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Myanmar based drug peddlers threaten to kill Tripura CM
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Tripura's former minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ratan Chakraborty has claimed that Myanmar-based drug peddlers have hatched a plot to kill state Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
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Suu Kyi defends arrest of Reuters journalists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the verdict on the arrest of the two Reuters journalists who were investigating the Rohingya crisis in the country. She was speaking at the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
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Could have been handled better: Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said that her government could have handled the situation in her country's Rakhine state better.
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Kunming-Kolkata bullet train a 'great idea'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Chinese Consul General in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, said that it's a 'great idea' to run a bullet train from China's Kunming to Kolkata, via Dhaka and cities in Myanmar.
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Myanmar Govt permits UN to probe Rohingya abuse
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 13 (ANI): The Myanmar Government granted permission to the United Nations inspection teams to assess dozens villages and townships in the country's Rakhine State, that were home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims last year.
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India signs pacts with Rakhine State for capacity building, economic devel
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Yangon [ Myanmar], Sept 12 (ANI): Indian Embassy on Wednesday signed two agreements with Myanmar's Rakhine State Government to facilitate capacity building and economic development in the province. The pacts will help promote agricultural mechanisation and support computer literacy among the
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Army mulls shifting Rashtriya Rifles HQ to Srinagar
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 09 (ANI): The Indian Army is planning to shift the headquarters of the Rashtriya Rifles, which oversees the thrust against terrorists in Kashmir, from New Delhi to Srinagar.
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International Criminal Court to investigate crimes against Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
The Hague [The Netherlands], Sep 07 (ANI): The International Criminal Court (ICC) has the jurisdiction to investigate the crimes that have been committed against the Muslim minority Rohingya community in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the court ruled on Thursday.
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Daifuku exhibits top logistical technology in Thailand
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Sep 06 (ANI): The logistics industry in Southeast Asia is going through significant changes. The opening of "East and West Economic corridor," that covers the Indo-China Peninsula and the desire for cost reduction through efficiency in logistics are some of the driving fo
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Myanmar journalists get 7 years' imprisonment for breaching official secre
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Sept 3 (ANI): Two Reuters journalists, accused of breaching Myanmar's official secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, have been sentenced to seven years each in jail by a Yangon court.
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Air Chief Marshal to visit Myanmar, Malaysia tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 2 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff, will embark on a three-day visit to Myanmar and Malaysia from September 3 to 8.
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Probe Myanmar military leaders over Rohingya issue: UN
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 28 (ANI): The United Nations, in an independent investigation, has called for probe and prosecution of Myanmar military leaders for "genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes" against Rohingya Muslims.
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