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"Doomsday Moment": 19 Illegal Immigrants Caught In Assam Sent To Bangladesh
At a time when anti-India protests are being held in Bangladesh in the aftermath of activist Sharif Osman Hadi killing, the Assam Police and Border Security Force (BSF) have carried out a joint operation and sent 19 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh
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Assam To Withdraw Foreigner Tribunal Cases Against Indigenous Koch-Rajbongshi Community
In an unprecedented move, the Assam government has decided to withdraw cases against members of the Koch-Rajbongshi community which are pending in the Foreigners Tribunals.
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"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
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Woman Declared Indian Now Called Foreigner. Court Pulls Up Assam Tribunal
A Foreigners' Tribunal's flip flop on a woman in Assam -- first declaring her an Indian and less than five years later a foreigner -- has irked the Gauhati High Court, which ordered her release from the detention camp and pulled up the tribunal.
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Court Gives Assam 45 Days To Complete Facility To House "Foreigners"
The Gauhati High Court has given the Assam government 45 days to complete the construction of a facility to house "illegal foreigners" in Goalpara district.
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Tribunals Declared 1.29 Lakh As Foreigners In Assam: Nityanand Rai
A total of 1,29,009 people were declared foreigners by various foreigners tribunals in Assam till October this year and 1,14,225 others were declared Indian citizens, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Restrictions On Foreign Journalists Covering Assam Remain After NRC: RTI
Foreign journalists trying to cover Assam in the months following the National Citizens' List continue to be barred from the state, an RTI reply has revealed. This comes days after Centre has indicated that the NRC, which excluded more than 19 lakh people in Assam, could be carried out afresh in the state along with the rest of the country.
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As NRC Deadline Nears In Assam, Foreigners' Tribunal Gets 221 New Members
On Tuesday, the Gauhati High Court appointed 221 new members to 100 existing and 121 new Foreigners Tribunals (FT) in Assam, in a significant development that comes with less than two weeks to go the publication of the NRC
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Ex-Soldier Declared "Foreigner" In Assam Released From Detention Centre
Mohammad Sanaullah, the retired Indian Army soldier who was declared an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and sent to a detention centre in Assam last month, was released today on bail. The Gauhati High Court, which ordered his release yesterday, had also issued notices to the centre and the state government.
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Supreme Court Pulls Up Assam Top Bureaucrat In Foreigners' Detention Case
The senior-most bureaucrat in the Assam government was pulled up the Supreme Court today in a case relating to detention of foreigners who have illegally entered the country. The top court questioned the absence of the Chief Secretary for the hearing and asked him to appear before it on April 8.
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Assam Government Gives Two Different Figures On Number Of Foreigners
The Assam government today gave two different figures in the state Assembly on the number of foreigners detected in the state.
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"Doomsday Moment": 19 Illegal Immigrants Caught In Assam Sent To Bangladesh
At a time when anti-India protests are being held in Bangladesh in the aftermath of activist Sharif Osman Hadi killing, the Assam Police and Border Security Force (BSF) have carried out a joint operation and sent 19 illegal immigrants to Bangladesh
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Assam To Withdraw Foreigner Tribunal Cases Against Indigenous Koch-Rajbongshi Community
In an unprecedented move, the Assam government has decided to withdraw cases against members of the Koch-Rajbongshi community which are pending in the Foreigners Tribunals.
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"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
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Woman Declared Indian Now Called Foreigner. Court Pulls Up Assam Tribunal
A Foreigners' Tribunal's flip flop on a woman in Assam -- first declaring her an Indian and less than five years later a foreigner -- has irked the Gauhati High Court, which ordered her release from the detention camp and pulled up the tribunal.
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Court Gives Assam 45 Days To Complete Facility To House "Foreigners"
The Gauhati High Court has given the Assam government 45 days to complete the construction of a facility to house "illegal foreigners" in Goalpara district.
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Tribunals Declared 1.29 Lakh As Foreigners In Assam: Nityanand Rai
A total of 1,29,009 people were declared foreigners by various foreigners tribunals in Assam till October this year and 1,14,225 others were declared Indian citizens, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Restrictions On Foreign Journalists Covering Assam Remain After NRC: RTI
Foreign journalists trying to cover Assam in the months following the National Citizens' List continue to be barred from the state, an RTI reply has revealed. This comes days after Centre has indicated that the NRC, which excluded more than 19 lakh people in Assam, could be carried out afresh in the state along with the rest of the country.
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As NRC Deadline Nears In Assam, Foreigners' Tribunal Gets 221 New Members
On Tuesday, the Gauhati High Court appointed 221 new members to 100 existing and 121 new Foreigners Tribunals (FT) in Assam, in a significant development that comes with less than two weeks to go the publication of the NRC
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Ex-Soldier Declared "Foreigner" In Assam Released From Detention Centre
Mohammad Sanaullah, the retired Indian Army soldier who was declared an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and sent to a detention centre in Assam last month, was released today on bail. The Gauhati High Court, which ordered his release yesterday, had also issued notices to the centre and the state government.
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Supreme Court Pulls Up Assam Top Bureaucrat In Foreigners' Detention Case
The senior-most bureaucrat in the Assam government was pulled up the Supreme Court today in a case relating to detention of foreigners who have illegally entered the country. The top court questioned the absence of the Chief Secretary for the hearing and asked him to appear before it on April 8.
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Assam Government Gives Two Different Figures On Number Of Foreigners
The Assam government today gave two different figures in the state Assembly on the number of foreigners detected in the state.
