Gir Somnath: Gujarat police have successfully rescued a young man named Nirav Bamrotia of Talala in the Gir Somnath district who was illegally confined in Myanmar. Nirav went to Dubai for a job in a private company through an agent named Soham Pandya of Ahmedabad, and later he was promised a job in Thailand with another private company by a Dubai-based agent named Irfan. However, Irfan made a Myanmar visa in the name of Nirav and sent him to Myanmar instead of Thailand. Nirav started working ...Read More

Gandhidham: The special operation group of the Kutch West police in the port city of Mundra in Gujarat has arrested a Muslim couple from Myanmar living illegally there for past over 10 years. SP West Kutch Saurabh Tolambia today said that the couple aged around 35, also have 2 to 3 children with them. 'They were nabbed on Saturday on the basis of a tip off and are being interrogated by different agencies also,' he said. To a query he categorically said that...Read More

Nay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the two leaders discussed ways to further cement the bilateral relations. "Prime Minister Modi and Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi meet in Myanmar, discuss further cementing of India-Myanmar relations," PMO said in a tweet. "Meeting a valued friend. Prime Minister Modi with the State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. The prime mini...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Xiamen in China to attend the BRICS summit which will be held from September 3-5, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. The announcement of Modi's visit comes a day after India and China ended their 73-day standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the area. "At the invitation of the President of People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Xiamen in China's Fujian province during September 3-5, ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Commander–in-Chief of Defence Forces of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing today visited Amul Dairy plant at Anand, TATA NANO factory at Sanand and Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) at Raysan near Gandhinagar. His wife visited the military station area here to see skill development center and ASHA school. Army spokesperson Wing Commander Abhishek Matiman today said that General Hlaing who arrived here yesterday with his wife and 15 other members of a...Read More

From Jaishree Balasubramanian Vientiane:Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi today met here on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. "An icon of democracy, a partner for development. State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted along with photos of the two leaders shaking hands and holding talks. Earlier, Modi also held bilateral talks with South Korean...Read More

New Delhi/Nay Pyi Daw: President of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw will pay a four-day state visit to India beginning Saturday with an aim to further expand the traditionally close relations between the two countries by stepping up engagement in diverse areas. It will be his first State visit after the assumption of office in March by the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, bringing down curtains on five decades of military rule. The Myanmar President will be accompa...Read More

New Delhi:External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Myanmar next week during which she will meet with the top leadership of the country including State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi. This would be India's first high profile visit after Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won a historic landslide election last year that finally brought an end to five decades of military rule. Swaraj will be in Myanmar on August 21 on a one-day visit. She was earlier ...Read More