illegal immigration

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...

Balrampur (UP), March 3 The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a man at the India-Nepal border in Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday when he was attempting to enter Nepal using fake documents, officials said.Circle Officer (Tulsipur) Jitendra Kumar said that during a check at the...

Bengaluru, March 3 – The Bengaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) Anti-Narcotics Wing arrested two drug peddlers, including a woman, and busted an inter-state drug trafficking racket on Tuesday, seizing narcotics and drugs worth Rs 10 crore.The accused have been identified as Ashwin and Mubeena...

Howrah (WB), Mar 2 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asserted that criminals in West Bengal would be "in jail or God knows where" within a month of a BJP government coming to power in the state.However, he said eliminating joblessness in Bengal, from where a significant number of people...

Islamabad, March 2 – A local court in Pakistan has ordered the detention of hundreds of Afghan nationals who were arrested during a crackdown on foreigners residing illegally in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Monday.The Afghan refugees, who were taken into custody on...

Kolkata, March 2 – Three Bangladeshi women were arrested on Monday for allegedly entering India without valid documents, according to Railway Police sources.The women were detained from the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express on Sunday. They had boarded the train from New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station in...