Rohingya Refugees In Delhi

The BJP-led Centre was "secretly" trying to give "permanent residence" to Rohingya refugees in the national capital, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged, rejecting the home ministry's claim that it was the Delhi government's proposal.

The settlement of Rohingya Muslims has been a polarising subject in India, where politicians have targeted them frequently to shore up votes from the Hindu majority.

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.

More than 50 shanties were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj Metro station in southeast Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

The Union Home Ministry has asked all states to track down and screen Rohingya Muslim refugees over concerns that they may have come in contact with members of the Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat that has emerged as one of the biggest coronavirus clusters in the country, government sources told NDTV on Friday.

Life may be all about slums, cramped lanes and one-room hutments for Rohingya refugees in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj Camp, but the younger generation of the community is setting its sights on becoming lawyers and doctors in brighter days to come.

A Muslim body on Thursday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik seeking action against a BJP youth wing leader after the latter allegedly admitted on social media to burning down a Rohingya refugee camp in the capital earlier this month.

Over 225 Rohingya refugees have nowhere to go after a massive fire destroyed a camp, in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj. The fire broke out at about 3.30 am on Sunday due to a short circuit, police said. No casualties have been reported. The refugees have been put up in a temporary shelter said police.

Ahead of Republic Day, many alerts have been sent to state police chiefs across the country about possible threats. But the Home Ministry has singled out Rohingya Muslims for special attention, particularly after an assessment that suggests 60 per cent of the 40,000 Rohingya Muslims believed to be in the country were untraceable.

At a time when centre has claimed through an affidavit in Supreme Court that the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in India are increasingly becoming a threat to internal security of the country, cases of Rohingya Muslims trying to enter India to move to New Delhi through northeast India has surfaced once again.

India has declared Rohingya Muslims, the embattled minority fleeing violence in Myanmar, as illegal and ordered their deportation.

India will send a consignment of humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh on Thursday for Rohingya Muslims, days after Dhaka briefed New Delhi about the problems faced by it due to the influx of refugees from Myanmar following the ethnic violence in the Buddhist-majority nation.

A spot right next to where garbage is dumped in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh has been Noor Alam's home for some time, a settlement of 74 Rohingya families recognised as refugees by a United Nations body. But Noor Alam, who lives with his family of 12 members, was happy. At least, he says, they didn't have to now worry if they will live through the ni...

The BJP-led Centre was "secretly" trying to give "permanent residence" to Rohingya refugees in the national capital, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged, rejecting the home ministry's claim that it was the Delhi government's proposal.

The settlement of Rohingya Muslims has been a polarising subject in India, where politicians have targeted them frequently to shore up votes from the Hindu majority.

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.

More than 50 shanties were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj Metro station in southeast Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

The Union Home Ministry has asked all states to track down and screen Rohingya Muslim refugees over concerns that they may have come in contact with members of the Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat that has emerged as one of the biggest coronavirus clusters in the country, government sources told NDTV on Friday.

Life may be all about slums, cramped lanes and one-room hutments for Rohingya refugees in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj Camp, but the younger generation of the community is setting its sights on becoming lawyers and doctors in brighter days to come.

A Muslim body on Thursday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik seeking action against a BJP youth wing leader after the latter allegedly admitted on social media to burning down a Rohingya refugee camp in the capital earlier this month.

Over 225 Rohingya refugees have nowhere to go after a massive fire destroyed a camp, in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj. The fire broke out at about 3.30 am on Sunday due to a short circuit, police said. No casualties have been reported. The refugees have been put up in a temporary shelter said police.

Ahead of Republic Day, many alerts have been sent to state police chiefs across the country about possible threats. But the Home Ministry has singled out Rohingya Muslims for special attention, particularly after an assessment that suggests 60 per cent of the 40,000 Rohingya Muslims believed to be in the country were untraceable.

At a time when centre has claimed through an affidavit in Supreme Court that the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in India are increasingly becoming a threat to internal security of the country, cases of Rohingya Muslims trying to enter India to move to New Delhi through northeast India has surfaced once again.

India has declared Rohingya Muslims, the embattled minority fleeing violence in Myanmar, as illegal and ordered their deportation.

India will send a consignment of humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh on Thursday for Rohingya Muslims, days after Dhaka briefed New Delhi about the problems faced by it due to the influx of refugees from Myanmar following the ethnic violence in the Buddhist-majority nation.

A spot right next to where garbage is dumped in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh has been Noor Alam's home for some time, a settlement of 74 Rohingya families recognised as refugees by a United Nations body. But Noor Alam, who lives with his family of 12 members, was happy. At least, he says, they didn't have to now worry if they will live through the ni...