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Thousands seek to leave Myanmar after military service diktat: What's happening
The embassy said it was issuing 400 numbered tickets a day in order to manage the queue.
Published on Feb 16, 2024 04:20 PM IST
AFP |
Myanmar Airways International launches Chennai-Yangon direct flights
Myanmar Airways International launches Chennai-Yangon direct flights to mutually benefit and improve trade, health, leisure, tourism sectors of both countries.
Updated on May 08, 2023 03:01 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz, Chennai
Top military-appointed election official shot dead in Myanmar
Myanmar Junta: Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday
Published on Apr 23, 2023 04:11 PM IST
AP |
Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail
Fenster, the managing editor of the online magazine Frontier Myanmar, was also found guilty of contacting illegal organizations and violating visa regulations, lawyer Than Zaw Aung said.
Published on Nov 12, 2021 11:32 AM IST
AP |
Myanmar protesters don't relent in face of deadly crackdown
The verified death toll among protesters since the February 1 coup ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi has now exceeded 200, according to a tally compiled by the independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Published on Mar 17, 2021 03:12 PM IST
PTI | , Yangon
Myanmar police raids railway workers' homes in Mingalar Taung Nyunt area
The raid comes just days after several Myanmar unions, including the Myanmar Railway Worker's Union Federation, issued a joint call for a nationwide work stoppage.
Published on Mar 10, 2021 05:40 PM IST
PTI | , Mandalay
Thousands of protesters on Myanmar streets after night raids by security forces
Police fired tear gas and stun grenades in Lashio town in the country's northern Shan region, according to live video posted on Facebook.
Published on Mar 07, 2021 02:54 PM IST
Reuters |
Myanmar: Protests reported in Myitkyina, Myeik and Dawei, tear gas fired
Fresh protests were reported Saturday morning in the biggest city of Yangon, where stun grenades and tear gas were used against protesters.
Published on Mar 06, 2021 05:06 PM IST
AP | , Yangon
Coup stalls democracy, protesters gather in Myanmar after hundreds arrested
State television announced that Myanmar's UN envoy had been fired for betraying the country, after he urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to reverse the Feb. 1 coup
Published on Feb 28, 2021 09:26 AM IST
Reuters |
Myanmar cops fire rubber bullets on pro-democracy protesters in Yangon
The country has been shaken by a wave of pro-democracy protests since a military coup toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.
Published on Feb 27, 2021 02:06 PM IST
AFP |
Myanmar junta cuts internet again to grind down anti-coup rallies
Security forces have used increasing force to quell huge nationwide street protests and a disobedience campaign encouraging civil servants to strike.
Published on Feb 16, 2021 02:42 PM IST
AFP |
Myanmar shuts down all airports and flights post detention of Aung San Suu Kyi
US Embassy in Myanmar issues a 'security alert' as the road to the international airport in Yangon, the country's biggest city, was closed on Monday. This came after the shutting down of all passenger flights and airports in lieu of the detention of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated on Feb 01, 2021 06:59 PM IST
PTI |