Assam Citizens List

"Religious Test For Citizenship": US Panel On Assam Citizens' List NRC

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 20, 2019

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.

Assam Citizens' List Tool To "Target Minorities", Says US Panel

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 16, 2019

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".

Assam Citizens' List "Full Of Errors": Congress Leader Tarun Gogoi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 14, 2019

The updated final NRC, which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam, has left out over 19 lakh applicants.

Disappointed NRC Being Wrongly Linked With Minority Rights Issue: India At UN

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 24, 2019

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.

Supreme Court Orders Assam NRC Chief's Immediate Transfer, No Reason Given

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Arvind Gunasekar; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday October 18, 2019

Prateek Hajela, the man who led the process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, will be transferred immediately to Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court ordered today.

Told Assam Citizens List Internal Issue, Keeping Eyes Open: Bangladesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 5, 2019

Bangladesh today said it is keeping an eye on developments related to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam even as India conveyed to it that the issue is an internal matter of the country.

200 Foreigners' Tribunals To Be Set Up In 33 Assam Districts: Officials

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 27, 2019

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).

Election Body's Big Reprieve For Thousands Left Out Of Assam Citizens' List

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday September 27, 2019

Registered voters in Assam not included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be marked "doubtful" and can keep voting in elections until a Foreigners' tribunal takes a decision on their case, the Election Commission has decided.

'Why Hindus Excluded From Assam Citizens' List': Trinamool To BJP

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 25, 2019

The Trinamool Congress has asked the BJP to clarify the exclusion of a large number of Hindus in the final National Register of Citizen (NRC) list in Assam, ahead of party chief Amit Shah's scheduled visit to West Bengal.

Tripura Congress Chief Quits, Accuses Boss of Taking BJP's Advice

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday September 24, 2019

Tripura Congress chief Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman has resigned as the party chief, after falling out with the central leadership over the Assam Citizens' list and how the party wants to run its state units in the northeast.

"Shame On BJP For Creating Panic": Mamata Banerjee On Citizens' List

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 23, 2019

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.

"Not Running Dharamshala": BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain On Citizens' List

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday September 20, 2019

Senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain has reinforced Home Minister Amit Shah's resolve to remove illegal immigrants from "every inch" of India, over a week after the final list of people who have made it and who didn't in the Assam citizens' list was published.

Those Left Out Of Assam NRC May Have To Wait Till November For Reason

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday September 19, 2019

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.

"Genuine Voters Left Out": Mamata Banerjee To Amit Shah On Assam NRC

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday September 19, 2019

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged the issue of citizens' register during her meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah today. Pointing out that 19 lakh people, may of whom were "genuine voters" have been left out of the citizenship registry in Assam, she told him that the exercise is not required in Bengal.

Congress Tripura Chief Threatens To Resign Amid Differences Within Party

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday September 18, 2019

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.