Assam Nrc

Assam NRC Rejection Slips For 19 Lakh Delayed Over Coronavirus Fears

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday March 20, 2020

Assam NRC delayed again after authorities postpone issuing of rejection slips to the 19 lakh people excluded over coronavirus emergency preparation measures

Man Who Couldn't Attend Citizenship Hearings Freed From Assam Camp

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday March 6, 2020

The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order by a foreigners' tribunal in Assam and freed a man from detention centre and has asked the tribunal for a fresh hearing of his citizenship claims. The court observed that he should get one last chance since he was declared a foreigner in an ex parte order as he never appeared for trial.

Mother's Testimony Can't Prove Assam Woman Is Indian: Gauhati High Court

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday February 28, 2020

Foreigners Tribunal bench of the Gauhati High Court has rejected the citizenship plea of a Muslim woman, upholding the order of a tribunal, despite testimony from her mother

Internal Checks Begin To Find Ineligible People In Assam Citizens' List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday February 23, 2020

After six months of publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the authorities are trying to reopen the process for internal checks to weed out foreigners from the list. The authorities are running the filter before the list is sent for formal notification by the Registrar General of India.

Assam NRC Coordinator's Letter To All Districts Seeks Details Of "Ineligible Persons" In Final List

India News | ANI | Saturday February 22, 2020

Assam NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma has written a letter to Registrars of Citizen Registration of all districts seeking details of "ineligible persons" found in final NRC list.

With Assam Citizens' List Stuck In Limbo, 19 Lakh Languish In Uncertainty

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday February 20, 2020

It has been nearly six months since 41-year-old Muhammad Fakaruddin Khan was excluded from Assam's National Register of Citizens or NRC with around 19 lakh others. However, Mr Khan and lakhs of others like him have been waiting anxiously for the final list to be notified so that they can then appeal their exclusion to the foreigners' tribunals with...

No Home Ministry Appointment, Assam Panel Gives Report To Top Bureaucrat

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday February 20, 2020

A high-power panel formed by the Home Ministry for implementing Clause 6 of the Assam Accord has given its report to Assam Chief Secretary Sanjay Krishna, after the panel members waited for a few days in Delhi but did not get an appointment from the Home Ministry to receive the report, sources have said.

Land, Bank Papers Can't Be Used As Citizenship Proof: Gauhati High Court

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday February 18, 2020

Documents like land revenue receipts, bank statements and Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards cannot be used to show proof of citizenship, the Gauhati High Court has said while rejecting a woman's plea against a tribunal that placed her under the "foreigner" category.

Police Case Against Ex-Assam NRC Coordinator For Forging Data

India News | ANI | Friday February 14, 2020

The police have registered a case against former Assam National Register of Citizens' (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela for forging the documents and final list.

Assam Officials Allege Email Tampering, Data Deletion In Citizens' List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Friday February 14, 2020

The officials of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam are likely to ask the centre to launch an independent probe into suspected cases of "wilful deletion" of data and important emails, people with direct knowledge of the matter have told NDTV.

Assam NRC Data Disappears From Cloud. Home Ministry Says Technical Issue

India News | Ratnadip Choudhury, Neeta Sharma | Wednesday February 12, 2020

The data of the final citizens' list in Assam, published last August, has vanished from the website of the state National Register of Citizens (NRC) where the data was published as mandated by the Supreme Court. The Union Home Ministry said the NRC data is safe and cited "some technical issue in visibility on cloud". The ministry said the problem i...

Assam NRC: Reprieve For Excluded Children If Parents Are In Final List

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 11, 2020

The government has decided not to send to the detention centre, pending a final decision, the children who got excluded from the NRC in Assam but their parents are included.

Assam Planning Survey To Identify Indigenous Muslims To Provide Benefits

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 10, 2020

Assam is likely to conduct an exercise to identify the state's indigenous Muslim population and segregate them from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, even as doubts over the accuracy of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are yet to be addressed.

19 Lakh Face Uncertain Future As Assam Citizens' List Hits 'Deep Freeze'

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday January 23, 2020

Manju Debnath, a migrant and a Bengali Hindu from Nagaon is among the 19 lakh people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. Close to six months after the list was published, the 60-year-old is still anxiously waiting for the notification of the final list.

Population Register Is Citizens' List "In Disguise", Says P Chidambaram

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 18, 2020

Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday that after the "Assam NRC (National Register of Citizens) fiasco", the Narendra Modi government has quickly "changed gears" and is now talking of NPR.