February

Illegal Immigrants to be Repatriated from Mizoram by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Illegal Immigrant workers and business from Burma are to be repatriated shortly by the Mizoram Police Force from Serchhip, Mizoram, India shortly. The district court of Serchhip ruled that 9 businessmen and 15 laborers from Burma will be repatriated in Indo-Burma border shortly.

India's President to visit Myanmar by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is all set to visit Myanmar in the second week of March. This will be the highest-level visit from India to Myanmar since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi travelled to Yangon in December 1987. Interestingly, Mr. Kalam will be making his first visit to a neighbouring country since taking office in July 2002.

Resource-hungry China to devour more of Burma’s gas and oil industry by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Chinese energy company PetroChina has reached an understanding to buy almost a tenth of Burma’s huge gas reserves. Those gas dollars will most likely be squandered on guns rather than education and healthcare. Many more dollars will probably flow as a pipeline plan, road, and railway projects suggest Beijing is close to opening trade routes through Burma—a long-held dream.

Gas deal fuels China's plans for Myanmar by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Gas deal fuels China's plans for Myanmar

India should promote change in Burma: MP by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

India should play a leading role in promoting national reconciliation and democracy in Burma, according to Indian member of parliament Dr Nirmala Deshpande.Speaking to Mizzima at the two-day National Reconciliation in Burma conference in New Delhi today, Deshpande said India needed to help the Burmese people mobilise to demand political change.

India and Burma vie for top spot in global spice market by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

India and Burma are vying for domination of the world’s spice market as producers in Burma start offering crops for some of the world’s cheapest prices. Turmeric is becoming the spice of choice for growers in Burma due to the low production costs and huge global demand.

Indian lawmakers for restoration of democracy in Pak, Myanmar by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Concerned over undemocratic regimes in its neighbourhood, Indian lawmakers today demanded restoration of democracy both in Pakistan and Myanmar. "Both the government and the people of India are for democracy in Myanmar and extends its support to the Aung San Suu Kyi-led democratic movement," Rajya Sabha member and noted Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande said addressing a seminar on 'India's Role for National Reconciliation in Myanmar' here.

Consultant to study Indo-Burma gas pipeline routes by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Consultant to study Indo-Burma gas pipeline routes

Indian petroleum minister to visit Myanmar in April by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Petroleum Minister Murli Deora is likely to visit Yangon on his first overseas trip in April to try to convince Myanmar that India is serious in pursuing the gas pipeline project.The move comes in the backdrop of Myanmar having conveyed its disappointment over the delay by India in pursuing the project, originally envisaged as a tri-nation project including Bangladesh.

Anti-gas pipeline group formed in India’s Mizoram by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Anti-gas pipeline group formed in India’s Mizoram

Kalam's Burma visit opposed by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Certain politicians, including sitting members of Parliament, have said they would join Burmese pro-democracy activists in asking the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, not to visit Burma.

India's bankrupt foreign policy by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

At a time when the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and ASEAN are trying to work out a new and coordinated strategy on Burma, New Delhi has decided that Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam should pay a state visit to the country in March.

Theology students from Chin state graduate from Mizoram by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Twenty seven students of theology from Chin state graduated in different disciplines from the prestigious Tabernacle Baptist Bible College, Aizawl, Mizoram in India. The students were conferred degrees in a graduation ceremony in Vanapa Hall on February 11.

Anti-Gas pipeline campaign voices concern by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

The threat arising from the proposed tri nations Gas Pipeline Project was discussed at length by the Conveners of the Anti Gas Pipeline Campaign in Mizoram (AGPCM) at a Press conference on February 9 at the Aizawl Press Club, Mizoram, India.

Pinheiro calls for coordinated efforts for change in Burma by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, said the international community needed to coordinate efforts to promote change in Burma.

Burma, China seek trade boost by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

The Burmese Prime Minister, General Soe Win, is visiting China on Tuesday for talks expected to focus on trade. Beijing remains the main political and economic ally of the isolated military regime in Rangoon.Burma has also been seeking to boost ties with China's traditional rival, India, which has sent senior military officials to Rangoon in recent weeks.

Pinheiro Warns of Burma Humanitarian Crisis by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

The international community should increase coordination in dealings with the military rulers of Burma, where humanitarian conditions are deteriorating, Paolo Serghio Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, said on Friday. It was not possible for the international community to achieve a single approach to Burma, “but what we need is real coordination between the different approaches,” Pinheiro said.

THE BURMA STALEMATE by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Eighteen years after the brutal suppression of the 1988 pro-democracy movement in Burma, the country remains hermetically sealed off from the rest of world. The military junta has ignored the overwhelming mandate obtained by the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 1990 election, refusing to transfer power to the elected representatives of the people.

Villagers begin constructing trans-border road by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Residents of six villages have taken the initiative to construct a trans-border road in Chin state, Western Burma. The construction has been underway from the first week of February.

Burma hasn’t decided by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

Burma’s military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) still hasn’t decided from which airport its officials and leaders are to welcome the Indian and Indonesian presidents who are visiting Burma soon.

World's youngest political prisoner by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

The fate of a cherubic, four-year-old girl in a remote region of Myanmar has come to symbolise the struggle for democracy in a country governed for over four decades by brutal dictators. Ei Po Po became the youngest prisoner in the military-ruled nation when she was picked up by security forces while visiting her grandparents last month in Yang Len Phai village near Tamu township in northeastern Myanmar.

Second ‘People to People Relations’ seminar concluded by admin — last modified 2008-11-12 10:56

The second one-day seminar on ‘People to People Relations (PPR)’, jointly organized by Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) General Head Quarters (GHQ) and Chin Student Union (CSU), Delhi, was concluded in Aizawl, Mizoram, yesterday.