West Bengal Elections Phase 2: BJP’s southern gamble meets Mamata’s fortressWest Bengal votes today in the final phase of assembly elections. The outcome will decide if the TMC keeps its southern dominance or the BJ...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Exiled Tibetans to elect government in vote condemned by ChinaTibetans living outside China are voting for their government-in-exile. This election holds great importance as they face a future without ...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
Voter roll deletions shift West Bengal polls from governance to identity battleWest Bengal's election focus has dramatically shifted. Massive deletions from electoral rolls have transformed the campaign. Issues of corr...
19 Apr, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
West Bengal polls: 97-year-old refugee, retired teacher among those deleted from voter listWest Bengal is witnessing the fallout of the NRC-like exercise, with long-term residents and even Partition refugees being struck off voter...
10 Apr, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
On resolutions relating to situation in W.Asia, India votes in favour of 5, abstains on oneThe Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) of the UN General Assembly approved six draft resolutions on November 9 all by ...
12 Nov, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
Matua votes in Nadia, North 24 Parganas crucial in next phaseThe Matua population will have a major influence in the poll outcome in the Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, where voting is schedule...
19 Apr, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
'Last wish fulfilled,' say West Pakistan refugees in Jammu on exercising franchise first timeTill August 5 last year, except for parliamentary elections, these refugees were barred from voting in Jammu and Kashmir's assembly, pancha...
04 Dec, 2020, 07.29 PM IST
Domicile rules change lives of two lakh in JammuAccording to Labha Ram Gandhi, chairman of West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee, nearly one lakh Pakistani refugees who migrated to J&K ...
27 May, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
Jammu’s west Pakistan refugees to hold a rally to thank govtThe population of West Pakistan Refugees living in the Jammu region is estimated to be roughly 4 lakh at present.
31 Aug, 2019, 09.21 AM IST
Separatists opposes I-cards to refugees exposes their bias: West Pakistan RefugeesThe state government has decided to issue identity cards to West Pakistan Refugees but after protests from opposition parties and separatis...
24 Dec, 2016, 07.54 PM IST
West Pakistani refugees seek domicile in Jammu and KashmirThe demands were placed by a delegation of West Pakistani Refugees during their meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh here.
24 Sep, 2016, 04.01 AM IST
Hurriyat Conference opposes recommendations for settlement of Pakistan refugeesThe points which Hurriyat objected to included grant of citizenship rights, right to vote in Assembly & local- bodies polls to the Pakistan...
12 Jan, 2015, 06.59 PM IST
Ensure voting rights of displaced people in J&K Assembly: PanelAround 5,764 families consisting of 47,215 persons migrated from West Pakistan and got settled in different areas of Jammu, Kathua and Rajo...
22 Dec, 2014, 06.37 PM IST
Centre asks J&K to consider conferment of permanent status to West Pakistan refugees"West Pakistan refugees are citizens of India and have the right to vote in parliamentary elections," J&K Home Minister Kiren Rijiju
02 Dec, 2014, 04.00 PM IST
Pakistani refugees can get rights in Jammu and Kashmir without scrapping Article 370: National ConferenceWondering over the stance taken by BJP over abrogation of Article 370, Rana said "there should be a debate so that the people of the countr...
29 May, 2014, 09.59 PM IST
- Mizos protest voting rights of Bru refugees
The agitators burnt copies of the Bru voters' lists and the impugned instruction of the EC in front of the state election office.
24 Mar, 2014, 05.11 PM IST
Losing home in Muzaffarnagar, Mizoram or Assam shouldn’t mean losing the right to vote this electionOver the years, thousands, if not millions, of Indians have been forced to flee their homes and live in refugee camps for years at a time, ...
21 Mar, 2014, 04.08 AM IST