NIA chargesheets 31 in Malda SIR obstruction casesThe National Investigation Agency has filed chargesheets against 31 individuals. These charges relate to road blockades and the illegal det...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
Long queues at Bangladesh border seen as hundreds return after Suvendu Adhikari's 'jaldi jaldi bhago' warningHundreds of undocumented Bangladeshi nationals rushed to the West Bengal border, fearing detention under the state's new "detect-delete-dep...
27 May, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
Bengal asks districts to build ‘holding centres’ for illegal foreigners as anti-infiltration drive gathers paceWest Bengal is setting up holding centers for suspected illegal foreigners and foreign prisoners. This move institutionalizes the state's '...
24 May, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Home Ministry issues Deportation Manual 2026 to states, sets SOPs for illegal migrant actionThe Ministry of Home Affairs has released the Deportation Manual 2026. This manual provides guidelines to states and Union Territories for ...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.31 AM IST
Ministry of Home Affairs seeks umbrella probe in cases of illegal Bangladeshi nationalsThe Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated a comprehensive investigation into illegal Bangladeshi immigrants obtaining Indian citizenship d...
16 Mar, 2025, 02.26 PM IST
15 Bangladeshi immigrants deported, 35 more to be deported by March, says officialThe Ahmedabad Crime Branch deported 15 Bangladeshi immigrants and plans to deport 35 more by March, following their detention during a comb...
12 Feb, 2025, 03.01 PM IST
Seven infiltrators from Bangladesh held in TripuraThe Border Security Force (BSF) in Tripura's Gomati district arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals and two Indian touts on Sunday for illega...
01 Sep, 2024, 10.08 PM IST
Bengal, Tripura clock highest number of illegal immigrationsCiting 2018 NCRB data, the home ministry in reply to a question said in 2018, West Bengal reported highest number (661) of foreigners convi...
06 Feb, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
Demand for legal services for people claiming to be Indians, lodged in Assam detention centresRaising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Jairam Ramesh of the Congress said there are six detention centres in Assam holding 998 fore...
29 Nov, 2019, 01.02 PM IST
- 21 Bangladesh nationals deported19 Jan, 2019, 08.09 PM IST
Policy change? Dhaka to take back migrantsDhaka’s decision will also change the tone and tenor of the agitations for and against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the Natio...
30 May, 2018, 11.48 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
Probe into 'illegal' detention of foreigners in AssamCM Tarun Gogoi has directed the chief secretary to conduct an enquiry into the allegations of illegal detention of foreigners in the state.
12 Aug, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
Bangladeshis interrogated by intelligence agenciesIntelligence agencies today interrogated 65 Bangadeshi nationals who were detained here for not having valid documents on December 25.
06 Jan, 2015, 01.24 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: RSS cheers 'anti-Bangladeshi' rant of Narendra ModiModi, who has been changing his tone and tenor to suit the political landscape, donned his Hindutva poster-boy avatar in West Bengal.
29 Apr, 2014, 08.28 AM IST
- BJP hangs on to Patil, demands apology for ‘lying’
The BJP is unwilling to let home minister Shivraj Patil off the hook for his statements on camps for illegal immigrants and Afzal and Sarab...
24 May, 2008, 02.28 AM IST
- BJP demands apology for Afzal-Sarabjit remark
Besides slamming the Home Minister on his comments linking Sarabjit Singh with Afzal Guru, the BJP also wanted an apology on the illegal im...
23 May, 2008, 07.00 PM IST