Meghalaya HC urges Centre to allow citizenship to Hindus from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
Guwahati, Dec 12 (IBNS): The Meghalaya High Court has urged the Prime Minister, Union Law minister and Parliament to bring a legislation to allow citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians, Khasis, Jaintias and Garos, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, without any documents.
Fencing works of Indo-Bangladesh border to be completed soon: Assam CM Sonowal
Guwahati, Dec 10 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said the fencing works of the Indo-Bangladesh border will be completed soon.
Bangladesh: Photographer Shahidul Alam freed from prison
Dhaka, Nov 20 (IBNS): Ending his over three-month-long imprisonment, Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam walked out of a prison in Dhaka city on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Military delegation concludes visit to Trishakti Corps
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IBNS): Bangladesh Military Delegation team which arrived in India on Nov 14, returned back to Bangladesh, after a successful completion of their visit to Trishakti Corps.
Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 10 (IBNS): After a delay for two years, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally agreed to the Centre's request to acquire and give it 300 acres of land in the state to strengthen India-Bangladesh border, media reports said.
Assam: 31 Bangladeshis arrested at Guwahati Railway station
Guwahati, Oct 15 (IBNS): The Assam police have arrested 31 illegal Bangladeshis at Guwahati railway station on Monday.
Bangladesh a model for other countries to emulate: Suresh Prabhu
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS) : Commerce &Industry and Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, has said that the economic growth of Bangladesh is a model that could be emulated by other Least Developed Countries in the region.
Amit Shah terms Bangladeshis as 'termite', Dhaka says comment 'unwanted'
Dhaka Sept 24 (IBNS): Following Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah's description of Bangladeshis as "termite", the Bangladesh government has reacted sharply saying the saffron party chief's comment was "unwanted", media reports said.
Tri-National conference of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar held in Mizoram
Guwahati, Sept 21 (IBNS): Amidst fanfare and festive look ICFAI University, Mizoram has hosted "A Tri-National Conference of India, Bangladesh & Myanmar on Regional Cooperation through Mizoram" in collaboration with the Mizoram government on Sept 19.
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BSF-BGB meeting held at Killapara along Indo-Bangladesh border
Guwahati, Sept 17 (IBNS): A high level bilateral meeting between the border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh was held at Killapara Border Outpost in Meghalaya along Indo-Bangladesh border on Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS) : Condemning the "arbitrary" detention of internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam by the Bangladesh police, PEN International, a worldwide association of scribes and Editors' Guild of India, have demanded his immediate and unconditional release.
MP and Chairman of Bangladesh Tariqat Federation meets MoS (Home) Kiren Rijiju
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): The Member of Parliament and Chairman, the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation, Al Haj Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary, met the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju here on Monday.
NRC can be done also in West Bengal to evict illegal immigrants from Bangladesh: BJP
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS): Following the results of Assam's National Register of Citizenship (NRC), which did not include over four million people, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said a similar step can be taken in West Bengal to evict illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, media reports said.
NRC : Assam CM appeals all sections of society to maintain peace and tranquillity
Guwahati, July 30 (IBNS): After publishing the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that it is only a draft and peace and tranquility should be maintained in the state.
Four million excluded from citizenship in India's Assam, move sparks tension, protest
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Sparking fears of deportation and a law and order crisis, India on Monday announced exclusion of about four million people from citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, bordering Bangladesh, after a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published.