Students form human chain for fencing of Indo-Bangladesh borderOctober 14th, 2009 SONAHAT - Thousands of students formed a human chain in the Sonahat region in Assam on Tuesday to demand fences along India-Bangladesh border. Insurgency-hit Assam shares a 272-kilometer long border with Bangladesh of which about 70 per cent has been fenced with barbed wire.
India calls for vessel monitoring to prevent illegal fishingSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has called for an international vessel monitoring system to prevent illegal fishing by big nations in the territorial waters of countries like India, said Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas here Monday.
Fire breaks out in illegal petroleum products godown in West BengalSeptember 3rd, 2009 SILIGURI - A blazing fire broke out in an unauthorised godown in Siliguri on Thursday, where thousands of illegal petroleum products were stored for long. The fire broke out in the Niranjan Nagar area of Siliguri at around 8.30 in the morning, and within minutes spread to the two adjacent houses in the vicinity.
Lucknow police raid more places to uncover illegal blood racketAugust 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Lucknow police has raided a private hospital here and recovered a few packets of illegal blood. "We have found two-three packets of blood.
Delhi Police detaining illegal Bangladeshi migrants ahead of I-DayAugust 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Police has increased its vigil on illegal Bangladeshi migrants following intelligence inputs of a possible terror strike on August 15. Sources said surveillance has been increased as many migrants are allegedly working as sleeper cells for terror groups.
Kashmir's farmers demand compensation for land taken for fencingAugust 3rd, 2009 JHANGAR - Farmers in Kashmir said they have not been compensated for the land taken away by the authorities to set up fences along the border with Pakistan. India began setting up a long fence along the disputed border with Pakistan in the mid-90s to stop militant groups and illegal immigrants from sneaking into Indian territory.
Assam tense as illegal migrant issue resurfacesJune 17th, 2009 JORHAT - Activists in Assam's Jorhat district have alleged that a madrassa in Titabor region is sheltering a number of illegal migrants, and called for a 12-hour shutdown against state government's inaction. Activists of Jatiya Yuba Chatra Parishad and some former Madrassa-e-Islamia workers expressed fear that the migrants might be involved in various illegal activities.
Clashes in Indore following anti-hawking driveJune 10th, 2009 INDORE - Violence marred Indore as illegal hawkers and shopkeepers clashed with police during an eviction drive on Tuesday. Violence broke out when the civic authorities reached the Etwaria market to drive away the illegal hawkers and shopkeepers.
BJP promises to check illegal immigrants with ID cardsApril 7th, 2009 CHITRADURGA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will prevent infiltration and check illegal immigrants from Bangladesh by introducing identification cards to every Indian if elected to power, the party's senior leader L.K. Advani said here Tuesday.
NDA proposes to make multi-purpose ID cards mandatoryMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - BJP leader L K Advani has said the NDA, if voted to power, would enact a law to make multi-purpose national identity cards mandatory for citizens to strengthen national security. Unveiling the IT Vision Document of the party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Advani said security was NDA's main concern for making national identity cards mandatory.
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AdvaniMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishan Advani on Saturday said that the National Democratic Alliance would enact multi-purpose national identity cards mandatory for citizens of the country, if voted to power. Citing security being the main concern behind the need to make national identity cards mandatory, Advani pointed out the increasing infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals into the country, particularly in the northeast, as he unveiled the IT Vision Document of the party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
TRS promises rehabilitation of 'Gulf victims'March 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) will promise rehabilitation of 'Gulf victims', migrant workers in Gulf countries who have returned after losing jobs in the current meltdown. The rehabilitation of 1.5 million migrant workers from Telangana will be the second major promise in the election manifesto of the sub-regional party which is fighting for separate statehood to the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, for next month's polls.
Four with illegal arms held near India-Nepal borderJanuary 27th, 2009 SILIGURI - Four men, including a man and his son, were arrested near the India-Nepal border near here Wednesday for possessing illegal arms and possible involvement in smuggling and drug trafficking, officials said Wednesday. The arrests were made from Panitanki area in West Bengal's Siliguri sub-division by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) that guards the borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
Illegal arms unit busted in Uttar Pradesh, four arrestedJanuary 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four people have been arrested and charged with making firearms at an illegal arms manufacturing factory in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said Friday. The factory was busted and a dozen country-made pistols were seized Thursday night after a raid was conducted on a tip-off in Bhudanpur locality of Azamgarh, about 270 km from here.
Bangladeshi aliens deported, but no decision on divided familyJanuary 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 82 illegal Bangladeshi migrants were deported by authorities even as there was no decision on a Bangladeshi woman who faces a cruel separation from her Indian husband and elder son. According to the highly placed sources in the Foreigners' Regional Registration Office (FRRO), which keeps an eye over illegal immigrants, 82 such aliens from Bangladesh were put on the Brahamputra Express to Malda in West Bengal Tuesday 8.30 p.m.
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