After severe criticism on move to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats, Home Ministry denies giving approval

New Delhi: The BJP led Centre has been subjected to severe criticism for neglecting Pakistani Hindu refugees living in poor conditions in tents after Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted lauding its decision to shift 1,100 Rohingya refugees to flats with basic facilities and round-the-clock security.

24 Rohingyas held in two days from Assam

Guwahati/IBNS: Two days after 15 Rohingya illegal immigrants were arrested by GRP personnel in Assam’s Karimganj district, nine more Rohingyas with fake UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) ID cards were held by police on Sunday in Guwahati.

Mexico deports 311 Indian illegal immigrants trying to enter US

Mexico/New Delhi: Mexico has deported over 300 Indian illegal immigrants, who were on their way to the US.

1634 Bangladeshi families illegally living in district, claims Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council

Guwahati, Mar 4 (IBNS): Over 1,600 Bangladeshi Muslim families are illegally staying in Assam's Karbi Anglong district at a time the National Register of Citizens is being updated to detect illegal foreigners here.

After Assam, now Odisha takes action against illegal immigrants

Bhubaneswar, Sept 17 (IBNS): The state of Odisha has started disenfranchising suspected immigrants whose names have been included in the electoral list, media reports said.

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.