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TopicBangladeshi immigrants

Topic: Bangladeshi immigrants

‘Illegal Bangladeshis’ availing benefits of schemes, says Maharashtra govt GR; calls for ‘blacklist’

Latest set of instructions builds on GR issued in June which directed all govt departments to issue documents in digital format, embedded with QR codes to allow real-time verification.

Once you know how UPA handled illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, you see Modi govt’s propaganda

The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an unimaginative Right-wing trope.

Modi announces demography mission to weed out ‘infiltrators’. BJP’s ‘ghuspaithiya’ politics over the yrs

‘These infiltrators are snatching away rozi-roti of the youth, and targeting the sisters and daughters of my country. This will not be tolerated,’ the prime minister said in I-Day speech.

Gurugram police ask for Bengali migrants’ passports. They say ‘we haven’t even seen a train’

The fresh round of exodus in Gurugram neighborhood has come exactly two years after migrant workers from Bengal faced attacks in the aftermath of the communal violence that broke out in Nuh during a VHP-led procession, resulting in deaths and FIRs.

Dhaka to send fresh diplomatic note to New Delhi as India steps up effort to deport illegal immigrants

It is expected to seek clarity on repatriation procedures. India has intensified its effort to deport illegal immigrants and dismantle suspected sleeper cells following Pahalgam attack.

Our hearts beat for US deportees but turn against Rohingyas entering India. That’s hypocrisy

This public sympathy, unprecedented for “illegal” migrants, stems from the knowledge that in a different reality, the deportees’ gamble might have been our own.

Saif Ali Khan stabbing takes political turn as Mahayuti leaders question ‘seriousness’ of attack

On Friday, actor recorded his statement with the Mumbai Police, recounting how he & his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan were woken up by the cries of a staff member & their youngest son.

Trump-eting in a new era & playing it ‘Saif’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The world’s on a ‘T’ee, and Lady Justice has had enough

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.