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"NRC Will Have No Implications For Bangladesh, Its People," Says India
India on Monday assured Bangladesh that the updation of the National Register of Citizens will have no implications for its people, asserting that it is a process that is entirely internal to the country.
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"Religious Test For Citizenship": US Panel On Assam Citizens' List NRC
The United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said that close to two million long-time residents of Assam, under the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise, might soon be deemed stateless and alleged that they are being stripped of their citizenship "without a fair, transparent, and well-regulated" process.
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Assam Citizens' List Tool To "Target Minorities", Says US Panel
A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is a tool to "target religious minorities and to render Muslims stateless".
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Assam Citizens' List "Full Of Errors": Congress Leader Tarun Gogoi
The updated final NRC, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, has left out over 19 lakh applicants.
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Disappointed NRC Being Wrongly Linked With Minority Rights Issue: India At UN
India has said it is disappointed that the citizens' list or NRC in Assam is being "wrongly linked" with the minority rights issue and asserted that one should not jump to conclusions based on "incomplete understanding" after a United Nations expert raised alarm over a potential "humanitarian crisis" due to the exercise.
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200 Foreigners' Tribunals To Be Set Up In 33 Assam Districts: Officials
Assam government has notified setting up of 200 more appellate Foreigners' Tribunals for hearing of appeals of people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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"Shame On BJP For Creating Panic": Mamata Banerjee On Citizens' List
Accusing the BJP of creating panic over Assam Citizens' List, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed it has led to six deaths in the state.
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Those Left Out Of Assam NRC May Have To Wait Till November For Reason
The window period of 120 days for the 19 lakh people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens or NRC to appeal in the foreigners tribunals might only start in November since authorities would need that much time to get speaking orders ready detailing the cause of every person's exclusion, sources in the NRC have said.
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Congress Tripura Chief Threatens To Resign Amid Differences Within Party
Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman, the president of the Congress's Tripura unit, has threatened to resign over his petition in the Supreme Court in which he has requested implementation of an Assam-like citizens' list in the state. Mr Deb Burman, 41, has alleged that senior Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro is pressuring him to withdraw the petition.
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Those Excluded From Citizens' List Being Harassed Outside Assam: Congress
Congress leader Debabrata Saikia, who is also the leader of the opposition in state assembly, has claimed in a letter to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal that people from Assam are being harassed in other states after the release of final citizens' list last month.
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Government To Soon Issue Exclusion Certificates For Those Not In NRC
People excluded from the final Assam Citizens list NRC will get certified documents regarding rejection of their names at the earliest so that they can file their appeals, the office of the NRC state coordinator announced on Tuesday.
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"Assam Is Home": Over 1 Lakh From Gorkha Community Not In Citizens' List
On the outskirts of Guwahati, in the Bonda hills, 70-year-old Goma Sharma and her son Ramu, 42, are anxious since the release of citizens' list.
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Names of Many Serving Jawans Missing From Assam Citizens' List
A village in Barpeta district of Assam is known as the Fauji Gaon or the village of defence personnel. Almost 200 families live in this village, out of which over 20 jawans have been posted in Army and paramilitary forces.
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"Botched Up": Prashant Kishor's Takedown Of Assam Citizens' List
Election strategist turned Janata Dal United leader Prashant Kishor has vehemently criticised the Assam citizen's list, which left out the names of 19 lakh people in the state, who may face government action if they cannot prove they are Indians.
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Original Petitioner Unhappy With "Flawed" Assam Citizens' List
The Assam Public Works (APW), the original petitioner in the Supreme Court which led to the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) six years ago, said the final NRC turned out to be a "flawed document" because its prayer for reverification of the draft list was rejected by the top court.
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"NRC Will Have No Implications For Bangladesh, Its People," Says India
India on Monday assured Bangladesh that the updation of the National Register of Citizens will have no implications for its people, asserting that it is a process that is entirely internal to the country.
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"Religious Test For Citizenship": US Panel On Assam Citizens' List NRC
The United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said that close to two million long-time residents of Assam, under the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise, might soon be deemed stateless and alleged that they are being stripped of their citizenship "without a fair, transparent, and well-regulated" process.
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Assam Citizens' List Tool To "Target Minorities", Says US Panel
A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is a tool to "target religious minorities and to render Muslims stateless".
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Assam Citizens' List "Full Of Errors": Congress Leader Tarun Gogoi
The updated final NRC, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, has left out over 19 lakh applicants.
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Disappointed NRC Being Wrongly Linked With Minority Rights Issue: India At UN
India has said it is disappointed that the citizens' list or NRC in Assam is being "wrongly linked" with the minority rights issue and asserted that one should not jump to conclusions based on "incomplete understanding" after a United Nations expert raised alarm over a potential "humanitarian crisis" due to the exercise.
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200 Foreigners' Tribunals To Be Set Up In 33 Assam Districts: Officials
Assam government has notified setting up of 200 more appellate Foreigners' Tribunals for hearing of appeals of people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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"Shame On BJP For Creating Panic": Mamata Banerjee On Citizens' List
Accusing the BJP of creating panic over Assam Citizens' List, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed it has led to six deaths in the state.
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Those Left Out Of Assam NRC May Have To Wait Till November For Reason
The window period of 120 days for the 19 lakh people excluded from the final National Register of Citizens or NRC to appeal in the foreigners tribunals might only start in November since authorities would need that much time to get speaking orders ready detailing the cause of every person's exclusion, sources in the NRC have said.
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Congress Tripura Chief Threatens To Resign Amid Differences Within Party
Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman, the president of the Congress's Tripura unit, has threatened to resign over his petition in the Supreme Court in which he has requested implementation of an Assam-like citizens' list in the state. Mr Deb Burman, 41, has alleged that senior Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro is pressuring him to withdraw the petition.
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Those Excluded From Citizens' List Being Harassed Outside Assam: Congress
Congress leader Debabrata Saikia, who is also the leader of the opposition in state assembly, has claimed in a letter to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal that people from Assam are being harassed in other states after the release of final citizens' list last month.
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Government To Soon Issue Exclusion Certificates For Those Not In NRC
People excluded from the final Assam Citizens list NRC will get certified documents regarding rejection of their names at the earliest so that they can file their appeals, the office of the NRC state coordinator announced on Tuesday.
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"Assam Is Home": Over 1 Lakh From Gorkha Community Not In Citizens' List
On the outskirts of Guwahati, in the Bonda hills, 70-year-old Goma Sharma and her son Ramu, 42, are anxious since the release of citizens' list.
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Names of Many Serving Jawans Missing From Assam Citizens' List
A village in Barpeta district of Assam is known as the Fauji Gaon or the village of defence personnel. Almost 200 families live in this village, out of which over 20 jawans have been posted in Army and paramilitary forces.
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"Botched Up": Prashant Kishor's Takedown Of Assam Citizens' List
Election strategist turned Janata Dal United leader Prashant Kishor has vehemently criticised the Assam citizen's list, which left out the names of 19 lakh people in the state, who may face government action if they cannot prove they are Indians.
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Original Petitioner Unhappy With "Flawed" Assam Citizens' List
The Assam Public Works (APW), the original petitioner in the Supreme Court which led to the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) six years ago, said the final NRC turned out to be a "flawed document" because its prayer for reverification of the draft list was rejected by the top court.
