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Centre Open To Suggestions On Citizenship Act, Sources Say Amid Protests
Even as fresh violence erupted against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the government has kept itself open to suggestions from the people before draft rules for the law are published.
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No Immediate Plans For Nationwide Citizens' List, Says Amit Shah's Deputy
On a day when India saw massive protests over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, a minister from the Narendra Modi government appeared to voice a softer stand on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), conceding that the centre has no immediate plans to roll it out across country.
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Assam May Reintroduce Citizenship Bill, Says BJP Strategist Himanta Sarma
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 ...
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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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"We Have Lost Hope In NRC's Present Form": Assam Minister Himanta Sarma
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says the National Register of Citizens or NRC - the list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from the northeastern state - cannot be viewed as a "red letter" for the Assamese society.
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Final Assam Citizen List Tomorrow, Tense Wait For Over 41 Lakh: 10 Points
The final Assam citizens' list will be published online at 10 am on Saturday, over a year after the first list that identifies whether a person is an Indian or a foreigner was released. The names of over 41 lakh people don't appear in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam. The announcement of the final NRC list is likely to be the bigge...
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Assam Citizen List Excluded People Spent Rs 7,836 Cr On Hearings: Report
The people in Assam excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens spent Rs 7,836 crore for the hearings and many have been crippled that they will not be able to challenge their exclusion.
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BJP Worried As Many Bengali Hindus Missing From Draft Assam Citizens List
Umakanta Bhowmik, 52, is busy at his small eatery in Garchuk, on the outskirts of Guwahati. He's a Bengali Hindu and a supporter of the BJP from the days of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He and his family are among the 41 lakh people whose names were excluded from the draft Assam citizens' list published last year.
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Family Calls Off Wedding As Groom's Name Missing In Draft Citizens List
A family in Assam's Silchar has called off the wedding of their daughter when the groom failed to provide his citizenship credentials.
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Moved Top Court To Ensure Error-Free Citizens List: Assam Chief Minister
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today defended his government's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court for sample re-verification of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), saying it was done to ensure an error-free document.
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Assam Outs New Citizens' List Data, Says Counting Process Compromised
Draft data of the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam showed many people in the border districts had been included through "'rampant misuse of legacy data", the state government claimed on Thursday, once again alleging irregularities in the list being prepared to weed out illegal settlers.
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25 Lakh People In Assam Seek Re-Verification Of Draft Citizens Register
After nearly 41 lakh people in Assam were left out of the draft National Register of Citizens, about 25 lakh people have sent a petition to the Centre for re-verification and it is under the consideration of the Union Home Ministry.
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"India Can't Be Refugee Capital": Centre To Top Court On Assam NRC List
Lakhs of people have been wrongly included in the draft National Register of Citizens being prepared in Assam to weed out illegal immigrants, centre told the Supreme Court today, asking for more time to finalise the list. "India can't be world's refugee capital," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the top court, appearing on behalf of the central ...
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Martyr's Family Excluded From Assam Citizen List
Sahitya Akademi awardee Durga Khatiwada along with the family members of Baijyanti Devi, the first woman martyr of Assam Agitation, have been excluded from the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an organisation of the Gorkhas said on Sunday.
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Madhumala Das Was The "Foreigner", Assam Cops Arrested Madhubala Mondal
At a time when an additional 1.02 lakh people have been dropped from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, Assam authorities have admitted to yet another incident of "mistaken identity" that resulted in a rightful citizen spending years in detention on suspicion of being a foreigner.
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Centre Open To Suggestions On Citizenship Act, Sources Say Amid Protests
Even as fresh violence erupted against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs today said that the government has kept itself open to suggestions from the people before draft rules for the law are published.
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No Immediate Plans For Nationwide Citizens' List, Says Amit Shah's Deputy
On a day when India saw massive protests over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, a minister from the Narendra Modi government appeared to voice a softer stand on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), conceding that the centre has no immediate plans to roll it out across country.
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Assam May Reintroduce Citizenship Bill, Says BJP Strategist Himanta Sarma
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 ...
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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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"We Have Lost Hope In NRC's Present Form": Assam Minister Himanta Sarma
Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says the National Register of Citizens or NRC - the list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from the northeastern state - cannot be viewed as a "red letter" for the Assamese society.
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Final Assam Citizen List Tomorrow, Tense Wait For Over 41 Lakh: 10 Points
The final Assam citizens' list will be published online at 10 am on Saturday, over a year after the first list that identifies whether a person is an Indian or a foreigner was released. The names of over 41 lakh people don't appear in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam. The announcement of the final NRC list is likely to be the bigge...
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Assam Citizen List Excluded People Spent Rs 7,836 Cr On Hearings: Report
The people in Assam excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens spent Rs 7,836 crore for the hearings and many have been crippled that they will not be able to challenge their exclusion.
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BJP Worried As Many Bengali Hindus Missing From Draft Assam Citizens List
Umakanta Bhowmik, 52, is busy at his small eatery in Garchuk, on the outskirts of Guwahati. He's a Bengali Hindu and a supporter of the BJP from the days of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He and his family are among the 41 lakh people whose names were excluded from the draft Assam citizens' list published last year.
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Family Calls Off Wedding As Groom's Name Missing In Draft Citizens List
A family in Assam's Silchar has called off the wedding of their daughter when the groom failed to provide his citizenship credentials.
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Moved Top Court To Ensure Error-Free Citizens List: Assam Chief Minister
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today defended his government's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court for sample re-verification of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), saying it was done to ensure an error-free document.
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Assam Outs New Citizens' List Data, Says Counting Process Compromised
Draft data of the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam showed many people in the border districts had been included through "'rampant misuse of legacy data", the state government claimed on Thursday, once again alleging irregularities in the list being prepared to weed out illegal settlers.
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25 Lakh People In Assam Seek Re-Verification Of Draft Citizens Register
After nearly 41 lakh people in Assam were left out of the draft National Register of Citizens, about 25 lakh people have sent a petition to the Centre for re-verification and it is under the consideration of the Union Home Ministry.
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"India Can't Be Refugee Capital": Centre To Top Court On Assam NRC List
Lakhs of people have been wrongly included in the draft National Register of Citizens being prepared in Assam to weed out illegal immigrants, centre told the Supreme Court today, asking for more time to finalise the list. "India can't be world's refugee capital," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the top court, appearing on behalf of the central ...
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Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Martyr's Family Excluded From Assam Citizen List
Sahitya Akademi awardee Durga Khatiwada along with the family members of Baijyanti Devi, the first woman martyr of Assam Agitation, have been excluded from the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an organisation of the Gorkhas said on Sunday.
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Madhumala Das Was The "Foreigner", Assam Cops Arrested Madhubala Mondal
At a time when an additional 1.02 lakh people have been dropped from the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, Assam authorities have admitted to yet another incident of "mistaken identity" that resulted in a rightful citizen spending years in detention on suspicion of being a foreigner.
