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
Suvendu Adhikari, the man who helped TMC topple Left, now becomes BJP’s first Bengal CMSuvendu Adhikari, a key figure in the Trinamool Congress's rise, has been elected BJP Legislative Party leader in West Bengal. He previousl...
08 May, 2026, 07.16 PM IST
Illegal Rohingya immigrants living in 12 states, UTs: Govt to Rajya SabhaMinister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said since illegal immigrants enter without valid travel documents in clandestine and surreptitiou...
03 Feb, 2021, 12.55 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
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
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
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 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