Assam Infiltration

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that 138 people trying to enter India from Bangladesh have been detected in the last two months in Assam and Tripura and that the border states must stay vigilant to avoid such infiltration.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma named Jharkhand and Bengal governments as the weak spots in the wall to stop Rohingya infiltration from Bangladesh.

Assam Police has busted a network helping Rohingya infiltration via the Northeast with the help of fake documents and arrested eight persons.

Infiltration by Rohingyas from Bangladesh through Assam's Karimganj district is 'alarming' and a threat to national security, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that the state is being used as a corridor by "Rohingya infiltrators" from Bangladesh to either go to Delhi or Kashmir with the help of some brokers in Tripura.

As Assam got ready for the crucial second phase of assembly polls for 39 seats on Wednesday, both Congress and the BJP were busy campaigning for the next phase. Earlier today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said they would not allow Assam to become a

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted the BJP alone could free Assam from the dangers of infiltration, insurgency and floods.

At a times when the ongoing NRC updation process in Assam is in a crucial state and the state is witnessing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the Border Security Force (BSF) that guards the 262-km-long border with Bangladesh in Assam, has said illegal infiltration from Bangladesh is almost "negligible".

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday said there had been no proof of infiltration from Bangladesh during the NRC updation process in Assam.

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, who played the role of mythological character Parashurama in a local Ramlila, has kicked up a row with his improvised dialogue in which he used the term "foreign infiltrators", which was linked to his demand for an Assam-like National Register of Citizen (NRC) exercise to weed out illegal immigrants from the national c...

Within days of the Assam government's notification to release "declared foreigners" lodged in its detention centres, the All Assam Students' Union has claimed that their release will lead to "more infiltration" and "social problems" in Assam, ahead of the publication of the final National Register of Citizens list for which the deadline ends on Aug...

The centre has indicated that they may consider a national citizens register (NRC) for the entire country, an extension of the contentious citizenship excercise underway in Assam.

The central government has decided to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC), currently being updated in Assam, on priority basis in areas affected by infiltration, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that Assam and the rest of the Northeast were suffering from infiltration due to the policies of the Congress government in the 1970s.

BJP president Amit Shah said on Friday his party will replicate the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in West Bengal on coming to power at the Centre to "throw out" infiltrators.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that 138 people trying to enter India from Bangladesh have been detected in the last two months in Assam and Tripura and that the border states must stay vigilant to avoid such infiltration.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma named Jharkhand and Bengal governments as the weak spots in the wall to stop Rohingya infiltration from Bangladesh.

Assam Police has busted a network helping Rohingya infiltration via the Northeast with the help of fake documents and arrested eight persons.

Infiltration by Rohingyas from Bangladesh through Assam's Karimganj district is 'alarming' and a threat to national security, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that the state is being used as a corridor by "Rohingya infiltrators" from Bangladesh to either go to Delhi or Kashmir with the help of some brokers in Tripura.

As Assam got ready for the crucial second phase of assembly polls for 39 seats on Wednesday, both Congress and the BJP were busy campaigning for the next phase. Earlier today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said they would not allow Assam to become a

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted the BJP alone could free Assam from the dangers of infiltration, insurgency and floods.

At a times when the ongoing NRC updation process in Assam is in a crucial state and the state is witnessing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, the Border Security Force (BSF) that guards the 262-km-long border with Bangladesh in Assam, has said illegal infiltration from Bangladesh is almost "negligible".

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday said there had been no proof of infiltration from Bangladesh during the NRC updation process in Assam.

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, who played the role of mythological character Parashurama in a local Ramlila, has kicked up a row with his improvised dialogue in which he used the term "foreign infiltrators", which was linked to his demand for an Assam-like National Register of Citizen (NRC) exercise to weed out illegal immigrants from the national c...

Within days of the Assam government's notification to release "declared foreigners" lodged in its detention centres, the All Assam Students' Union has claimed that their release will lead to "more infiltration" and "social problems" in Assam, ahead of the publication of the final National Register of Citizens list for which the deadline ends on Aug...

The centre has indicated that they may consider a national citizens register (NRC) for the entire country, an extension of the contentious citizenship excercise underway in Assam.

The central government has decided to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC), currently being updated in Assam, on priority basis in areas affected by infiltration, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that Assam and the rest of the Northeast were suffering from infiltration due to the policies of the Congress government in the 1970s.

BJP president Amit Shah said on Friday his party will replicate the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in West Bengal on coming to power at the Centre to "throw out" infiltrators.