India news: Mamata Banerjee to go ahead with Kolkata protest

US Border Patrol arrested 30 Indian nationals for illegally residing in the country while operating commercial vehicles, authorities said Monday.

The arrests were made during Operation Checkmate, conducted May 11-15 in Arizona’s Yuma Sector, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement. A total of 52 people were arrested.

Several possessed employment authorization documents obtained during the Biden administration, but officials said the permits were no longer valid, according to the statement.

All arrested individuals will be deported, according to CBP.

“Operation Checkmate reflects our commitment to safeguarding communities and roads from unlawfully present drivers who pose significant risks to public safety,” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent Dustin W. Caudle.

“My agents are on patrol every day to ensure we stop these individuals and prevent more deadly crashes from occurring on the road across the United States.”

The operation follows recent fatal crashes involving Indian truckers living illegally in the US, including a crash in Florida in August last year that killed three people and another in California in October, which also killed three people.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee said she is going ahead with a planned sit-in in Kolkata on Tuesday despite lacking police permission, media reports said.

“If we are not allowed to hold a dharna (sit-in protest) there, I will sit wherever I am stopped. I am ready to be arrested,” Banerjee said, according to The Hindustan Times.

The protest is against alleged attacks on party leaders and an eviction drive by the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state.

Banerjee has been at loggerheads with the BJP after she lost the recent election to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.

On Sunday, TMC leader and Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee claimed he was attacked, suffering an eye injury. He termed it a “BJP-sponsored” attempt on his life.

Meanwhile, internal rifts continue to trouble the TMC. The party expelled legislative assembly members Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha for anti-party activities on Monday.

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The post-election turmoil in for Mamata Banerjee and her party continues as fissures within the Trinamool Congress party deepens. Banerjee has announced a sit-in protest in Kolkata today.

In the US, at least 30 Indians were arrested for illegally living in the country. Authorities said they are all set to be deported.

Meanwhile, Germany’s new dual citizenship rules allowed most newly naturalized citizens in 2025 to retain their original nationality. However, Indians do not stand to benefit because India does not allow dual nationality.

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