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New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Operations Cell of South West District Police has detained two Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in Delhi's Mahipalpur area, officials said on Monday. Fresh deportation proceedings have been initiated with the assistance of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), New Delhi, after completing all necessary codal formalities. The detained individuals have been identified as a 46-year-old Md. Abdulaziz Mian, a resident of Sakhipur, Koroti Para, District Tangail, Bangladesh, and 29-year-old Md. Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Kaliganj, District Gazipur, Bangladesh, the authorities said. According to officials, to tackle the issue of overstaying and illegal foreign migrants, multiple teams of the Operations Cell, South West District, were assigned to gather intelligence and take decisive action. Acting on a tip-off regarding an illegal Bangladeshi migrant seeking accommodation in the Mahipalpur area, a special team comprising Sub-Inspector Vikram, ASI Manoj Kumar, Head Constable Satpal Samota and Ct Nirmala, led by Inspector Vijay Baliyan, in-charge of Special Staff/SWD, and working under the close supervision of ACP (Operations) Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, reached the location. According to the officials, with the help of the informer, the team identified two suspects and carried out a detailed enquiry. When asked to produce valid visas or travel documents, both individuals failed to do so and confessed that they had entered India around two years ago but overstayed after the expiry of their visas. Their identities were later verified and confirmed, the police said. Following the due verification process, the police completed all required formalities and initiated deportation proceedings through FRRO, New Delhi. "This successful operation once again highlights the South West District Police's zero-tolerance approach towards illegal immigration and their commitment to enforcing the rule of law," the police said in a statement.
India is not a dharmashala (free shelter) that can entertain refugees from all over the world, the Supreme Court said today, refusing a Sri Lankan national's plea for refuge. The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a petition by a Sri Lankan national, who was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of being linked to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a terrorist organisation once active in Sri Lanka. In 2018, a trial court convicted him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and sentenced him to 10 years in jail. In 2022, the Madras High Court sla ...Read More >
New Delhi: In an open letter sharply condemning the detention and alleged expulsion to Bangladesh of a number of people declared foreigners by tribunals in Assam as a violation of their rights, a group of activists, lawyers and academics has urged the government to stop such expulsions and allow the return of those sent across the border. Dozens of those expelled to Bangladesh reportedly have appeals against their declaration as foreigners pending in the Supreme Court, the letter noted. "Pushbacks," said the letter using the term being used by the government for these expulsions, "fall on the ...Read More >
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar residence of A K Vijay Mahesh, son of former Union minister and PMK leader A K Moorthy, sources sai ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The MSC IRINA, recognised as the world's largest container ship by TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) capacity, is set to dock at the Adani Group's Vizhinjam International Seaport on Monday and will be berthed till Tuesday. The monumental arrival marks a significant milestone for the seaport, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2. The MSC IRINA boasts an impressive capacity of 24,346 TEUs, making it a formidable player in global shipping. With a length of 399.9 metres and a width of 61.3 metres, the vessel is approximate ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: The father of a three-day-old girl who was found abandoned in a blue basket outside Navi Mumbai's Panvel wad traced and detained on Sunday, the police said. According to them, the infant's parents were not financially stable enough to raise her. Due to this, the couple decided to give up the baby to an orphanage that could look after her, reported PTI. However, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch traced the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Thane's Bhiwandi, within 24 hours, an official said. ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 6 (ANI): The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign of the electoral rolls in Bihar is progressing rapidly and recognizing the efforts of the Polling station officials, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar has announced a special incentive of Rs 6,000 for each. This additional honorarium is aimed at acknowledging their hard work and commitment during the intensive revision process. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi, Argentine President Javier Milei Agree to Diversify India-Argentina Trade Basket, Vows to Expand Cooperation in Defence, Security and Mine ...Read More >
