

21 Jun 2019 2:34 AM

'Myanmar government is very much on our side as far as not giving shelter to terrorists are concerned and not allowing any terrorist action to take place and emanate from their side,' Lt Gen Naravane said. (Photo: Representational)

Myanmar Army's operation on Indian insurgent groups underway: Eastern Army Cdr

His assertion assumes significance as the Indo-Myanmar border falls under the Eastern Command.

03 Jun 2019 12:11 PM

Pointing out that first operation was launched in March this year, the security sources said that then the Myanmar Army had not resorted to any aggressive operations. (Representational image)

Myanmar operations to flush out Indian rebels

If necessary the Myanmar Army is going to continue this operation for next four-five months by camping in the area, security sources said.

20 May 2019 5:12 AM

“Indian soldiers did not move into Myanmar, but they were heavily deployed on the border so that these terrorists, being hit by Myanmar Army, did not sneak into India. All the camps of the Arakan Army were wiped out and the makeshift camps were also burnt down,” said sources. (Representational Image)

Terror camps hit along Myanmar border

The project will reduce pressure on the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken’s Neck, which currently connects the Northeast with the rest of India.

16 Mar 2019 7:21 AM

Ulfa-I chief Paresh Baruah (Photo: PTI/File)

Myanmar Army takes over HQ of NSCN-K rebels

It is significant that most of the active militant groups of the Northeast have bases in Myanmar and are using the facilities of NSCN (K).

03 Mar 2019 4:50 AM

About the fate of the insurgent groups holed up in Myanmar, the sources said the cadres of Assam and Manipur rebel groups have started returning towards the Indian border and may try to cross over to India. (Photo: PTI)

Myanmar rejects plea for shelter by Indian insurgents

The security forces along the international border with Myanmar have also been sensitised about this.

17 Feb 2019 3:16 AM

Asserting that India has been trying to persuade the Myanmar government to increase the presence of its troops along the international border, the sources said it would be difficult for the Indian insurgent groups to survive if they lose their base in Myanmar. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Myanmar troops raise pressure on Indian insurgents

The militants are also taking advantage of the terrain on the India-Myanmar border.

06 Feb 2019 2:35 AM

Ulfa Chief Paresh Baruah. (Photo: PTI/File)

India, Myanmar plan joint ops to flush out holed-up N-E militants

The sources said military cooperation between India and Myanmar was also at its best.

27 Dec 2018 1:30 AM

The Rohingya believe the government is intentionally eviscerating the remnants of their culture to make it nearly impossible for them to return. (Representational Image)

Nothing left: Govt bulldozes Rohingya villages, genocide evidence along with it

‘When you see the pictures, it’s clear that whatever was left -- the mosques, the cemeteries, the homes -- they’re gone.’

24 Feb 2018 4:25 PM

Though Rohingya have always been persecuted in the country, it got much worse after 2012, when violence in Rakhine killed hundreds and drove about 140,000 people, most of them Rohingya, from their homes to camps. (Photo: File)

In Yangon, Rohingya fear rising persecution, hatred

Bloody military operations that followed Rohingya militant attacks in August have driven nearly 700,000 Rohingya into refugee camps.

12 Feb 2018 6:38 PM

More than half the Rohingya refugees who escaped the bloodshed in Myanmar's westernmost Rakhine state are women and children, the UN Women agency said. They made it out alive but not without scars. (Photo: File)

‘Widows camp’: Rohingya women find solidarity in B’desh refugee settlement

Aid workers say women and girls are most at threat from predators and human traffickers lurking in the poorly supervised camps.

06 Feb 2018 11:15 AM

The graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state against the Rohingya. (Photo: File)

Reports, mass graves in Myanmar confirm massacre of Rohingyas

The Myanmar government regularly claims such massacres of the Rohingya never happened.

02 Feb 2018 3:35 PM

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled their villages into Bangladesh since the Myanmar military’s crackdown following Aug 25 attacks by Rohingya insurgents. (Photo: File/Representational)

UN official says Rohingya crisis has ‘hallmarks of genocide’

Lee said that Myanmar’s actions were ‘amounting to crimes against humanity.’

01 Feb 2018 6:24 PM

The aid group Doctors Without Borders estimates 6,700 Rohingya civilians were killed in the first month of reprisals alone, and human rights groups have documented three large-scale massacres. (Photo: AFP)

The pillage of an existence: Survivors of Rohingya massacre tell stories

Rohingyas have lived in Myanmar for decades but, they are still seen as foreign invaders from Bangladesh who are intent on stealing land.

21 Dec 2017 6:47 PM

Portraits of some of the Rohingya Muslim women taken during an interview in November 2017 in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Army’s rape of Rohingya women was ‘sweeping and methodical’

AP says doctors and aid workers are “stunned” at the volume of rapes, but “suspect only a fraction of women have come forward.”

12 Dec 2017 1:06 AM

The memorandum of understanding signed by Myanmar and Bangladesh on Thursday said a joint working group would be set up within three weeks to prepare the way for the Rohingya’s return. (Photo: AFP)

No return of Rohingyas without international monitors: Human Rights Watch

Rights groups have accused security forces of atrocities, including mass rape, arson and killings.

24 Nov 2017 5:08 PM

Under the agreement, Rohingya are required to present residency documents, which few have, before being allowed to return to Myanmar. (Photo: AP/File)

Bangladesh, Myanmar sign agreement on return of Rohingya refugees

Myanmar announced the agreement but provided no details on how many Rohingya refugees would be allowed to return home.

24 Nov 2017 4:56 PM

The US-based rights group said in a report that the sexual violence, along with other atrocities committed by Myanmar security forces, amount to crimes against humanity. (Photo: File)

Army gangraped Rohingya women, made them watch family's murder: Report

Of the 29 rape survivors interviewed, all but one were gangraped by two or more perpetrators.

16 Nov 2017 5:20 PM

The United Nations, comparing the widespread massacre with ethnic cleansing, has said that the attacks against Rohingya have been well-organised, coordinated and systematic. (Photo: AFP)

Aung San Suu Kyi visits violence-struck Rakhine for first time

In her unannounced one-day visit, Suu Kyi is expected to visit two of the epicentres of the violence.

02 Nov 2017 12:46 PM

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