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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicDunki route

Topic: dunki route

‘Dunki’ migrants & cost of the American Dream: This NGO has repatriated bodies of 55 Indians in 2 yrs

Heart attacks, accidents, shootings, suicides, stress over deportation & loans are top reasons for deaths of Indians who enter US illegally. Latest is Jind's Kapil Sharma, shot dead on guard duty.

Months after mass deportations by Trump 2.0, ED raids in Punjab, Haryana find dunki rackets still thriving

ED raided 7 locations in Punjab & Haryana. It found several illegalities including firms operating under pseudo names. Some firms ran legal business as well as ‘dunki route’ syndicate.

Arrested by NIA in US deportations probe, Delhi agent sent 45 overseas via ‘donkey routes’ since 2022

The agent was identified as Gagandeep Singh alias Goldy from West Delhi. He was arrested in a case filed by Gursevak Singh of Tarn Taran who was deported from the US on 15 February.

How 1 man’s deportation from US led Delhi cops to dunki racket involving a govt school teacher

His interrogation after he was deported last year led Delhi Police to the agents, who were arrested earlier this year. He paid 41 lakh & travelled for 13 months to get to the US.

Panama’s jungles, Nicaragua’s ‘electric shock’ camps, tracing the deadly dunki route to America

Hoping to enter the US illegally, these migrants made their way through dense jungles and perilous treks from Peru to Mexico, but their dreams ended at the California border.

Madrid by taxi, Mexico by air, 5 Punjab men deported from US spill beans on agents’ tricks

Punjab Police has formed 4-member SIT to probe complaints against agents by Indian nationals deported from US. WhatsApp number has also been launched to assist NRIs in distress.

A hunt for dunki agents in Punjab, Haryana is on. FIRs, raids, demand for lost money

Police in both states have started summoning deportees for information on the dunki route touts. Some immigration centres are scrambling to obtain legal certifications.

I risked everything for America—confinement, torture: Robin Handa returns to Haryana

Robin Handa’s father paid Rs 45 lakh to send his son to America via the ‘dunki’ route – portrayed in Shah Rukh Khan’s 2023 film of the same name. The endeavour cost him a chunk of his land.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.