Kolkata, February 22 – A day after International Mother Language Day was celebrated with much fanfare in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that she was deeply saddened that divisive forces were attempting to malign and target those who speak Bangla, labeling them as...
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Washington, February 22 – US President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address of his second term on February 24, returning to Congress at a politically charged moment in Washington.The address comes as Democrats are preparing to issue a formal rebuttal. On February 19...
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Houston, Hindus are the most highly educated religious group in the United States, followed by Jews, according to a new analysis by the Pew Research Centre, which examined educational attainment across America’s major faith communities.The Washington-based Pew Research Centre said the findings...
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Guwahati, February 21 Asserting that if India can eliminate Naxalism, it can also eliminate infiltrators, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that illegal immigrants would be removed not only from the electoral rolls but also from the country within the next five years.Shah was...
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New Delhi, February 19 A Bangladeshi student activist who was being sought by his country for the killing of a Hindu police officer last year was apprehended at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here and deported, official sources said on Thursday.The man, identified as Ahmed Raza Hasan...
Dibrugarh (Assam), February 18 BJP national president Nitin Nabin set a target for party workers in Assam to secure at least 50 per cent of the votes in every booth in the upcoming assembly elections.Accusing the Congress of using Assam as a land for "vote bank politics", he said the...
Guwahati, Feb 18 Over 1.70 lakh illegal foreigners have been detected in the state so far under provisions of the Assam Accord, while about 31,000 have been deported in the last 40 years, the assembly was informed on Wednesday.Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora also said that...
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...
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Islamabad, February 17 – Police in Pakistan arrested 35 Afghan migrants during inspection raids carried out in Peshawar over the past week, local media reported on Tuesday.According to the report, police conducted 41 search and inspection operations in different parts of Peshawar during the...
Kolkata, February 16 Senior BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on Monday alleged that Muslims with cross-border connections are entering and settling in border districts of West Bengal, calling the trend "alarming" for law and order.Addressing reporters, Majumdar said, "With the formation of several...
Kochi, February 16 – The Kerala High Court on Monday modified its earlier interim order in the Suraj Lama case, directing that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the matter be headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) instead of a Commissioner of Police.In its...
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Kolkata, February 14 Asserting that the BJP is not against Muslims, the party's West Bengal unit president, Samik Bhattacharya, accused the ruling TMC on Saturday of using the community as a vote bank without ensuring their economic development.Addressing members of the party's Minority Morcha...
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February 14, New Delhi – US immigration authorities plan to increase the number of immigrants they can hold by the end of 2026, allocating $38 billion for acquiring and renovating detention centers.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aims to increase bed capacity to 92,600 to prepare for...
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London, February 12 A prominent British billionaire was forced to apologize on Thursday after a backlash from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other political leaders for claiming that the UK had been "colonized by immigrants".Jim Ratcliffe, one of the richest Britons as founder of the INEOS...
Guwahati, February 11 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Wednesday that 16 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have been expelled from the state.He affirmed that the state government will continue to take swift action against infiltrators."Critics make noise, but for Assam...