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Bengal govt orders 'holding centres' for illegal migrantsWest Bengal authorities are establishing holding centres for foreigners apprehended for illegal stay. This move follows a policy announceme...
West Bengal govt orders 'Holding Centres' for illegal Bangladeshi, Rohingya deporteesWest Bengal has directed all district magistrates to set up “Holding Centres” for detained foreigners and released foreign prisoners awaiti...
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari announces 'detect, delete, deport' driveWest Bengal will now identify, remove, and deport illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. This policy excludes Hindu refugees and others eligible u...
Voter roll deletions shift West Bengal polls from governance to identity battleWest Bengal's election focus has dramatically shifted. Massive deletions from electoral rolls have transformed the campaign. Issues of corr...
About 250 people feared missing after boat capsizes in Andaman Sea: UNA boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea. Around 250 people are feared missing. The vessel d...
Citizenship Bill may help BJP in West BengalIt will also help BJP cleanse its anti-Bengali image that had become a perception issue for the party following the National Register for C...
- Assamese community in UK opposes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
A delegation of Assamese Community in London led by Dr. Benu Kakati recently met Y K Sinha, Indian High Commissioner to UK at India House.
Aasu office attacked by partisans for citizenship to Hindu Bangladeshi refugeesStudent body Aasu which spearheaded six year long anti foreigners movement (1979-1885) is opposed to Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
Bengal BJP sets riders for signing Teesta water pactThe refugee cell of Bengal wrote a letter to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on May 25. The letter raised the issue of refugees from ...
BJP walks tightrope in Assam over Bangladeshi migrants influxLast year Modi government decided to grant citizenship to Hindu refugees who migrated from their countries of origin because of religious p...
BJP cell says will build up cases for deportation of illegal Muslims & facilitate stay of HindusSoon after govt relaxed norms for refugees from Pak, Bangladesh, BJP cell says it will build cases to expel Muslims & facilitate stay of Hi...
Visa norms eased for non-Muslims from Pakistan, BangladeshThe decision has been taken under Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 and Foreigners Act, 1946, and notified in the official gazette.
India to allow minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh to stay without papersIndia decided to allow minority refugees from Bangladesh and Pakistan to stay in this country even after expiry of their visas on humanitar...
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...
Government grants citizenship to 4,300 refugees from Pakistan, AfghanistanPM Modi had, during the Lok Sabha election campaign, said that Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindu refugees will be treated like any other Indi...
BJP promises Indian citizenship for Bangladeshi Hindu refugeesHindu refugees from Bangladesh will be given Indian citizenship if BJP comes to power in Assam in next year's Assembly poll, party presiden...
Government announces concessions for refugees from Pakistan, AfghanistanThe eligible applicants who were facing difficulties in submitting online applications can now submit the same manually along with their pa...
Bangladeshi infiltration debate back on West Bengal's political agendaThe Burdwan blast and the arrest of Bangladeshi nationals from across the state has brought the debate on infiltration from Bangladesh back...
Bangladeshi refugee talk part of Narendra Modi’s dog-whistle politicsSingling out Hindu observances as one of the markers for deciding who can be an Indian is surely a red line Modi should not have crossed.
Narendra Modi slams Congress for encouraging 'vote-bank politics' leading to influx that is destroying AssamNarendra Modi today alleged that Congress' vote-bank politics was encouraging illegal migration from Bangladesh which was in turn destroyin...