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Carving a Christian nation in South Asia? As Ukrainians and an American get arrested for arming and training terrorists, read how NE India-Myanmar border...

Shraddha Pandey -
The recent arrest of six Ukrainian and an American citizen by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for providing arms and training to Chin National Army-linked militants in Myanmar indicates that there are many dots that, if connected, may lead to the heart of the subversive activities of the US in the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh border region.
News Reports

NIA arrests a shady US mercenary ‘VanDyke’ for working with Myanmar-based militants and training insurgent groups active in NE India border: What we know...

Divyansh Tiwari -
News videos that had the visuals of NIA officials loading the arrested foreigners into a jail van had one thin, long-haired individual wearing a mask. Soon, the name Matthew VanDyke was all over social media.
News Reports

‘They came with a huge consignment of European drones, trained with Myanmar militants for ethnic wars in Indian border areas’: NIA investigates 6 Ukrainians...

Shraddha Pandey -
The investigators alleged that the arrested foreigners arrived in India on a visa and then entered Mizoram, which is a protected area. Subsequently, they entered Myanmar and contacted ethnic war groups.
News Reports

Gunfight erupts between Myanmar Military and Rohingya armed group near border, stray bullet hits schoolgirl in Bangladesh

OpIndia Staff -
A 12-year-old schoolgirl was shot in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district by a stray bullet originating from intense fighting across the border in Myanmar, escalating...
News Reports

Myanmar military blows up online scam centres in Myawaddy, detains over 1,700 foreign nationals in a major crackdown near Thai border

Shriti Sagar -
The military also said that between 18th and 23rd November, a total of 1,746 foreigners who had entered Myanmar illegally were arrested in the same area.
Crime

Myanmar: Junta bombs buildings in massive cybercrime complex in Myawaddy after days of raids, hundreds of forced workers including Indians flee

OpIndia Staff -
In a dramatic escalation of its campaign against cybercrime operations running from Myawaddy along the border with Thailand, Myanmar's military junta detonated several buildings...
News Reports

Chinese court sentences 16 members of Myanmar-based Ming crime gang to death: Read how similar gangs have been targeting Indians too

Shraddha Pandey -
The Chinese media reports that the Ming family crime gang along with other such groups, “killed and injured people involved in fraud who tried to escape or disobeyed them.”
News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ document was made out of India? Congress tries to defend itself as tech details hint at foreign collaboration

OpIndia Staff -
In its metadata analysis, the X user 'khurpenchh' found that all three versions (English, Hindi and Kannada) of Rahul Gandhi's presentation have been created in the Myanmar Standard Time (MMT).
News Reports

Mizoram Police seizes crystal meth and heroin worth over 350 crores, how these drugs regularly come to India from Myanmar

OpIndia Staff -
Mizoram police have seized crystal methamphetamine and heroin worth around Rs 350 crore. Another such big drug haul was seized in Zokhawthar village on 10th July, 2025
Culture and History

1000-years ago, present-day Myanmar was a majestic Buddhist kingdom inspired by India’s culture, language and Ramayana: Read about the Bagan Empire

Rukma Rathore -
The Bagan Kingdom flourished at the height of King Anawrahta's reign, who was originally known as Aniruddha.
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