Rohingyas

China to provide aid for Rakhine state

The announcement comes shortly after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the violence in Rakhine as unacceptable.

Sep 21, 2017, 14:04 PM IST

We have the right to decide our security policy: Arun Jaitley on Rohingyas

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday defended the government’s stand on Rohingya Muslims, saying every country has the right to decide on its security policy.

Sep 19, 2017, 15:59 PM IST

Lashkar, Al-Qaeda have Rohingya links, say government sources

Terror group Aqamul Mujahideen (AMM) was an important factor in establishing connection between Lashkar and Rohingyas

Sep 19, 2017, 11:50 AM IST

Rohingyas are a serious security threat, staying in India illegally, Centre tells Supreme Court

Amid a global outcry over the deplorable condition of Rohingyas - Myanmar's ethnic minority Muslim community – the Centre on Monday filed its response in the Supreme Court on the issue of their deportation back to their homeland.

Sep 18, 2017, 12:24 PM IST

We can't trust Rohingyas, says MOS Home Hansraj Ahir

India cannot trust Rohingyas, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs said here on Thursday.

Sep 15, 2017, 00:44 AM IST

BJP slams Mayawati over Rohingyas, says India can't allow security situation to suffer

Speaking to ANI, BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao said that the Centre is fulfilling all its humanitarian obligations but it cannot overlook the manner in which a large number of illegal immigrants have been residing here and posing a challenge to the security of the country.

Sep 14, 2017, 08:55 AM IST

India hits back at UN over Rohingyas, says 'illegal migrants could pose security challenges'

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein had said on Tuesday had flayed any attempts by India to deport Rohingyas to Myanmar.

Sep 12, 2017, 19:11 PM IST

UN human rights chief deplores India's move to deport Rohingyas

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Monday flayed any attempts by India to deport Rohingyas to Myanmar when the ethnic minority community is facing violence in their country.

Sep 11, 2017, 19:15 PM IST

Ex-RSS ideologue K N Govindacharaya moves SC seeking deportation of Rohingyas

Govindacharya opposes the plea of two Rohingya refugees, which would come up for hearing on September 11 before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, saying they are a burden on country's resources and pose serious threat to national security.

Sep 08, 2017, 20:58 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Myanmar: A meeting with Suu Kyi and the Rohingya crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first bilateral visit to Myanmar is expected to chart a roadmap for closer cooperation between the two nations in areas like security and counter-terrorism.

Sep 06, 2017, 08:33 AM IST

PM Modi to hold talks with Aung San Suu Kyi, expected to raise exodus of Rohingyas

PM Modi on Tuesday met Myanmar President Htin Kyaw.

Sep 05, 2017, 23:54 PM IST

Muslims deeply concerned by Myanmar violence, Turkey tells Aung San Suu Kyi

In the phone call, Erdogan and Suu Kyi also discussed potential solutions to the fighting and means to deliver humanitarian aid to the region, the sources said.

 

Sep 05, 2017, 17:09 PM IST

Illegal immigrants will have to go: Rijiju on Rohingyas

Minister of State for Home Affairs on Monday said that people illegally staying in India will have to go.

Aug 28, 2017, 21:44 PM IST

Rohingyas say compulsions drove them to take shelter in J&K

Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar say they have settled in Jammu and Kashmir because of compulsions.

Aug 20, 2017, 18:30 PM IST

13,700 foreigners, including Rohingyas Muslims from Myanmar, settled in Jammu: J&K government

Over 13,700 foreigners, including Tibetans and Rohingyas Muslims from Myanmar, are settled in Jammu and Kashmir where the population of foreign nationals has increased by over 6,000 from 2008 to 2016.

Jan 11, 2017, 19:02 PM IST

Bangladesh hands over 91 Rohingyas to Myanmar

Ninety one Rohingyas, who were jailed for trespassing into the Bay of Bengal in 2015, have been handed over to Myanmar`s Border Guard Police (BGP) by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Ghumdhum border in Nakkhanchhari upazila of Bandarban district on Wednesday.

Dec 01, 2016, 00:01 AM IST

'They raped us one by one,' says Rohingya woman who fled

"They tied both of us to the bed and raped us one by one," said 20-year-old Habiba, who has now found shelter with a Rohingya refugee family.

Nov 25, 2016, 16:45 PM IST

Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar violence

Up to 30,000 of the impoverished ethnic group have fled their homes, the United Nations says, after troops poured into the narrow strip where they live earlier this month.

 

Nov 24, 2016, 18:42 PM IST

Dozens killed in weekend of fresh violence in Myanmar's Rakhine

Soldiers have killed scores and arrested many more in their hunt for the attackers, who the government says are radicalised Rohingya militants.

Nov 13, 2016, 23:24 PM IST

Suu Kyi makes first UN speech as Myanmar leader

Suu Kyi's appearance Monday at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is the latest landmark in a personal and national transformation as the country also known as Burma emerges from five decades of military rule.

Sep 22, 2016, 07:10 AM IST