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India sends 700 tons of relief material to Bangladesh for Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Sept 23 (ANI): As part of the humanitarian aid to Rohingya rufugees in Bangladesh, India on Saturday loaded almost 700 tons of relief material on board the amphibious ship, INS Gharial, at Kakinada Deep Water Port for transportation to Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Security tightened in Manipur over possible Rohingya influx
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept 23 (ANI): Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh, on Friday, said that stringent security measures have been taken up at the border areas of Manipur, sensing the possibility of a mass influx in the backdrop of the recent large scale violence in Rakhine pro
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Mamata hits back at Calcutta HC ruling, says 'no one can tell me what to d
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 21 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hit back at the Calcutta High Court over its ruling on Durga idol immersion, stating that anyone can 'slit my throat, but no one can tell me what to do.'
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Trying to help all those who're in distress: Suu Kyi on Dalai Lama's 'Budd
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 20 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has been facing mounting international pressure for her handling of violence in the Rakhine state and the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Stop military operations, grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN chief
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Myanmar to put an end to its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims just hours after the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the nation on the situation in Rakhine state.
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UN chief urges global leaders to attain 'world peace' by repairing 'world
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 20 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday spotlighted several threats - including the nuclear peril and climate change and asserted on the need to create a better world.
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India asserts situation in Rakhine State be handled with restraint, focuss
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): India on Tuesday said that the situation in the Rakhine state should be handled with restraint, focussing on the welfare of the civilian population, at the 36th Session of the United States Human Rights Council.
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Right time to speak, but she failed to provide solutions: Myanmar journo o
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): Senior Myanmar journalist Mratt Kyaw Thu has said that it was the right time for Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi to speak on the Rohingya issue and their unprecedented exodus to Bangladesh, but she "failed to provide solutions to the problem
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Suu Kyi's address on Rohingyas encouraging, contained positive message: In
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): The Ambassador of India to Myanmar, Vikram Misri, on Tuesday said that Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi's State of the Union address on the Rohingya issue was encouraging and contained a very positive message.
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UNICEF deputy representative hails Suu Kyi for inviting UN collaboration t
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): The UNICEF Deputy Representative, Paul Edwards, on Tuesday hailed Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi's statement welcoming the collaboration with United Nations to resolve the Rohingya crisis and said that it is start of a new period.
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Myanmar to start verification process for Rohingya refugees who wish to re
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said the country would soon begin a verification process for the return of Rohingya refugees, who had fled the western Rakhine state, in a bid to aid those who wish to return.
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Myanmar's leader Suu Kyi addresses nation over Rohingya crisis, says govt.
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 19 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has broken her silence on the Rohingya crisis in the country and has said that the government does not fear scrutiny by the international community, even as more than 4,00,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from t
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