November 24th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov.24 (ANI): Cardinal Cormac Murphy OConnor, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, has raised a storm of sorts by backing a proposal to grant amnesty ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
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New York, Nov 21 (DPA) Significant numbers of migrants have returned home from host countries hit by financial crisis and economic difficulties, the UN said Thursday in a study of the economic ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 31 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Friday blamed illegal infiltration from Bangladesh as the main reason for breeding terrorism in Assam and asked Prime Minister Manmohan ...
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October 28th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Manila, Oct 28 (DPA) The UN and the European Union (EU) launched Tuesday a 15-million-euro (about $18 million) joint initiative to promote migration and help protect migrant workers amid the global financial ...
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October 15th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Oct 15 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has denied media reports quoting him as saying there were no Bangladeshi nationals illegally staying in the state.The chief minister is said to ...
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October 3rd, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Oct 3 (DPA) The flow of undocumented immigrants into the United States slowed down over the past year, according to a study released by the Pew Hispanic Centre.The research shows a ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
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Itanagar, Sep 19 (IANS) The citizenship row in Assam has spilled over to adjoining Arunachal Pradesh with an influential students' group serving quit notices to illegal Bangladeshis, triggering a violent reaction ...
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August 28th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Valletta (Malta), Aug 28 (DPA) Two rescue helicopters Thursday were searching for as many as 70 illegal migrants reported missing off Malta.They were reported missing by eight of their companions who were ...
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August 28th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Aug 28 (IANS) Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is in a spot with charges levelled against him that as then leader of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU), he ...
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August 24th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Almost 70 percent of those who had returned to Andhra Pradesh in November last year under the amnesty declared by the United Arab Emirates have got jobs.Most have ...
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August 20th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Aug 20 (IANS) Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) prevented 25 people from being transported illegally to India, even as the two South Asian neighbours are set to take up ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Aug 19 (IANS) Illegal migrants from Bangladesh must be expelled from the country, says Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani, while cautioning the government against harassing Muslim citizens of India in ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Aug 18 (IANS) Two people were killed and six others injured when miscreants set ablaze dozens of huts in Assam in clashes between two communities over the issue of harassing genuine ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
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(Letter from India-Bangladesh border)
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Maishasan (Assam), Aug 14 (IANS) Dhananjoy Pal is a disenchanted man as he finds the name of his historic village, where over 100 Indian soldiers ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:01 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) to deport five members of a family to Bangladesh, and observed that influx ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
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By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Aug 9 (IANS) Frontline minority groups in Assam have cautioned the government to not allow student groups and political parties to take the law into their hands by ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
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By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Aug 8 (IANS) Assam is in the grip of a massive "anti-foreigners" drive, with the authorities stepping up efforts to arrest illegal migrants and pushing them back to ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Aug 6 (IANS) A frontline minority group in Assam has cautioned the government and those campaigning for action against illegal migration not to victimize any genuine citizen in the name of ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati/Thane, Aug 5 (ANI): Calls for deporting migrants of Bangladeshi origin are rising in Assam in the wake of terrorists attacks across the country. In Assam, the ''Oust Bangladeshi'' campaign stir ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
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By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Aug 4 (IANS) Authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam are all set to "push back" an alleged Bangladeshi national to that country Monday even as various parties ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Aug 2 (IANS) Amid pressure from opposition parties and other groups, police Saturday arrested a controversial Pakistani national who contested elections to the Assam legislative assembly in 1996, officials said. A ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
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By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) Sounds shocking, but it is true: a person holding a Pakistani passport who entered India's northeastern state of Assam through Bangladesh unsuccessfully contested the assembly ...
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July 21st, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 21 (ANI): Illegal immigrants might soon get British citizenship by just paying 200 pounds, if a bizarre policy of the Liberal Democrats is made into a law.
According to a ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
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London/Auckland/Chandigarh/New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Two human trafficking scams involving Indians, especially from Punjab, unearthed in two far-flung countries - New Zealand and Britain - showed the massive scale of the illegal ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The immigration racket involving 39 fake Indian pilgrims busted in New Zealand and the BBC sting exposing a massive scam in Britain involving Indians will give the ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 17 (IANS) Indian-origin MP Virender Sharma Thursday called upon Indian and British authorities to work in tandem in order to check illegal migration after a BBC ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) The latest sting operation on illegal immigrants in Britain has exposed a well-oiled network in human trafficking from Punjab, but the state authorities do not seem bothered about ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
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By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 17 (IANS) In an undercover investigation the BBC has exposed a London-based criminal network that used fake passports, identity documents and human carriers to bring in illegal migrants, ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
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London, July 17 (IANS) An undercover BBC investigation has exposed an entire network of Asian crime involved in the illegal migration of Indians into Britain. Fake passports, a chain of human couriers ...
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July 10th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) The All Assam Students Union (AASU) has decided to resume its agitation against illegal migrants from Bangladesh more than two decades after it signed a deal with the ...
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