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The Calcutta High Court on Friday overturned the Centre's June deportation of six West Bengal residents, including pregnant Sunali Khatun, to Bangladesh, ordering their repatriation within four weeks. The court ruled the deportation illegal, citing violations of fundamental rights and lack of proper verification. The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside the Centre's decision to deport Sunali Khatun, Danish and Sabir Shek and three others from West Bengal to Bangladesh in June and directed th ...Read More >
The ministry of external affairs on Friday highlighted that 2,417 Indian nationals have been deported or repatriated from the United States since January 2025. IMAGE: An Indian immigrant deported from the US walks out of the airport in Ahmedabad, February 6, 2025. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters During the weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated India's firm stance against illegal migration, emphasising commitment to promoting legal pathways for migration. "The number ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- India's Ministry of External Affairs on Friday confirmed that as many as 2,417 nationals had been deported from the United States this year so far. Announcing the figure before media persons, the ministry's spokesman Randhir Jaiswal stated that India stood firm against illegal migration and was committed to promoting legal pathways for migration. "Wherever there is a person who does not possess legal status in any country and he or she is referred to us and a cl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Over 2,400 Indians have been deported from the US since January, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. The issue of deportations is back in the news after American authorities repatriated Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman from Punjab who had lived in the US for three decades. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India stands against illegal migration and it wants to promote pathways for legal mobility of people. The US has deported a total of 2,41 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Over 2,400 Indians have been deported from the US since January, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. The issue of deportations is back in the news after American authorities repatriated Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman from Punjab who had lived in the US for three decades. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India stands against illegal migration and it wants to promote pathways for legal mobility of people. The US has deported a total of 2,417 Indian nation ...Read More >
New Delhi: India is engaged with the US and other stakeholders over the framing of rules for the Trump administration's move to levy a fee of $100,000 for H-1B visas, with the ministry of external affairs (MEA) saying on Friday that the mobility of skilled Indian talent contributes to innovation and economic growth in both countries. The new fee, announced by US President Donald Trump last week as part of measures to prevent the abuse of the H-1B visa programme -- perceived as a "national secur ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reiterating its longstanding stance against illegal migration, India on Friday emphasised its commitment to promote legal pathways of migration. "In the last several months, since January 2025 so far, we've had 2,417 Indian nationals deported or repatriated from the United States. In the case of Harjeet Kaur, she also returned recently. We want to promote legal pathways of migration. At the same time, India stands against illegal migration," said Ministry of E ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday highlighted that 2,417 Indian nationals have been deported or repatriated from the United States since January 2025. During the weekly media briefing, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated India firm stance against illegal migration, emphasising commitment to promoting legal pathways for migration. The number of deportations that have happened from the United States since January; 2417 Indian nationals are ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Nupur Bora, a 2019-batch Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer, has found herself at the center of a major corruption scandal after being arrested for alleged involvement in illegal land transfers and possession of disproportionate assets. Only six years into her career, Bora was serving as the circle officer of Goraimari in Kamrup district when the CM's vigilance cell swooped in on her Guwahati residences. The raids yielded nearly Rs 1 crore in cash, along with diamonds and jewellery wor ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: SC Monday said its ruling on petitions challenging the validity of the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls in the state would apply in same rigour to EC's decision for SIR across states from next year.As a litany of petitioners through their counsels competed to identify one or the other fault in the SIR process in Bihar, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which has passed many interim orders, including treating Aadhaa ...Read More >
PM Modi's Manipur Visit: On 13 September 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a long-awaited visit to Manipur, a state still reeling from the ethnic violence that broke out over two years ago. His arrival, though delayed, marked a symbolic and strategic step in India's effort to rebuild trust, restore peace, and bring development to a region fractured by conflict. The violence that erupted on May 3rd, 2023, between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities shattered years of relative calm in the no ...Read More >
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stones for multiple infrastructure projects in Assam's Mangaldai and Numaligarh and accused Congress of protecting illegal immigrants and enabling encroachers to grab the land of locals, threatening the demography of the state. Asserting that his government has decided to free the nation from encroachers Mr Modi while addressing his first public rally at Mangaldoi in Darrang praised Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a precursor to ordering a pan-india special revision of electoral roll (SIR), EC on Wednesday met the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of all states and UTs to assess their preparedness in terms of records of the last intensive revision and the status of current voter's list, besides hearing their suggestions on the state/UT-specific documents that may be accepted to prove one's eligibility for inclusion in the roll.EC is likely to order a pan-India SIR soon, possibly later this mon ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in Supreme Court declaring that it alone has full discretion to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) or general revision of electoral rolls before a general elections, assembly polls or bye-elections to a constituency.Opposing a PIL by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay requesting SC to direct EC to conduct periodic SIR of electoral rolls in all states, especially in those witnessing large-scale illegal migration of Bangladeshi nationals ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that any direction to conduct special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls at regular intervals throughout the country would "encroach" upon the exclusive jurisdiction of the poll panel. In a counter-affidavit filed in the apex court, the EC said it has the "complete discretion" over the policy of revision to the exclusion of any other authority. It said through its July 5, 2025, letter addressed to all chief ele ...Read More >
