Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
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PM Modi’s Keynote Address At Shangri La Dialogue 2018
— June 7, 2018Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thank you for your friendship, your leadership of India–Singapore partnership and a better future for the region. Defence Ministers, Mr. John Chipman Dignitaries and Excellencies, Namaskar and a very good evening to all of you! I am pleased to return to a region, known to India since ancient times…
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Independent Commission For Rakhine In The Offing
— June 2, 2018ROSEANNE GERIN | Myanmar announced that it will set up an independent inquiry commission to probe human rights violations that occurred during the brutal military crackdown on Rohingyas in Rakhine state that left more than 1,000 dead and drove nearly 700,000 across the border into neighboring Bangladesh. The Myanmar government has come under heavy fire…
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Indonesia, India Plan To Develop Strategic Port
— May 31, 2018JAKARTA | Indonesia and India pledged to step up defense and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port in the Indian Ocean, the leaders of the two countries said after meeting in Jakarta. Indonesian President Joko Widodo met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss, among other issues, developing infrastructure and…
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Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk sentenced to 5 years
— May 28, 2018Detained in 2016, he had spoken in Mandarin about Tibetans’ fear that their culture is being wiped out Tashi Wangchuk’s lawyer Liang Xiaojun told that a judge in Qinghai province passed down the sentence on Tuesday. Tashi, 32, was detained in 2016, two months after the video and accompanying article were published, and went on…
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Unscheduled Korean Summit Surprise All
— May 26, 2018LOOKEAST REPORT | Bypassing the US, the two Koreas have sprung a huge surprise by holding an unscheduled high level summit to resume the peace process in the peninsula. North Korean Leader Kim Jong–Un and South Korean President Moon Jae–in have met on Saturday to follow up on their April 27 summit, and try take…
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Hasina Seeks Modi Help In Rohingya Repatriation
— May 26, 2018LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has sought Indian help in keeping up the international pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingya refugees. During her one hour discussion with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at Santiniketan in West Bengal state, Hasina said Bangladesh has considerably strained its resources to accommodate more than…
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Hasina Goes Back With Hope
— May 26, 2018LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is going back home with some hope of a breakthrough on the vexed issue after her meetings with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Her meeting with Modi on Friday after the inauguration of the Bangladesh Bhavan lasted an hour. On…
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Assam Defends Major Gogoi
— May 24, 2018LOOKEAST REPORT | His home state Assam seems to be backing Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi in the latest controversy over his alleged attempt to spend a night with a Kashmiri woman in a Srinagar hotel. Nitin Leetul Gogoi, the Indian Army major who made headlines last year for using a Kashmiri man as human shield…
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How Chinese Mining In The Himalayas May Create A New Military Flashpoint With India
— May 24, 2018STEPHEN CHEN | China has begun large–scale mining operations on its side of the disputed border with India in the Himalayas, where a huge trove of gold, silver and other precious minerals – valued at nearly US$60 billion by Chinese state geologists – has been found. Although mining has been going on in the world’s…
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