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"They are brothers of India": BJP leader Ajay Alok on Indian deportees fro
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Bhagwant Mann should understand that Punjab is a part of this country. If a flight comes from America, the first state is Punjab. When you cross Lahore, we come to Amritsar. Punjab is not a separate country and it is not going to cause any security threat." Alok told ANI.
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CM Mann assures of proper arrangements for Indian nationals to be deported
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Punjab CM arrived at Amritsar airport yesterday night and will be staying to receive the deported Indian nationals, who are expected to arrive around 10 PM.
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"Of all people deported so far, 67 are from Punjab": BJP counters CM Mann'
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Of all the people deported so far, 67 are from Punjab, and the rest are from other states. By politicising this, the CM is degrading his own state. What action has he taken against those who sent these people through illegal immigration? They are taking huge sums of money and sending the
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"Mann's remarks are just to create headlines, meaningless": Congress MP Au
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"What Bhagwat Mann said was merely to create headlines. It was all meaningless. The flight should have been landed in Delhi. Punjab is not getting defamed in any way. Punjab has a lot of NRIs, and they contribute to our economy in a big way. Punjabis are living a happy life abroad," Aujla
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"Why are these planes landing in Punjab?" Manish Tewari supports Punjab CM
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Tewari asserted that the Central government could have landed the plane anywhere in the country but chose Amritsar to humiliate Punjab.
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"A test for Indian diplomacy": Chidambaram on second aircraft carrying dep
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In a post on X, Chidambaram said, "All eyes will be on the US aircraft which will land today in Amritsar bringing back illegal immigrants. Will the deportees be handcuffed and their legs tied with ropes? It is a test for Indian diplomacy."
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'Why are planes with deportees landing in Amritsar? Bid to defame Punjab':
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Notably, on February 5, a US Air Force plane carrying Indian citizens who "illegally immigrated" to the US arrived in Amritsar, Punjab. A total of 104 Indian nationals were on board the plane that landed in Amritsar.
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Punjab Police arrest drug smuggler with 30 kg heroin in Amritsar
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In one of the biggest heroin seizures of this year in Punjab, Amritsar Rural Police has busted a cross-border smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler and recovered 30 kg heroin from his possession, said State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
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Punjab: BSF apprehends 2 smugglers with 1.1 kg of narcotics on Amritsar bo
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Border Security Force (BSF) and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Amritsar in a joint operation apprehended 2 Indian smugglers with 1.1 kg of narcotics on the Amritsar border on Wednesday, Punjab Frontier BSF said in a press release.
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Punjab police busts terror module near Amritsar airport, three arrested wi
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Punjab police busted a terror module and arrested three people near Amritsar airport on Sunday night. The police recovered one AK-47, a few rounds, a pistol of 0.3 bore and one of 0.32 bore with cartridges from them.
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Repeatedly warned about inevitable deportations of 'illegal' immigrants fr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Sandhu's comments came as the US deported several Indian nationals who allegedly illegally migrated to the United States on Thursday at Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat. A US military C-17 Globemaster military aircraft landed in Punjab's Amritsar on February 5 with 104 Indian nationals.
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India must protect its citizens' rights: Vikramaditya Singh criticises dep
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Public Works Department (PWD) Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Vikramaditya Singh has strongly criticised the way the United States has been deporting alleged illegal immigrants back to India, calling it a violation of human rights.
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