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French Holocaust survivor speaks up after 40 years, recalls how Nazis walked Jews into gas chamber

French Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia was 9 when his family was seized by the Nazis, but couldn't bear to speak about what happened for 40-years, but is now telling his story to schoolchildren at Drancy, backdropped by the buildings that once imprisoned him. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Published on Feb 04, 2020 03:03 pm IST

A movement to save the Idea of India, writes Derek O’Brien

The marginalised will scurry for lost documents. And then there are millions who never had any documents
Updated on Jan 15, 2020 07:35 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: India’s biggest detention camp nears completion and all the latest news

Work on the detention centre started in December. Besides the housing quarters, the facility, which is surrounded by 20-22 feet high boundary walls, will contain a staff quarters, hospital, school, an office complex, kitchen and dining and community space.
Updated on Dec 29, 2019 09:04 am IST

‘Won’t allow BJP to set up detention camps in Bengal even if I die’, says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses Trinamool Congress supporters during a protest rally against CAA and NRC, in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 27, 2019 05:52 pm IST

Row erupts over PM’s claim of ‘no detention centres’

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Thursday traded barbs over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim in a speech that there were no detention camps in India.
Updated on Dec 26, 2019 11:56 pm IST

A case for posthumous citizenship for NRC victims

How long will the suffering of the 1.9 million people continue, or have we relegated them as “permanent aliens”?
Updated on Nov 27, 2019 04:02 pm IST

‘Not going to do it’: Mamata Banerjee on detention centres for ‘foreigners’

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that her government would not allow building detention camps in the state to house those who would be excluded from Indian citizenship.
Updated on Oct 22, 2019 06:23 pm IST

Dozens of high-value IS detainees left behind by US forces in Syria: Report

Kurds living in Greece and Greek protesters take part in a demonstration against Turkey's military action in northeastern Syria, in Athens, Greece.
Updated on Oct 14, 2019 10:05 am IST

Final Assam NRC list, with 1.9 million exclusions, published online

The final National Register of Citizens (NRC) identifying the status of all 3.1 crore applications, including 1.9 million exclusions, in Assam was published online on Saturday.
Updated on Jun 29, 2020 08:57 pm IST

Retired army officer, legislator among those excluded from NRC list

Mohammad Sanuallah was declared a “foreigner” by a Foreigners’ Tribunal and sent to a detention camp.
Updated on Sept 01, 2019 12:23 am IST

Not in NRC list, retd Army officer Mohammad Sanaullah says he had hoped for last-minute inclusion

Mohammad Sanuallah was declared a “foreigner” by a Foreigners’ Tribunal and sent to a detention camp
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 02:11 am IST

Review: Blood Island by Deep Halder

The Sunderbans.
Updated on Aug 10, 2019 08:52 am IST

30 Bangladeshis lodged in Assam jails deported back

Thirty Bangladeshi nationals who had entered India have been sent back to their country.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 04:40 pm IST

‘Return years I’ve lost’: Assam woman declared a foreigner

According to Singh, that person appeared for two times after which Madhumala Das was declared a foreigner ex-parte in 2016, a good decade after her death.
Updated on Jun 28, 2019 01:31 am IST

‘Mistaken identity’: Tagged a foreigner, Assam woman freed after three years

The police only swung into action in the case after Mohammad Sanaullah’s case got highlighted. (Representative image)
Updated on Jun 26, 2019 11:24 pm IST

‘Will accept court’s ruling’, says ex-Army man declared ‘foreigner’ in Assam

Mohammad Sanaullah (in blue shirt) with his wife Sanima Begun (extreme left) and two daughters at his home in Guwahati after his release from detention camp on Saturday.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 09:51 pm IST

No Eid celebrations for family of Assam ex-army man declared foreigner

On the basis of an inquiry report by an official, the retired subedar was served a notice by the border organisation in 2008 to prove his citizenship.
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 01:24 pm IST

Over 110 declared foreigners sent to detention camps in Assam; families claim Indian citizens being harassed

The state government has also directed that people who are absconding and declared foreigners must be booked by police, according to a letter sent to the Border Organisation of Assam police.
Updated on May 10, 2019 11:58 am IST

Nearly 13,000 terrorists arrested in Xinjiang, says China

China’s fight against terrorism and extremism is an important part of the same battle, the white paper said.
Updated on Mar 18, 2019 09:21 pm IST

Tripura Police’s Mobile Task Force detects 2,245 illegal immigrants in 2018

The Mobile Task Force (MTF) of Tripura police has detected 2,245 illegal immigrants in the state last year.
Published on Jan 18, 2019 09:52 pm IST

Trinamool Congress to contest Assam panchayat polls highlighting NRC issue

Representatives of a few Bengali cultural organisations from Assam met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri on November 1 before the Tinsukia killings and requested her to field candidates in all the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Published on Nov 13, 2018 12:45 pm IST

Trump faces outrage over policy of separating migrant families, blames Democrats

People protest the policy of separating families at the border outside the Ernest N Morial Convention Center in New Orleans where Attorney General Jeff Sessions was addressing the National Sheriffs' Association on June 18, 2018.
Published on Jun 18, 2018 11:34 pm IST