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Saturday, October 4, 2025
TopicBangladeshi immigrants

Topic: Bangladeshi immigrants

Updating NRC in Assam is a grave mistake. BJP govt and SC would do well to leave it alone

NRC doesn’t seem to be about correcting Assam’s ethnic imbalance anymore. It has devolved into a ‘keep Hindus in, keep Muslims out’ sectarianism.

India’s internal migrants had no say in 2019 polls. They probably won’t in 2024 either

Election Commission’s efforts towards ensuring millions of internal migrants can vote has been at best selective, as 2019 polls showed.

Losing citizenship bill battle has provoked BJP to take polarisation agenda beyond Assam

BJP’s passion for citizenship bill will see a renewed push if NDA returns to power with a redefined nationalism plan for 2024.

Not satisfied with just Assam, BJP now intensifies demand for NRC in West Bengal

As West Bengal also shares a border with Bangladesh, concerns over illegal immigration from across the border have been rife.

Just as in the state, Delhi’s Assamese too are divided over NRC

A few support NRC on grounds that it will lead to the integration of communities, others call it divisive.

On Camera

RSS at 100 — ‘No permanent enemies’, flexible ideology, Bollywood embrace

While critics continue to identify the RSS with its ideological dogmatism, it is the organisation’s dynamism and flexibility that allow it to make the strides it does.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.