Dibrugarh, Sept 13: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Assam, the Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government, accusing it of betraying the people of Assam on multiple key promises, including the full implementation of the Assam Accord, recognition of six indigenous communities as Scheduled Tribes, and uplifting of the tea garden community. Addressing a press conference here today, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said the BJP gove ...Read More >
Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday informed the Calcutta High Court that although Delhi Police had been notified of a Bengal Police enquiry report stating that pregnant migrant labourer Sunali Khatun, her husband, and their minor child had been residing in Birbhum district since birth, no reply was received. This was submitted during a habeas corpus hearing.The family of three had been picked up by Delhi Police on suspicion of being Bangladeshi citizens and deported to Bangladesh on June 26. A ...Read More >
SHILLONG, Sep 12: VPP Chief Ardent M Basaiawmoit has slammed the state government for its "lackadaisical attitude" in handling illegal immigration into Meghalaya, while maintaining that the state government could have easily implemented the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system without adopting a resolution in the Assembly if it were serious about it. Terming the Assembly resolution to urge the Centre to implement the ILP as a political game, Basaiawmoit said the manner in which the exercise was done ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Cabinet has approved the framing of an SOP under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950 to guide the District Commissioners (DC) and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP) to expel illegal migrants from Assam and tackle the illegal immigration from neighbouring countries. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said, "If the DC receives such information from the police or any other source that a person is suspected to be an illegal immigrant, he will direct ...Read More >
12 Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced the deportation of 33 more Bangladeshi infiltrators this week -- pushing the total past 450 since 2024. Warning acceleration of such stringent efforts in the coming days, Sarma said, "We are deploying a two-pronged strategy to remove infiltrators from Assam. Existing illegals are being detected, detained and pushed back. And️ fresh batches of incoming illegals are being directly pushed back from where they entered," Sar ...Read More >
Shah hailed former Assam CM Golap Borbora for initiating efforts to address infiltration and said he successfully removed 36,780 infiltrators from voter list during his tenure. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reiterated his firm stance against infiltration, asserting that no infiltrator should be allowed to remain in the country. "I am among those who firmly believe that not even a single infiltrator should remain in this country," Shah said. His remark came while he was addressing a ga ...Read More >
When Mahua talks of beheading the Home Minister, it exposes TMC's frustration and the violent culture that is tarnishing Bengal's image and dragging the state behind, says Bengal BJP. Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Friday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's "head should be cut off and put on the table". While speaking to the media in Nadia district regarding the issue of illegal immigration issue, she said the responsibility of border security lies with the home ministry. "If infi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union government to file its reply within a week on a plea seeking to restrain cross-border deportation of Bengali-speaking migrants without prior citizenship verification. A bench, headed by Justice Surya Kant, was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board alleging that Bengali-speaking migrant workers are being detained across several states of the country on suspicion o ...Read More >
Union minister Kiren Rijiju hit out at Sayeda Hameed, a former planning commission member under the Manmohan Singh government, for supporting Bangladeshis in India. After visiting some evicted sites in Assam on Sunday, Hameed had said: "Bangladeshis are also human beings; the earth is very big, even Bangladeshis can live here... Why should a human being be thrown out so mercilessly?" Reacting to this, Rijiju posted on X: "It is not about religion, but our land! If Assam becomes demographically ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], August 22 (ANI): Punjab Minister Aman Arora on Friday expressed disappointment over the United States decision to pause the issuance of worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. The reaction came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would temporarily halt issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, citing concerns related to road safety and job protection for American truckers. Effective immediately, we are pausing all issu ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Minister Aman Arora on Friday expressed disappointment over the United States' decision to pause the issuance of worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. The reaction came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would temporarily halt issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, citing concerns related to road safety and job protection for American truckers. "Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], August 22 (ANI): Punjab Minister Aman Arora on Friday expressed disappointment over the United States' decision to pause the issuance of worker visas for foreign commercial truck drivers. The reaction came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would temporarily halt issuing worker visas to commercial truck drivers, citing concerns related to road safety and job protection for American truckers. Also Read | FBI Raids Home of Former NSA John ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 22 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress on Friday asked whether the Narendra Modi government was trying to eliminate corruption or the opposition by bringing the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025. The TMC claimed that the Bill, introduced in Parliament earlier this week, which seeks to bar prime ministers, chief ministers, and ministers from holding office if they remain in jail for 30 days or more, is aimed at the opposition parties and leaders. Addressing a press conference here ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday reaffirmed his government's decision to bar the issuance of Aadhaar cards to individuals above 18 years of age in the state, saying the move was aimed at blocking a "major support system" for illegal infiltrators. "Being a border state, we deal with a lot of issues, and we know how to tackle and fix them. We are taking our fight one step ahead by barring the acquisition of Aadhaar by 18+ year olds in Assam, exc ...Read More >
In July, Sarma had said that the cabinet was discussing a policy for new Aadhaar cards for adults Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that people above 18 years of age will not get first-time Aadhaar cards in the state as a precautionary measure to check illegal immigrants from getting Indian citizenship. Only a one-month window would be given to people above 18 years of age to apply for an Aadhaar card if anyone has not got the same yet, he told reporters after a Ca ...Read More >
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