Assam Nrc

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.

"Hand Over Body To Bangladesh": Family Of Man Declared Foreigner In Assam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday October 16, 2019

The family of a mentally unstable man who died on Sunday while in detention after being declared a foreigner in Assam's Tezpur, has refused to accept his body unless the administration declares him a citizen.

Man Declared Foreigner Dies In Assam, Family Refuses To Accept Body

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday October 14, 2019

The family of a man who died while in detention after being declared a foreigner, has refused to accept his body unless the administration declares him a Indian citizen. Dulal Chandra Paul, a 65-year-old man from Alisinga village of Assam's Sonitpur district, died at the Guwahati Medical College on Sunday after an illness.

Assam Chief Minister Assures Legal Support To Those Not In Citizens' List

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 12, 2019

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday assured that the state government will provide legal support to those excluded from the final list of the National Register of Citizens of India (NRC).

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.

Assam May Reintroduce Citizenship Bill, Says BJP Strategist Himanta Sarma

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Wednesday September 25, 2019

A day after Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the BJP plans to reintroduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill by November, he said the draft bill will be tweaked and more conditions added. "Citizenship Bill will be moved in parliament once again, but it will have a lot of new features. It will have a cut-off date of December 30, 2014. It will be ...

"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.

Will Implement Assam-Like Citizens' List In Haryana, Says Chief Minister

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Aditya Sharma | Sunday September 15, 2019

A citizens' list, along the lines of the recently published Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC, will be prepared in Haryana to check illegal immigration, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday, weeks after the contentious list left more than 19 lakh people facing statelessness.

Full Assam Citizens' List With All 3.30 Crore Applicants Published

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday September 14, 2019

The individual statuses of the 3.30 crore people who were part of the NRC exercise in Assam that was meant to root out illegal immigrants in the state has been published online

After 223 Stopped At Border, Meghalaya Fears Spillover From Assam NRC

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday September 11, 2019

The NRC exercise in Assam has led to pressure on its border with Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma informed the state assembly, adding that people had been stopped at check posts because they lacked documents to establish their citizenship

Women From Other States Married In Assam Excluded From NRC: Mukul Sangma

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 10, 2019

Senior Congress leader Mukul Sangma on Tuesday claimed that the final National Register of Citizens has left out all the Indian women who had come to Assam as brides from other states of the country.

"Every Single Illegal Immigrant Will Be Thrown Out": Amit Shah In Assam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday September 8, 2019

Home Minister Amit Shah said the centre would ensure "every single illegal immigrant is thrown out" of the country, breaking his silence over the NRC list that was released on August 31 and declared more than 19 lakh people as foreigners

Amit Shah In Assam Today, His First Visit Since Release Of Citizens' List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shyaja Varma | Sunday September 8, 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah isin Assam today, his first visit since the citizens' list to identify illegal immigrants in the state was released. The National Register of Citizens or NRC had left out over 19 lakh people.