West Bengal: Malda, Murshidabad get first 'illegal immigrants’ holding centres for suspected Bangladeshis & RohingyasWest Bengal has opened its first holding centres in Malda and Murshidabad to house suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya de...
26 May, 2026, 10.23 AM IST
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...
25 May, 2026, 12.38 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
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...
24 May, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
First major issue whether Rohingyas refugees or illegal entrants: SCThe Supreme Court is currently examining the status of Rohingya people in India. The key question is whether they are refugees or illegal i...
31 Jul, 2025, 03.43 PM IST
"Kejriwal playing politics in the name of Rohingyas", alleges Gambhir; Sisodia hits back"It is very shameful that they (AAP) play this kind of politics," Gambhir said. Gambhir asserted that BJP's stand to deport Rohingyas from ...
18 Aug, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea for release of detained Rohingya refugees on March 25A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which initially observed that there was no urgency, took note of the submissions of lawyer Prash...
18 Mar, 2021, 01.40 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
BSF 'pushing back' Rohingyas; SC asks Centre to respond to pleaAllegations levelled in a plea filed by two refugees, who had earlier also challenged the govt's decision to deport Rohingya Muslims to Mya...
31 Jan, 2018, 09.57 PM IST
Only Centre should deal with deportation of Rohingyas: MHAThe assertion comes hours after the Supreme Court decided to give a detailed and "holistic hearing" from November 21 on the government's de...
13 Oct, 2017, 08.38 PM IST
Citizens' coalition urges PM Narendra Modi not to deport RohingyasThe development comes a day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition filed by Rohingya Muslims challenging the Centre's sta...
13 Oct, 2017, 10.28 AM 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
Rohingyas illegal immigrants, not refugees: Rajnath Singh"The Rohingyas are not refugees. They have not come here after following proper procedures. No Rohingya has applied for asylum. They are il...
22 Sep, 2017, 02.02 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
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
UN human rights chief deplores India's move to deport RohingyasThe violence in Myanmar began when Rohingya militants attacked police posts in Rakhine. More than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Ban...
12 Sep, 2017, 09.17 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