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh govt has launched a statewide crackdown to detect and deport illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, an official said on Thursday.Acting on directives issued by the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA), the state has instructed all districts to immediately constitute district task forces (DTFs) to identify undocumented immigrants and ensure strict enforcement of Inner Line Permit (ILP) provisions.The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by advisor to home minister Mutchu Mithi and DGP Anand Mohan on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by senior police offi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Delhi Police have initiated the process to deport 31 Bangladeshi nationals who were living illegally in the North West district of Delhi. The deportation process began on Saturday after the individuals were brought to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in RK Puram, officials said. Earlier this week, the North West District Police apprehended 18 Bangladeshi nationals who were found residing illegally in the city. The arrests were made during a special operation conducted on Tuesday by the Foreigner Cell unit in the Bharat Nagar police statio ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Assam government is mulling stricter Aadhaar card issuance rules for adults as part of its efforts to curb illegal immigration from Bangladesh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Toughened Aadhaar card issuance rules will also further boost the state government's efforts in detecting and deporting illegal foreigners, he added. "Today, we discussed a proposal where Aadhaar cards for adults will be issued only after thorough verification. The Cabinet will take a decision in this regard soon," he said while addressing a press conference after chairing a Cabinet meet ...Read More >
Agartala, July 7: Thousands took to the streets of Agartala on Monday in response to Tipra Motha MLA Ranjit Debbarma's call for an apolitical rally against illegal immigration from Bangladesh. The rally, which drew participants from across Tripura, began with a gathering in front of the Raj Bhavan. After brief addresses by key leaders, demonstrators marched through the city's main thoroughfares before concluding at Swami Vivekananda Maidan. According to police estimates, around 5,000 people participated in the rally. Though projected as a non-partisan citizens' movement, a significant porti ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office mentioned in a letter that the Indian govt had sought British advice over a plan to remove Si ...Read More >
AMRITSAR, India (AP) -- A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants arrived in a northern Indian city on Wednesday, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said. The Indians who returned home had illegally entered the United States over the years and came from various Indian states. The move came ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, which is expected next week. U.S. President Donald Trump and Modi discussed immigration in a phone call last week and Trump stressed the impo ...Read More >
Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the presence of her mother. The minor, who had been living with her father following her parents' separat ...Read More >
Chennai, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday announced that the case involving the custodial death of Ajithkumar at the Tiruppuvanam police station in Sivaganga district will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a thorough and impartial probe. Addressing the media, the Chief Minister said the state government would extend full cooperation to the CBI during the course of the investigation and vowed that strict action would be taken against those responsible. Ajithkumar, a young man taken into custody by the Tiruppuvanam police, d ...Read More >
Aizawl, June 2: Mizoram is set to conduct biometric enrollment for over 32,000 Myanmar refugees sheltered in the state, with preparations underway across all 11 districts. State Additional Home Secretary Andrew H. Vanlaldika announced that the enrollment process, which includes collecting biometric and demographic data, will begin this month. Officials have received training and will be equipped with necessary tools like computers and webcams for the online enrollment process. This initiative aims to identify the refugees and is not a step toward deportation, Vanlaldika clarified "The biom ...Read More >
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav led a delegation of the opposition INDIA bloc to meet Bihar's chief electoral officer (CEO) on Friday, lodging strong objections to the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.The opposition claimed the Election Commission's current exercise is "impractical and anti-democratic". They demanded the inclusion of Aadhaar cards, ration cards and MGNREGA cards as valid documents for voter verification under the SIR process in Bihar.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Tejashwi said, "It is not possible to verify 8 crore voters in 25 ...Read More >
Sub-Inspector Narender Reddy alerted his staff, who traced the autorickshaw within a few hours with the help of cybercrime and forensic experts. Later, the bag along with the ten tolas of gold ornaments was handed over to Hena Parveen. Karimnagar: The Gangadhara police traced ten tolas of gold ornaments that a woman lost within a few hours and handed over the ornaments to her. According to police, a resident of Laxmidevipalli of Gangadhara mandal, Hena Parveen along with her mother came to Karimnagar town on Wednesday. After completing work, she returned to the village in an autorickshaw and ...Read More >
Kolkata: The number of Bangladeshi released prisoners languishing in correctional homes across the state has come down to 179 -- as of Jan 1, 2024 -- compared to 495 in 2011. According to the West Bengal Correctional Services data, there were 212 released foreign nationals or 'jankhalash' -- 136 men and 76 women -- in correctional homes in the state as of Jan 1, 2024, out of which 179 were from Bangladesh. Most of these foreigners were lodged in Dum Dum Central Correctional Home (171), while the rest were in Berhampore CCH (24), Jalpaiguri CCH (16), and Presidency CCH (1). On Jan 30, the Sup ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside," the management of the historic mosque said in a statement. ...Read More >
