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K'taka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra says foreigners with expired visas sh
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 10 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra during a high-level meeting on Wednesday said that foreign nationals whose visas have expired should be deported.
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Set up temporary detention centres for foreign citizens without travel doc
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 1 (ANI): Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to set up temporary detention centres for foreign citizens who do not possess travel documents. Court also directed this to be set up within two months. Court also directed the Secretary of the Social
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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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China expanded over 380 detention centres in Xinjiang, says Australian thi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], September 25 (ANI): Even as China claims that all "trainees from vocational centres in Xinjiang had graduated" by late 2019, an Australian think tank has revealed that there has been an increase in the number of detention centres in the region.
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350 detainees in Assam released on bail, 15 died due to illness: MHA
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): As many as 350 detainees, who were lodged in the different detention centres across Assam, have been released on bail in compliance of the Supreme Court order, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Monday.
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USCIRF welcomes Supreme Court's decision on Assam detention centres
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday (local time) welcomed the decision of India's Supreme Court to relax conditions for the release of individuals detained as "foreigners" in Assam's detention centres due to concerns with
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SC notice to Assam govt regarding release of people who spent 2 years in d
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Assam Government on a plea seeking the release of people from detention centres in the state who have completed more than two years to avoid spreading of COVID-19, stating that the centres are "overcrowded".
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COVID-19: Representation to CJI to release 'declared foreigners' from dete
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): A representation has been sent to Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde for the immediate release of "declared foreigners" detained in six detention centres in Assam with some conditions in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
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26 died in Assam detention centers in last 3 years , says Nityanand Rai
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affair, Nityanand Rai informed that 26 detenues have died in detention centers, due to illness, during the last three years in Assam.
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Six detention centres in Assam with capacity of 3,331 persons: Home Minist
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday informed Lok Sabha about six detention centres in Assam with a capacity of 3,331 persons.
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61 out of 70 members of Delhi Assembly don't have birth certificates: Kejr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that 61 out of 70 members in the Delhi Assembly don't have birth certificates and asked if they will also be sent to the detention centres.
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As on March 6, 802 persons in Assam's detention centres: Govt informs RS
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 11 (ANI): As many as 802 people are kept in detention centres in Assam as on March 6 this year, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha.
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