immigration and foreigners act

Bahraich (UP), April 7 A court here has sentenced two British nationals to six months' imprisonment for illegally entering India from Nepal, officials said on Tuesday.Chief Judicial Magistrate Pratibha Chowdhry also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of the convicts on Monday.In case of...

Dehradun, March 29 Two women from Uzbekistan and one from Kyrgyzstan were arrested on Sunday for allegedly staying in the area with fake Indian documents, police said.Police said that the women were arrested from the Raipur area as part of "Operation Crackdown", which is being conducted to...

New Delhi, March 25 The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension for five years of the Immigration, Visa, Foreigners Registration & Tracking (IVFRT) Scheme, which aims to interlink and optimize functions related to immigration, visa issuance, and the registration of foreigners in India...

Srinagar, March 23 – Police in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir said on Monday that a case has been filed under the Immigration and Foreigners Act against a hotel in Pahalgam for failing to report the stay of 23 foreign nationals.A police spokesman said a case has been filed against...

Mumbai, March 13 The Bombay High Court has denied bail to a man accused of trafficking educated youth by falsely promising them jobs abroad, only to coerce them into carrying out cyber fraud activities, citing the serious nature of the crime.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S C Chandak...

New Delhi, March 6 – Five Nigerian nationals who were found to be staying in India illegally have been deported or repatriated, officials said on Friday, adding that this was part of an ongoing crackdown by the Delhi Police in the national capital.According to police officials, the operation...

New Delhi/Aizawl, March 5. Law enforcement agencies, in separate operations, have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at around Rs 36 crore in Mizoram and arrested seven drug peddlers, including three Myanmar nationals, officials said on Thursday.Officials said...

Two Bangladeshi nationals, identified as Monirul Biswas and Lovely Khatun from the village of Bhombag in the Narail district of the Khulna Division, were apprehended by the Dawki Police on Sunday evening around 8:30 PM. They were found in a vehicle – an S-Presso – driven by Pynshaibha Khaii of...

Shillong, February 19 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma told the Assembly on Thursday that the government will revisit and amend the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act (MRSSA), 2016, to address concerns over illegal immigration and ensure that the law withstands judicial...

Shillong, February 18 MLAs from the ruling and opposition parties engaged in a heated debate in the Meghalaya assembly on Wednesday over the demand for implementing the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state.Raising the issue during the Question Hour, VPP legislator Ardent Basaiawmoit alleged...