BSF and the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department seized methamphetamine tablets worth over Rs 26 crore and heroin during a joint operation near Aizawl, arresting two Myanmar nationals. The operation highlights growing cross-border drug trafficking along the India-Myanmar frontier
While the Constitution of India does not allow dual citizenship, but the people in Longwa village on India-Myanmar border see themselves as belonging to both countries and also vote in the elections of both countries
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said that his government has urged the Union Home Ministry to cancel the free movement regime along the India-Myanmar border and complete its fencing.
The India-Myanmar border has a Free Movement Regime (FMR) which allows tribes living along the border to travel 16 km across either side without visa restrictions.