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SC to monitor deportation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants

New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a larger bench to hear petitions challenging a constitutional clause which sought to offer Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants. Several organisations from Assam have petitioned Supreme Court against Section 6A of the Indian Citizenship Act. This section offers Indian citizenship to Bangladeshis who crossed over to Assam till March 25, 1971. Millions of Bangladeshis crossed over to India during the 1971 Liberation War to escape the atrocities by Pakistani troops. The court also decided to personally monitor the Assam Accord signed in 1985 to screen and deport illegal immigrants. The 29-year-old Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) was signed between the then Indian government and the Assam Movement, which was agitating against the undocumented migrations into Assam. A lawyer representing the petitioners, Manish Goswami, hailed the Supreme Court order. Another lawyer Somiran Sharma said the court also asked the Indian government to hold talks with Bangladesh for the smooth deportation of Bangladehi immigrants. Dec 17, 2014
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Imam Bukhari invites Pak PM for son's anointment, ignores Modi

New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Imam Bukhari has invited Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the occasion of his son's anointment as his successor but not Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bukhari said on Thursday that it is his free will to decide who to invite for the occasion. He added that Modi has been given a clean chit by the Supreme Court in 2002 Gujarat riots but the Muslims of the country have not forgiven him. Further talking about the help Kashmiris received from PM Modi during floods, Bukhari said that Modi helped the entire Kashmir community irrespective of their religion and out of duty. Oct 30, 2014