Gandhinagar, June 8 (IANS) Gujarat Police have arrested 609 illegal Bangladeshi nationals across the state under the ongoing ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, with authorities intensifying verification and enforcement measures against illegal immigration, officials said on Monday. According to official figures released up to 8 p.m. on June 6, those detained include 161 men, 323 women, and 125 children.The largest number of arrests was recorded in Ahmedabad City, where 207 people were detained, followed by…
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Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) In a major operation against illegal immigration, Mumbai Police arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals who were allegedly residing in India without valid documents for nearly 15 years, officials said on Saturday.The action was carried out by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Police in Andheri, where officers conducted a targeted operation based on specific Intelligence inputs and detained the seven individuals suspected of illegally entering and stayin…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Reaffirming its stance on illegal immigration, India on Friday said that all foreign nationals residing unlawfully in the country, including from Bangladesh, will be handled according to the established legal procedures, with deportations of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants set to move forward once pending nationality verification is completed by Dhaka. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said…
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) A combination of telecom analysis, technical surveillance, human intelligence, and a statewide network of checkpoints enabled Gujarat Police to launch ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, an operation that has so far led to the detention of 362 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally in India and the questioning of more than 782 other suspected individuals. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said the operation was prepared ov…
Ahmedabad, June 3 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has uncovered evidence that several suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants detained in a citywide operation had obtained Aadhaar cards through fraudulent means, initiating a wider investigation into document forgery networks and the methods used to facilitate their stay in India.Providing an update on the ongoing crackdown on Wednesday, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Sharad Singhal, said 166 people had so far been confirmed as Banglade…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) When Union Home Minister Amit Shah set out to review and secure India’s international borders, it may have appeared to be a routine exercise. After all, border security falls squarely within the Home Ministry’s responsibilities. But there is something different about this exercise. In nearly eight decades of Independence, India has rarely witnessed a government pursue border security with such intensity and political focus. Previous governments spoke about strengthening …
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced the formation of the ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’ to tackle challenges like infiltration that pose unnatural demographic change in the country.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced this committee on August 15, 2025, during his Independence Day address at the Red Fort. The idea behind this was to evaluate unnatural population shifts across India caused by infiltration and other factors.In a post on X,…
Washington, May 20 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance accused the previous Biden administration of allowing widespread abuse of the American asylum system and said the Trump administration was prosecuting immigration-related fraud while tightening border enforcement.Vance told reporters at a White House news conference that one of the “biggest immigration frauds” under former President Joe Biden was the handling of asylum claims at the southern border.“The biggest immigration fraud that exi…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Migration remains a sensitive issue between India and Bangladesh, which have recently sought to reset ties on several fronts following Tarique Rahman’s victory. Bilateral relations had strained after the fall of the Awami League government.Ties, which deteriorated under the interim government, improved significantly after Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won the elections. Officials said migration is a sensitive issue and would be handled maturely by the t…
Guwahati, May 8 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday described the BJP’s victory in West Bengal as a “historic moment” for the party, saying the development would strengthen the BJP’s presence across eastern and northeastern India.Speaking to reporters, Sarma said Saturday would mark a major political milestone for the BJP-led alliance, with PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers from nearly 21 states expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the…