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[ad_1] Representational ImageNew Delhi: India on Tuesday advised its citizens not to travel to Myanmar's Rakhine state in view of the deteriorating security situation.In an advisory, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) asked Indian citizens who are already in Rakhine state to leave immediately.READ | India To Fence Entire 1,643-Km Border With Myanmar, Construct Patrol Track"In view of the deteriorating security situation, disruption of means of telecommunications, including landlines, and severe scarcity of essential commodities, all Indian citizens are advised not to travel to the Rakhine State of Myanmar," it said."Those Indian citizens who are already in Rakhine State are advised to leave the State immediately," the MEA said.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited ...

[ad_1] Lawngtlai district currently has 5,909 Myanmar nationals seeking refuge. (File image).Guwahati: There has been a fresh inflow of Myanamrese refugees in Mizoram since September 1, official sources said, amid reports of air strikes near the India-Myanmar border by Myanmar security forces.Sources confirmed that on the morning of August 21, the insurgent group Arakan Army had attacked a post of 61st Company of Light Infantry Regiment, Myanmar Army, at Varang village.Myanmar fighter jets were seen near Zorinpui village of Lawngtlai district of Mizoram, sources added.Sources said on August 31, around 10 am, the first sortie dropped a bomb and 12 minutes later, a second sortie dropped around seven bombs.Following the bombing, residents of Varang village started evacuating. Later in the a...

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“Leave Immediately”: India To Citizens In Myanmar’s Rakhine

More Refugees Enter Mizoram After Air Strikes By Myanmar Forces