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Hardeep Puri backtracks from Rohingya issue, says MHA's statement gives 'correct position'

Taking to Twitter, the Minister on Wednesday responded, "Home Ministry's press release with respect to the issue of Rohingya illegal foreigners gives out the correct position."

  • Thursday, 18 August 2022
NIA chargesheets 6 for trafficking Rohingyas, Bangladeshis into India
NIA chargesheets 6 for trafficking Rohingyas, Bangladeshis into India

The case was registered suo-moto by the NIA on December 27, 2021.

  • Sunday, 05 June 2022
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Rohingyas continue to battle uncertain future in Bangladesh camps

Dhaka: Hafez Ullah had fled Myanmar in early September last year, following the torching of his village near the Maungdaw township in northern Rakhine by the Army. On Friday, it will be a day shy of one year when the Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh had begun after the Myanmar Army launched an offensive in […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Rohingyas in Bangladesh seek global support during Guterres visit

Kutupalong (Bangladesh): Hundreds of Rohingyas on Monday called for support from the international community during a visit of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to refugee camps in Bangladesh, which host more than 915,000 members of the Muslim minority who have fled Myanmar. Mud and heavy monsoon rains did not prevent hundreds of Rohingyas from leaving […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Myanmar urges Bangladesh to extradite 1,300 'rebel' Rohingyas

Naypyidaw: Myanmar said on Thursday that it has asked Bangladesh to arrest and extradite more than 1,300 Rohingyas suspected of taking part in a rebel assault against government checkpoints in Rakhine state in August last year. The incident on August 25 led to a violent military operation in Myanmar against the alleged insurgents, triggering a […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Bangladesh pledges for China's support to repatriate Rohingyas

Dhaka: Bangladesh announced on Sunday that it was seeking China’s support to urge Myanmar for allowing more than 600,000 Rohingyas who fled sectarian violence in western Rakhine state to return. “Bangladesh wants China to create pressure on Myanmar to exp1edite the process” of repatriation of the Rohingyas, a member of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry who did […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
BSF campaign to stop illegal immigrants' influx; 140 locations on radar

New Delhi:  In view of the increasing influx of illegal immigrants, especially Rohingyas, the BSF has identified 140 “vulnerable” locations on India-Bangladesh border and initiated a campaign to prevent their influx by curbing the activities of touts, the BSF chief said on Friday. “We both (Border Security Force and Border Guards Bangladesh) are aware that […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
India focused on providing humanitarian assistance to Rohingyas

New Delhi: India on Friday said its focus is on providing humanitarian assistance to displaced Rohingyas under “Operation Insaniyat”. On reports of discovering “mass graves of Rohingya Hindus”, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said: “We have seen press reports about these graves and have also seen the statement issued by State Councillor’s […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Indian sends 1,000 tonnes relief material for Rohingyas

New Delhi: India on Saturday despatched around 1,000 tonnes of relief material, which can cater for around 62,000 families, for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, an official statement said. The material was loaded on Indian Naval Ship Gharial, which will deliver it to Chittagong in Bangladesh where thousands of Rohinya refugees have come in from Myanmar. […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
All commoners not terrorists: Mamata on Rohingya issue

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that all Rohingyas are not terrorists even as the central government stuck to its stand of deporting the embattled community and said that some of them were linked to Pakistani terrorist groups. “All commoners are not terrorists. Some may be terrorists and they will be […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
NHRC taking up Rohingya issue on humanitarian ground: Dattu

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today said it has taken up the issue of the Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds but refused to comment on the government’s assertion that the “illegal immigrants” would be deported. “We are taking up the case of Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds. I can’t comment on the government line,” […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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