BAREILLY: An UP Police sub-inspector allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl inside Kadar Chowk police station complex after she was "rescued" from her "kidnapper" in Tamil Nadu and brought to Badaun. The case came to light when she recorded her statement before the Juvenile Justice Board while being handed to her family. Two senior police officers have been tasked with investigating the case.In her statement, the girl claimed she eloped with her boyfriend on June 9. Her family had filed a kidnaping case as she was a minor.A police team traced her to Tamil Nadu and "rescued" her. The girl alleged a ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Police on Saturday deported 18 Bangladeshi nationals who were staying illegally in the Cachar and Sribhumi districts without valid documentation. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the operation through a social media post, where he referred to the deportation as a "special gesture of pushback." Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He emphasized the state government's commitment to intensifying its campaign against undocumented immigrants across Assam. "Oh look who's going back home?" the Chief Minister wrote. "In Assam, ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): An ASI who was told to reach the complaint cell of PHQ in June 2024, had 'disappeared'. Recently the case came to light in Vidisha where a police constable drew a salary of around ₹35 lakh in 12 years, despite neither reporting for duty nor undergoing mandatory training. The PHQ officials informed that the ASI was told to reach the department and to report himself in the compliant cell on June 26, 2024. He appeared at the cell on July 1, 2024 but did not return to his duty place Sehore since. Neither he continued working in the cell. But his salary was regularly sent ...Read More >
New Delhi, [India], June 6 (ANI): The Dwarka District Police has deported 71 illegally staying foreign nationals, including 47 Bangladeshis, 17 Rohingyas from Myanmar, and 7 Nigerians, in May. According to DCP Dwarka Ankit Singh, 'The foreign nationals were found overstaying in India without valid visas. They were apprehended by various teams of the Dwarka District Police, including Special Staff, PS Uttam Nagar, Anti-Narcotics Cell, PS Chhawla, and AATS. The apprehended foreign nationals have been sent to a detention centre after being produced before the Foreigners Regional Registration Of ...Read More >
New Delhi: Investigators probing the recent cases of espionage have identified a former sub-inspector of Pakistan Police as a key handler in the cross-border spy networks. The suspect, identified as Nasir, had been recruited by ISI a few years ago after which he voluntarily retired from service and turned a YouTuber.Nasir and his female accomplice, Naushaba Shehzad aka Madam N, were specifically tasked by ISI to cultivate Indian influencers, sources said. The two had become a bridge between the ISI and Indian YouTubers."After initial onboarding, Nasir would connect Indian YouTubers visiting Pa ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhishek Kumar (23), who is from Shanti Nagar in Sector 11, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday inaugurated the 11th edition of the India Maize Summit, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with (IIMR) Indian Institute of Maize Research. Speaking at event, Chouhan emphasized that 'Farmers' sewa is our mool mantra,' reaffirming the government's commitment to farmer-centric policies. He outlined a multi-pronged strategy to boost maize production, and increase farmer incomes, while ensuring environme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) The Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid on Tuesday described as "reprehensible" the alleged mistreatment of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh and asked that country's interim government to take immediate steps to prevent such acts. India has been expressing concerns over attacks on minorities, especially Hindus, in Bangladesh, since Sheikh Hasina's resignation as prime minister in August following months-long students-led protests. Also Read | Rahul Gandhi To Visit Sambhal: DM Requests Neighbouring Districts To Restrict Congress Leader's Proposed Visit to Violence-Hit Town. ...Read More >
123 Guwahati: Assam's chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the govt was evaluating comprehensive changes to the Aadhaar registration process for adults, where by district deputy commissioners will be the sole authority for processing Aadhaar cards as part of the govt's plans to identify illegal migrants from Bangladesh.This is a departure from the usual practice of utilising seva kendras or external agencies for Aadhaar cards that is prevalent across other regions in India.Sarma said that illegal Bangladeshi foreigners, who are mostly adults, will find it difficult to get Aadhar c ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) team has apprehended four foreign nationals, including two Nigerians and one each from Tanzania and Sudan, who were illegally residing in India even after their visas had expired. Police arrested Maxwell Anthony Izuchukwu (29) and Chinaza Nnanna Vivian alias Ibrahim Niasha (38), both from Nigeria, Mwajuma Almasi Masisila (30) from Tanzania, and Ahmed Hamid Abujabr Hamid (27) from Sudan. According to police, Mwajuma Almasi Masisila, a native of Tanzania, came to Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India, on a tourist visa. She has associations ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has revoked the suspension order of four out of five personnel, who faced disciplinary action in September last year in connection with the alleged torture of an army officer and "sexual assault" of his fiancée, an official notification said. The alleged incident had taken place on September 15, 2024, when the army officer and his fiancée went to Bharatpur police station here to complain of road rage. Bharatpur police station inspector-in-charge Dinakrushna Mishra, however, will continue to remain suspended, the order issued by DGP Y B Khurania on Monday night s ...Read More >