West Bengal govt to track illegal Bangladeshi immigrant deportations, streamline processWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that the state government will monitor data of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants being d...
21 May, 2026, 10.03 PM IST
Don't take Bangladeshi infiltrators to courts, send them to BSF instead: Suvendu to Bengal policeWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has introduced a new policy. Detained Bangladeshi infiltrators will now be directly handed over...
21 May, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
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...
21 May, 2026, 12.49 AM IST
Assam CM Himanta says Bengali Hindus don't need to apply for citizenship under CAAAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says most Bengali Hindus are already citizens. Protests erupt over CAA implementation. The governm...
04 Sep, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says govt has not issued any 'special' directive to drop cases of non-Muslim illegal foreignersAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has denied issuing any special state directive to drop Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) cases against non...
08 Aug, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
Tripura CM Manik Saha backs 2014 CAA cut-off, rejects 1971 demandTripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has firmly stated that the state will adhere to the CAA, setting a 2014 deadline for citizenship. This st...
22 Jul, 2025, 02.48 PM IST
Controversy erupts in Assam over instruction to police to not forward CAA cases to Foreigners TribunalsControversy arises in Assam as government instructs police not to refer CAA cases to Foreigners Tribunals. AJP criticizes the move while AA...
16 Jul, 2024, 06.58 PM IST
No provision to maintain records of applications under CAA rules: RTI replyUnion Home Ministry's RTI response exposes no provision for maintaining records of online citizenship applications under CAA. Challenges in...
15 Apr, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
Pros and cons of National Register of Citizens in AssamNRC enumeration has brought relief to the 95% of Muslims who made it to the citizenship list. Given the highly charged political atmosphere...
09 Jan, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
View: NRC-CAA move likely to stoke a statistical collapseIf a statistical fog renders data dubious, we can't identify what’s going right or wrong, or fix failures.
09 Feb, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Substantial increase in outflow of Bangladeshi migrants post CAA enactment: BSFA top official of the paramilitary force said fear among the illegal settlers, post the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), s...
24 Jan, 2020, 02.40 PM IST
Why did AASU reject the offer to detect 70 lakh illegal immigrants, asks Assam Finance MinisterFinance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has maintained that less than five lakh people will be eligible to apply under the CAA, and those who ...
19 Jan, 2020, 10.50 AM IST
Capitalism thrives on liberal values… I'm clear what I stand for: Satya NadellaMicrosoft’s India-born CEO, hit the headlines after his comments on the Citizenship Amendment Act. He was replying to a question on the CAA...
15 Jan, 2020, 07.51 AM IST
Microsoft’s Nadella sad with CAA, wants Bangladeshi immigrant to launch unicorn, be Infosys CEO, says Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief"I think what is happening is sad... It's just bad.... I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next ...
14 Jan, 2020, 02.30 PM IST
Perfect example on how literate need to be educated: Meenakashi Lekhi on Nadella's remarksResponding to a question by BuzzFeed on the CAA, Nadella was quoted as saying that what is happening in the country is "sad" and "just bad".
14 Jan, 2020, 02.20 PM IST
CAA will not bring new refugees: Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said after Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014, minorities in Bangladesh have not faced atrocities. Assam is facing a massive...
04 Jan, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
What lies ahead for Assam which is steadfastly, and often violently, protesting the new citizenship actAssam is seeing violent protests over the Citizenship Act. But how long can the protest go on?
15 Dec, 2019, 11.59 AM IST