‘Returned illegal aliens’: US border patrol shares video of handcuffed Indians boarding deportation flight | India News – The Times of India

US border authorities have released a video showing Indian nationals in handcuffs boarding a deportation aircraft.The footage, shared by US border patrol chief Michael W Banks, showed deportees in handcuffs and leg restraints whilst boarding the aircraft.“USBP and partners successfully returned illegal aliens to India, marking the farthest deportation flight yet using military transport. This…

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‘Election Commission is dead, have to gift them white cloth’: Akhilesh Yadav alleges electoral misconduct in Milkipur bypolls | India News – The Times of India

Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday levelled serious accusations against the BJP, alleging electoral misconduct and also declaring the Election Commission “dead”. He claimed that the ruling party, with police assistance, engaged in widespread voter suppression and malpractice in Milkipur bypolls.“This is the manner in which BJP contests…

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‘Saw one die, another drown’: Indians deported from US recall ‘donkey’ route ordeal | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian deportees from the US, who landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, recounted the ordeal of “donkey route“, which is an illegal immigration pathway, used by their travel agents to take them to the United States.From barely surviving on any food during the journey to witnessing death, Harwinder Singh, a deportee from Punjab shared…

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India plans to crank up Tejas production to stem IAF’s depletion in fighters | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: With US major General Electric promising the revised delivery of aero-engines for Tejas jets from March onwards, India plans to progressively crank up production of the much-delayed indigenous light combat aircraft and stem the rapid depletion of fighter squadrons in IAF.Tejas-manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) already has three Tejas Mark-1A “ready in the flight…

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Delhi assembly elections 2025: As turnout dips, all eyes on Saturday score; votes cast lowest since 2008 | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The fate of three major political players and 699 candidates is now sealed with over 60.42% (data updated at 11:30 pm) of the 1.56 crore voters of Delhi coming out to cast their votes on Wednesday for electing their representatives for the 70-member assembly in the capital.The voter turnout this year is the…

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Delhi assembly polls: AAP accuses BJP of distributing cash, latter retorts with fake voting charge | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The blame game between AAP and BJP continued on Wednesday, with both parties accusing each other of indulging in malpractices and violating the model code of conduct.While AAP alleged BJP distributed cash and kept campaign material on polling tables in Jangpura and Kondli assembly constituencies, the saffron party claimed that fake votes were…

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Take ruthless steps to curb J&K terror, Amit Shah tells forces | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Directing the security forces and agencies to counter infiltration and acts of terror in Jammu & Kashmir with a ruthless approach, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asked them to set their sights on achieving two key goals – ‘zero infiltration’ and ‘uprooting the existence of terrorists’ in the Union Territory.Chairing a…

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US plane brings 104 Indians: 99 from Haryana, Gujarat and Punjab | India News – The Times of India

AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH: A US military C-17 Globemaster aircraft landed in Punjab’s Amritsar Wednesday afternoon with 104 deported Indians, grounding their ‘American dream’ that led them to stake their all in its pursuit.The Union govt didn’t rule out more deportation flights from the US, saying all repatriated citizens whose antecedents had been verified – like in the…

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