illegal immigration

Kolkata, March 14 – Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested at the India-Bangladesh international border in the North 24 Parganas district for allegedly entering the country illegally, a senior district police officer said on Saturday.According to police, the two individuals were...

Kolkata, March 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the ruling TMC of opposing the Systematic Identification of Voter Eligibility (SIVE) process to "protect infiltrators", alleging that unchecked illegal immigration under its rule had altered the demographic balance in several...

Kolkata, March 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of opposing the Systematic Identification of Reproductive and Migratory Information (SIR) exercise to "protect its vote bank of infiltrators", alleging that unchecked illegal immigration under...

New York, March 13 Eleven Indian nationals, living illegally in the US, have been charged with visa fraud for conspiring to carry out staged armed robberies of convenience stores, according to US federal prosecutors.Authorities said the suspects are accused of organizing fake robberies in...

New Delhi, March 13 The BJP on Friday alleged that attempts by Bangladeshi infiltrators to "seize" the rights of tribal communities have led to unrest in parts of Meghalaya and vowed to support the indigenous communities of Garo Hills in the state.Two people were killed in police firing at...

Today, the BJP condemned the alleged misuse and exploitation of the constitutional rights of tribal communities in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, stating that these rights are protected under the Constitution. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, BJP MP Ravishankar Prasad alleged that the unrest in...

New Delhi, March 13 Ten Bangladeshi nationals who were staying in India illegally using fake medical visas were apprehended during a special verification drive in outer Delhi, an official said on Friday.The accused were found living in Delhi even after their visas had expired, and were...

Guwahati, March 13 Twelve illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh were "deported," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.Sarma did not specify the district where they were apprehended or the sector of the border through which they were "deported"."Operation Clean Up continues...

Bengaluru, March 12 Two Bangladeshi nationals, including a 17-year-old girl, who were residing illegally in the city, were apprehended during a police verification drive, officials said on Thursday.The girl, who is from Dhaka, and 23-year-old Mohammed Umar, who is from the Bagerhat district of...

New Delhi, March 11 Two Bangladeshi nationals who were deported from India earlier have been apprehended in northwest Delhi for allegedly re-entering the country illegally and resuming unlawful activities, a police officer said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Dipto Kumar Pal (28) and...

New Delhi, March 10 – The recent elections in Bangladesh have not only been a turning point for the country, but have also ensured the much-needed resetting of ties with India. This reset in New Delhi-Dhaka ties brings into sharp focus key issues like border security, among other things...

Kolkata, March 9 – Following the lead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha began a hunger strike in Dinhata on Monday to protest what he described as the arbitrary removal of names from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive...

New Delhi, March 9 – The busting of the Faridabad module and the recent terror plot targeting temples revealed that Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba are increasingly engaging in home-grown activities.Officials from the Delhi police's Special Cell say that Lashkar-e-Taiba has been scouting...

Kolkata, March 8 Former Union Minister and Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur participated in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Parivartan Yatra in West Bengal on Sunday along with Union Minister Shantanu Thakur and other party leaders.Addressing a large public gathering in the Naihati Assembly...

Kolkata, March 7 – Raju Bista, a two-time BJP Member of Parliament from the Darjeeling constituency in North Bengal, claimed on Saturday that it was necessary to hold the upcoming state assembly elections in West Bengal under President's Rule.He also said that he would speak to President...

Kolkata, March 7 Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of imposing higher taxes on fuel compared to several other states, BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday said that she was trying to make an issue of the increase in cooking gas prices, despite being aware of the volatile situation in...

Kolkata, March 7 – The BJP alleged on Saturday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's indefinite sit-in protest in Kolkata, which began on Friday afternoon, is another tactic to protect illegal immigrants on the state's voter list.Although the Trinamool Congress leadership, led by...

Bengaluru, March 6 In a special operation, the CCB on Friday took into custody 124 Bangladeshi nationals who were allegedly residing illegally in Bengaluru, police said.Among them were 48 men, 42 women, and 34 children, they said.In the early hours, four special teams comprising officers and...

Ahmedabad, March 5 – The Ahmedabad police have arrested an illegal immigrant from West Bengal for his alleged involvement in a network that sent bomb threat emails to schools, courts, airports, and government institutions across several states, including several incidents reported in Gujarat...

Mathura (UP), March 3 A couple from Punjab, accused of running a "dove trafficking" racket that cheated people by providing them with forged documents to travel abroad, were arrested from Vrindavan on Tuesday, police said."Dove trafficking" is a common North Indian term associated with illegal...