West Bengal: Malda, Murshidabad get first 'illegal immigrants’ holding centres for suspected Bangladeshis & RohingyasWest Bengal has opened its first holding centres in Malda and Murshidabad to house suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya de...
26 May, 2026, 10.23 AM IST
Congress flags broken NRC portal, seeks probe into Assam website, helpline failuresCongress leader Debabrata Saikia has raised concerns about the National Register of Citizens NRC Assam website and its helpline. He reporte...
16 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
Illegal migration is subject of India-Bangladesh conversation: MEAIndia has said that the issue of illegal migration is being discussed with Bangladesh and has urged Dhaka to verify the nationality of indi...
13 May, 2026, 09.06 AM IST
India urges Bangladesh to expedite nationality check for nearly 3,000 ImmigrantsIndia is pressing Bangladesh to hasten the verification of nearly 3,000 potential illegal immigrants, echoing a commitment to uphold border...
07 May, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
Assam pushback row: CM defends action as legal, saikia flags rights violations and judicial breachAssam government is pushing back declared foreigners as per the law. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says this follows court orders. How...
30 May, 2025, 08.28 PM IST
India asks Bangladesh to expedite deportation list verificationIndia has requested Bangladesh to expedite the verification process for over 2,360 Bangladeshi nationals awaiting deportation, many of whom...
23 May, 2025, 03.20 PM IST
'Are you waiting for some muhurat': SC slams Assam govt for not deporting foreignersThe Supreme Court has admonished the Assam government for indefinitely detaining individuals declared as foreigners instead of deporting th...
04 Feb, 2025, 02.50 PM IST
Bangladeshi mother-son duo illegally residing in Delhi deportedThe Delhi Police deported a Bangladeshi mother-son duo on Monday, with the mother living illegally in Delhi since 2005. The son arrived in ...
31 Dec, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Delhi Police crackdown on illegal migrants, deport 8 BangladeshisDelhi Police have increased efforts to identify, detain, and repatriate unauthorized migrants from Bangladesh. They detected eight illegal ...
29 Dec, 2024, 09.49 AM IST
Odisha: 78 Bangladeshi fishermen to be sent back to home countryThe Indian Coast Guard apprehended two Bangladeshi trawlers with 78 fishermen illegally fishing in Indian waters. Odisha police confirmed t...
12 Dec, 2024, 08.01 AM IST
Assam introduces SOP with multi-layered verification for Aadhaar issuanceAssam implements stricter Aadhaar card verification due to rising illegal immigration from Bangladesh. The new process involves multiple ch...
11 Dec, 2024, 10.38 PM IST
NRC leaves out names of many refugees coming to India from Bangladesh prior to 1971: Himanta Biswa SarmaBoth the governments had appealed the top court twice for sample re-verification to find out wrongful inclusions, especially in districts b...
01 Sep, 2019, 10.34 AM IST
Notices to people in three Assam districts to appear for hearing by NRC authoritiesThe notice has asked these people to appear for hearing on Monday and that also in far-flung districts.
04 Aug, 2019, 09.11 PM IST
NRC full of wrongful inclusions: Centre & Assam govtA two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice RF Nariman listed the case for further hearing on Tuesday.
20 Jul, 2019, 07.34 AM IST
Assam citizenship database awaits order on inclusion of Bangladeshi HindusThe BJP government at the Centre recently tabled the Citizenship Bill, 2016, making nationals of various countries, including Bangladesh, e...
02 Aug, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
Government plans ordinance to grant citizenship to Hindu refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan, AfghanistanWinter session is the only window for government to bring up this issue as the verification process is long and tedious and elections are d...
29 Aug, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Rohingya inmates in India await clarity on repatriationThe fate of prisoners in West Bengal and other states belonging to Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya community remains uncertain since Myanmar ...
28 Aug, 2015, 09.17 PM IST