Hope and happiness among Pak Hindu refugees in Delhi as CAA rules notifiedPakistani Hindu refugees residing in Delhi expressed hope and happiness on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Ac...
12 Mar, 2024, 11.06 AM IST
10,000 persons sought refuge in India in 2022: ReportBy 2022-end, India had about 405,000 refugees, which includes 213,578 refugees recognised/ registered by the Government of India and housed...
22 Feb, 2023, 01.22 AM IST
Hindu, Sikh bodies draw up list of 262 in Kabul's Karte Parwan GurudwaraAkali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa told ET that he has been in touch with the MEA and has been sharing updates with them every two hour...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Pakistani refugees head back on fading citizenship hopesThe refugees are among the 243 Pakistani nationals, including those stranded in India because of Covid-19, who have been permitted to trave...
26 Nov, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Stranded Pakistan refugees to return via Wagah border on September 7, says orderOn long term visa (LTVs) in India, they had gone back to Pakistan to meet their relatives, renew identity cards or passports, under the no-...
04 Sep, 2020, 08.50 PM IST
Sikhs, Hindus 'endangered minorities' in Afghanistan, says resolution introduced in US CongressThe resolution supports resettling Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan in the US under the United States Refugee Admissions Programme pursuan...
18 Aug, 2020, 11.52 AM IST
Like India, congressman seeks refugee status for Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan“While I'm pleased that India has offered them refuge, more needs to be done to ensure their safety in the long term. I will continue to ad...
24 Jul, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Each oppressed Pakistani refugee will get Indian citizenship: Amit Shah"Congress people, listen...Oppose (CAA) to the extent you can. But we won't sit quiet till each oppressed refugee from Pakistan gets Indian...
12 Jan, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
Should Rohingyas get citizenship and not Hindu refugees, asks Giriraj Singh"I would like to ask the Congress and the tukde tukde gang whether Rohingyas, Pakistani infiltrators should be given citizenship? And shoul...
11 Jan, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
Government plans to amend Citizenship Act to give succour to refugeesThe issue was discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Foreign Secretary S Jaish...
06 Jul, 2016, 08.26 PM IST
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.
08 Sep, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
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...
07 Sep, 2015, 09.56 PM 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
Why government's bid to welcome refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh & Afghanistan is easier said than doneThe Narendra Modi government may have declared policy to welcome refugees but their relatives waiting for them in India do have much faith ...
23 Aug, 2015, 03.44 AM IST
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...
14 Jun, 2015, 11.52 AM IST
- Law to rehabilitate Hindu refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh?
The government is likely to soon enact a law for rehabilitation of Hindu refugees from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
13 Apr, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
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...
13 Nov, 2014, 02.56 PM IST