Over 500 feared dead in two suspected shipwrecks off Myanmar: UNThe United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since l...
16 Jul, 2026, 12.13 PM IST
SC to hear in March plea seeking release of detained Rohingya refugeesThe Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a plea in March regarding the release of Rohingya refugees who are currently being detained i...
29 Feb, 2024, 12.50 PM 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
India to cite Lautenberg if US raises CAA, religionThe Lautenberg Amendment helps certain persecuted religious minorities in the erstwhile Soviet Union get US citizenship. The amendment was ...
24 Feb, 2020, 07.24 AM IST
Gandhi, Nehru, Manmohan favoured helping persecuted minorities in neighbouring countries: J P NaddaWhile addressing a group of minority refugees from Pakistan at the party headquarters in New Delhi, BJP working president J P Nadda said th...
18 Jan, 2020, 07.00 PM IST
CAA has corollary in US’ Lautenberg AmendmentThis was spearheaded by US Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1989-90, hence came to be popularly known as the Lautenberg Amendment that gave refu...
18 Jan, 2020, 08.21 AM IST
Citizenship Act not against Muslims: Gadkari“It is written in the Constitution that Hindus, Jains, Christians and Buddhists of Pakistan and Afghanistan, whenever they would come to In...
23 Dec, 2019, 06.39 AM IST
NRC row: Where does India stand on refugees?The Union government has not made its position clear and India does not have repatriation agreements with Bangladesh and Nepal for the same.
06 Oct, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
ID-cards, bank accounts for non-Muslim refugeesThis reflects the Modi government's pre-poll commitment that non-Muslims who have come to India due to persecution deserve a special dispen...
21 Aug, 2016, 11.08 AM IST
Centre holding special camps to grant citizenship to Hindus from PakistanThe first two camps were held in Thane and Mumbai today and similar camps will be held in other places till July 27, a Home Ministry offici...
13 Jun, 2016, 08.34 PM IST
Centre's initiative welcome but grant refugee status: PFFAPPFA welcomed Centre's initiative to exempt minority communities of Bangladesh and Pakistan from relevant provisions of rules and order.
16 Sep, 2015, 03.22 PM IST
BJP cell says will build up cases for deportation of illegal Muslims & facilitate stay of HindusSoon after govt relaxed norms for refugees from Pak, Bangladesh, BJP cell says it will build cases to expel Muslims & facilitate stay of Hi...
12 Sep, 2015, 10.31 AM 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
Minorities of India's neighbours to be given 5-year visaMembers of the minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be given five years visa instead of one-year.
16 Dec, 2014, 10.33 PM 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
Will deport illegal Muslim migrants from Bangladesh: BJPClarifying Narendra Modi's comment on Bangladeshi migrants, the BJP today said the party would deport illegal Muslim migrants from Banglade...
03 May, 2014, 09.02 PM IST