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Assam: BJP member suspended for attending meeting organised for Rohingya's
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) executive member from Assam Benazir Arfan was suspended by party after she allegedly attended a meeting organised by an NGO in the state for Rohingya Refugees.
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Taslima Nasreen slams B'desh, says it's giving shelter to Rohingyas to gar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Monday launched a scathing attack at the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh Government for extending support to the Rohingya refugees.
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Centre files affidavit in Supreme Court terming Rohingyas threat to nation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The Centre on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on deportation of Rohingya Muslims from India and said that the illegal influx of the refugees will adversely affect the fundamental rights of Indian citizens and cause a threat to the nationa
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SC to hear plea challenging decision to deport Rohingyas today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday will hear plea filed by the two Rohingya immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir.
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Bangladesh to build new settlements for Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Bangladesh], September 16 (ANI): Bangladesh, which is facing an unprecedented influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, plans to build new settlements to house about 400,000 refugees that entered the country over the past three weeks.
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Mamata Banerjee urges UN to help Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Expressing concern over the plight of Rohingya Muslims, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday came out in support of the refugees and asked the United Nations (UN) to help them.
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India has given space to 23 countries' refugees: RSS on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): Reacting on the ongoing Rohingya crisis, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday said that India had already given space to the refugees of 23 countries and so, others shouldn't moralise the situation.
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'If other refugees can stay in India, why can't Rohingyas?' questions Owai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 15 (ANI): Citing example of refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka residing in India, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Government over sending the Rohing
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Rohingya refugees in B'desh suffer from lack of food, medicines, clean wat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 15 (ANI): The Rohingya Muslims, who have taken refuge in Cox's Bazar and Teknaf border areas in Bangladesh after they fled the barbarous persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State, are now suffering due to an absence of food, shelters, medicines, sanitation facil
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'Rohingyas are threat to national security: Centre tells SC
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): The Centre, on Thursday, filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stating that 'Rohingyas are a threat to national security'.
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India to send consignments of humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugee
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): New Delhi has decided to send consignments of humanitarian assistance to Dhaka, in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of refugees into Bangladesh.
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Law and order will be a concern if Rohingya refugees stay here permanently
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Expressing his concerns over the huge number of Rohingya Muslims seeking refuge in India, Minister of State (Home) Hansraj G Ahir on Wednesday said that issues of law and order will be faced if the former stays in the country permanently.
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