
In Yangon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid tributes at the Mazaar of last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, on May 29. ...

08:00 PM, May 30, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gursharan Kaur visited the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon on May 29. India gifted a 16-feet statue of Lord Buddha. ...

07:53 PM, May 30, 2012

New Delhi: To shore up its ties with India, Myanmar government has ordered Manipur-based militant outfits to shut their camps and training facilities and leave its soil by June 10. Quoting intelligence inputs, official sources said the Myanmar Army's order was issued on May 24 -- three days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarked on his visit to the neighbouring country -- and the move is considered as a goodwill...

04:47 PM, May 30, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dismissed reports of being in the Presidential race. ...

09:12 AM, May 30, 2012

Yangon: India's last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, lay buried in Yangon for nearly 130 years in a forgotten grave until 1991 when his final resting place was chanced upon during digging. His mausoleum in this former capital of Myanmar is frequented by those who want to have a glimpse of the tomb of the man who was the last emperor of India. He died on November 7, 1862, after...

12:02 PM, May 29, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during his landmark visit to Myanmar. Reports said that the Prime Minister has handed over UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's invitation to Suu Kyi to visit India. "Our sincere belief is that in the process of national reconciliation, Madam Suu Kyi will play a defining role. I convey to her our best wishes," Singh said....

11:46 AM, May 29, 2012

New Delhi: It's the second day of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visit to Myanmar and he will be travelling to Yangon to meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This will be his first meeting ever with the Nobel laureate. Singh will be accompanied by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna. The two leaders met Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday. It seems India is road to Myanmar on more practical...

06:31 AM, May 29, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: Embarking on a "new journey" of bilateral cooperation, India on Monday extended a $500 million line of credit as part of 12 agreements on sectors like trade and energy signed with Myanmar, which vowed that its territory will not be allowed to be used by terrorists to target India. Marking a historic visit to Myanmar, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 25 years, Manmohan Singh...

03:40 AM, May 29, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: India on Monday announced it will provide a 500 million-dollar line of credit to Myanmar as the two countries signed 12 agreements on a range of sectors, including air services, beginning a "new journey" of bilateral cooperation. On the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Myanmar in quarter of a century, Manmohan Singh held "broad-ranging" discussions with Myanmar President Thein Sein on a road map...

03:11 PM, May 28, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: India is expected to extend its support for further progress in Myanmar's movement towards full democracy when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on May 29 in what is billed as one of the high-points of his landmark visit. Ahead of the Singh-Suu Kyi meeting in Yangon which will witness the pro-democracy icon sticking to protocol and calling on the Indian premier,...

02:27 PM, May 28, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: India on Monday said it would explore all options to normalise relations with Pakistan and its intentions are "very transparent" in this direction. "With Pakistan, speculation will never stop and I wouldn't like to enlist myself in the club of speculators. All I can convey to you is that India's intention are very honest, India's intentions are very transparent," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told reporters here....

11:09 AM, May 28, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday held talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein as India suggested the two countries should work out a joint strategy to tackle terrorism and insurgency along their border and enhance security cooperation. Singh, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Myanmar in 25 years since Rajiv Gandhi's trip in December 2007, held restricted talks with Sein before the two leaders led their...

10:26 AM, May 28, 2012

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will begin talks in Myanmar on Monday. Singh is on a three day visit to the country - a first by any Indian Prime Minister in 25 years. He is accompanied by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and will be meeting Myanmar's President Thein Sein in the capital on Monday. The delegation will then travel to Yangon on Tuesday to meet pro-democracy leader Aung...

06:15 AM, May 28, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached Myanmar on Sunday evening in a first visit by an Indian PM since Rajiv Gandhi's visit 25 years ago. ...

11:25 PM, May 27, 2012

Nay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday arrived at Nay Pyi Taw, the new Myanmarese capital, on a three-day visit during which the two countries are expected to take a series of initiatives to bolster bilateral relations in several key areas, including energy, trade and connectivity sector. In a pre-departure statement, Singh said that his visit "will provide an opportunity to review the progress in implementation of decisions"...

06:22 PM, May 27, 2012