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
Supreme Court to hear plea seeking deportation of illegal Bangladesh nationals, RohingyasThe plea has sought a direction to the Centre and the state governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal migrants and infiltrator...
04 Jul, 2019, 05.46 PM IST
For first time, India deports seven Rohingya immigrants to MyanmarThe illegal immigrants were detained in 2012 and since then they had been lodged in Cachar Central Jail in Assam's Silchar.
04 Oct, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
Supreme Court allows deportation of seven Rohingyas from Assam to MyanmarThe apex court said the seven Rohingyas were found by the competent court as illegal immigrants and Myanmar had accepted them as its citize...
04 Oct, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
India to deport 7 Rohingyas to Myanmar ThursdayThis will be the first time Rohingya immigrants would be sent back to Myanmar from India.
03 Oct, 2018, 06.04 PM IST
Forged IDs make Rohingya 'Indians': Intelligence reportsThe Rohingya squatters also seek the support of local Muslim organisations to ensure they are not questioned or uprooted from the areas the...
06 Dec, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
India’s firm policy pushes more Rohingyas to BangladeshAccording to BSF officials, at least 50 such Rohingya immigrants, who had been living in India for years, crossed over to Bangladesh over t...
24 Oct, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
Rohingya bad lot, pose security risk: Tripura Governor Tathagata RoyEarlier in his address at the event, he endorsed the Centre's terming of the Rohingya as "illegal immigrants" and said "they were a bad lot...
11 Oct, 2017, 10.39 PM IST
View: India must not give in to pressure, Rohingyas must be deportedIndia must not open the floodgates at this juncture. There are pressing security and strategic reasons for India to refuse Rohingya refugee...
03 Oct, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
Northeast on alert as threat of influx by Rohingyas looms largeAssam Rifles, which is guarding the Indo-Myanmar border, is on high alert to check any attempts from Rohingyas to sneak into India.
29 Sep, 2017, 11.59 PM IST
We are peace loving refugees, allow us to stay: Rohingyas to Supreme CourtThe two members representing the community, who moved SC to prevent deportation, pleaded that the government could screen the community for...
23 Sep, 2017, 01.29 AM IST
NHRC taking up Rohingya issue on humanitarian ground: H L DattuHis comments came minutes after Home Minister Rajnath Singh said at the seminar that Rohingyas were illegal immigrants and not refugees and...
21 Sep, 2017, 03.19 PM IST
Supreme Court to take a call on Rohingyas: Rajnath SinghThe Centre today told the apex court that the Rohingya Muslims were "illegal" immigrants in the country and that their continuous stay pose...
18 Sep, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
Calibrated move to tarnish India's image on Rohingya issue: Kiren RijijuThe Union minister of state for home's comments came two days after UN human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein flayed any attempts by Indi...
13 Sep, 2017, 02.45 PM IST
Rohingyas to be deported, don't preach India on refugees: Kiren RijijuTaking a strong position on the reported criticism of the government on the issue, Rijiju said, "We are following the legal path then why h...
05 Sep, 2017, 06.09 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks government stand on plea challenging Rohingyas' deportationViolent attacks allegedly by Myanmarese armymen have led to an exodus of Rohingya tribals from the western Rakhine state in that country to...
05 Sep, 2017, 01.55 AM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea challenging decision to deport RohingyasThe plea filed by two Rohingya immigrants that they were facing persecution in Myanmar and that the decision to send them back was in viola...
01 Sep, 2017, 12.12 PM IST