Mexico deports 311 Indians
Mexico City: In a first, Mexico's migration authorities deported 311 Indians, including a woman, from various parts of the country amidst its stepped up efforts to check people illegally crossing its borders following pressure from the US.
According to a press release issued by the National Migration Institute (INM) on Wednesday, the Indian nationals, who did not have a condition of regular stay in the country, were deported from the Toluca City International Airport on a Boeing 747 aircraft to New Delhi.
The people were presented to the immigration authority in the states of Oaxaca, Baja California, Veracruz, Chiapas, Sonora, Mexico City, Durango and Tabasco, it said.
The move comes after US President Donald Trump in June threatened tariffs on all Mexican imports if the country did not put a check on people entering America through Mexico's borders.
Mexico had agreed to boost up security on the border and expand its policy of taking back migrants.
"This was carried out, thanks to the excellent communication and coordination with the Embassy of that Asian country, with which the recognition and return of these citizens was worked, under strict adherence to the Migration Law and its Regulations," the statement said.
The deportees, who are accompanied by the Federal Migration agents, as well as members of the National Guard, were gathered in the Acayucan Migration Station in Veracruz to carry out their identification and subsequent transfer.
"It should be noted that there is no precedent in the history of the INM - neither in the form, nor in the number of people - of a Trans-Atlantic air conduction, such as that carried out on this day," the statement said.
This action, which was supported by the Federal Protection Service of the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, was carried out smoothly and with respect for the human rights of foreigners transferred to their country of origin, it said, ratifying the INM's commitment to maintain a safe, orderly and regular migration.
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Ex-Union Minister K P Unnikrishnan dies at 89
Kozhikode (Kerala)(PTI): Former Union Minister K P Unnikrishnan, who was regarded as one of the prominent figures in Indian politics during the 1980s and 1990s, died in the early hours of Tuesday, his family said.
He was 89.
He died while undergoing treatment for age-related ailments at a private hospital here, they said.
Having been elected to the Lok Sabha six consecutive times from Vadakara, he served as a Union Minister in the V P Singh Cabinet, holding the portfolios of Surface Transport and Communications during 1989–90.
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During his tenure as Minister, he oversaw the evacuation of Indians during the Gulf War.
Beginning his professional life as a journalist, Unnikrishnan was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Vadakara in 1971 as a Congress candidate.
He subsequently represented the constituency in the Lok Sabha in 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991.
Between 1981 and 1984, he served as the leader of Congress (Secular) in Parliament, and from 1980 to 1982 he was a member of the Public Accounts Committee.
A close associate of V K Krishna Menon, Unnikrishnan was at one time a trusted confidant of Indira Gandhi.
However, he later left the Congress following political differences.
He was active in the Congress (U) and Congress (S) before returning to the Congress in 1995.
Born on September 20, 1936, he was educated at Madras Christian College in Chennai and completed his law degree from that city.
During this period, he was associated with the Socialist Party and later the Praja Socialist Party.
In the 1960s, he joined the Indian National Congress and became a member of the All India Congress Committee in 1962.
