More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India
Reuters At least 29 more Myanmar soldiers entered India on Thursday fleeing an attack by insurgents on their military base close to the Indian border, an Indian police official said, as rebels step up their assaults against the ruling junta . Earlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers entered India’s Mizoram state after their military bases […]
After battle with junta, Myanmar rebels take control of border point with India
Zokhawthar, IndiaReuters Two days after rebel forces in Myanmar’s Chin state overran the junta’s two military bases close to the border with India, they have taken control of a border crossing point between the two countries across the tiny hilly Indian state of Mizoram. People who fled Myanmar carry their belongings across a bridge that […]
Myanmar: In Chin state, a grassroots rebellion grows
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Indian state launches assault on drugs as UN warns of Bangladesh-like crisis
Guwahati, India Reuters A north-eastern Indian state that has for years been a big transit point for illicit drugs originating in neighbouring Myanmar has launched a massive crackdown on the trade, seizing record amounts and arresting nearly 2,000 people since May. Assam, four of whose neighbouring states have open and rugged borders with Myanmar, connects […]
Indigenous people left landless as traditional farming wanes in north-east India
Shillong, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Tribal people in north-eastern India are increasingly becoming landless and poor as their traditional farming practices are abandoned in favour of commercial plantations, Indigenous experts warned last week. “Jhum” is the practice by tribal groups in the north-eastern states of rotating land use for temporary farming, resulting in parts of forest […]
Indian schoolgirl wins bravery award for thwarting trafficker
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation An Indian schoolgirl who won a bravery award after she helped a child escape a trafficker, is to become the inspiration for a new anti-slavery campaign, officials said on Tuesday. Carolyn Malsawmtluangi, from the north-eastern state of Mizoram, was honoured by the government on India’s Republic Day last week for “showing […]