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Thousands sign petition to revoke Suu Kyi's Nobel Prize over Rohingya...

Suu Kyi was awarded the prize in 1991, while under house arrest at the hands of Myanmar's military, from which she was...

7 Sept 2017 6:12 PM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens during their signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

India shares Myanmar's concern over extremism'

In his talks with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India understands the problems...

7 Sept 2017 1:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi in Maynmar (Photo: AP)

India shares Myanmar's concern about 'extremist violence'

Modi, in his joint press statement with Suu Kyi after the talks, said India understands the problems being faced by...

6 Sept 2017 2:35 PM IST

India signs 11 agreements with Myanmar to bolster ties, including maritime security cooperation

India signs 11 agreements with Myanmar to bolster ties, including...

The two countries also signed agreements on cooperation between Myanmar Press Council and Press Council of India.

6 Sept 2017 1:29 PM IST

Meanwhile, a meeting of various religious organisations held in Srinagar on Tuesday called for observing Friday (September 8) as solidarity day with the Rohingya Muslims.

Boat carrying dozens of Rohingyas capsizes off Bangladesh, 5 children...

Myanmar leader Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including to stop violence...

6 Sept 2017 11:33 AM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, offers a toast to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a dinner in honour of Modi at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar visit: Modi meets Suu Kyi, may discuss Rohingya refugee crisis

Modi is expected to raise the issue of the exodus of the ethnic Rohingyas into neighbouring countries.

6 Sept 2017 10:54 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar: 125,000 Rohingya refugees flee Bangladesh; Suu Kyi under...

The latest violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state began on Aug 25, when Rohingya insurgents attacked dozens of police posts...

5 Sept 2017 2:11 PM IST

Britains first OSA became law in 1889 after a temporary clerk in the Foreign Office had learnt by heart, and sold to a London evening paper, the 11 clauses of the Anglo-Russian treaty negotiated at the 1878 Congress of Berlin. Stiffer laws were passed. (Representational image)

Secrets and the freedom of speech of the press

Colonial rulers in India enacted the OSA in 1889 and later in 1923. But while Britain reformed its law in 1989, India...

14 Oct 2018 2:12 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

Like a true Burmese, Suu Kyi probably doesn't disagree with her countrymen's condemnation of the Rohingya.

9 Oct 2018 12:24 AM IST

To send back seven of around 40,000 Rohingyas, of whom about 14,000 are registered with UNHCR, seems like tokenism but thats not so.

Rohingya move ill-advised

There has been too much of an unseemly hurry about this deportation.

5 Oct 2018 1:11 AM IST

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi has been decried overseas for failing to condemn the generals, with whom she is in a delicate power-sharing arrangement. (Photo: AP)

Canada revokes Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship

The Senate voted unanimously to strip Suu Kyi, Myanmar's civilian leader, of the symbolic honour bestowed on her in...

3 Oct 2018 9:47 AM IST

Myanmars de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi looks on during the 9th Asean summit in Manila. (Photo: AFP)

Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour

Amnesty International said it was revoking Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009 while she was still...

13 Nov 2018 11:04 AM IST