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Assam Agents Use Dead Man's ID To Get Passport For Bangladeshi Man, Arrested
Two men have been arrested in Assam for allegedly trying to get an Indian passport for a Bangladeshi national using fake documents created in the name of an Indian citizen who had passed away.
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Assam Cops Arrest 2 For Forging Passport Documents For Bangladeshi National
Assam Police have arrested two persons, both Indian nationals from Assam's Sribhumi district, for allegedly attempting to obtain an Indian passport for a Bangladeshi citizen using forged documents created in the name of a dead Indian citizen.
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Assam Woman Declared Indian After 6 Years Following Name Mismatch In Voter List
A name mismatch in multiple voters' list had led to the declaration of a woman in Assam as an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh in 2017, only to be acknowledged as an Indian citizen based on circumstantial evidence six years later, officials said.
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Assam Family's Struggle To Prove They Are Indians. For The 3rd Time.
Three members of a family in Assam have been served a notice for illegally entering India. The notice, served on June 8, stated they entered India illegally between January 1, 1966 and March 23, 1971.
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Assam Woman, Whose Son's Suicide Raised By PM Modi In 2014, Declared Indian Citizen
An 83-year-old woman has finally won her long battle to prove that she is an Indian citizen. Akol Rani Namasudra, a resident of Assam's Cachar district, was on Wednesday recognised as an Indian citizen by the Foreigners' Tribunal of Silchar.
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Assam Man Fighting Legal Battle To Prove He Was Indian Dies By Suicide
Manik Das of Borkhal village near Jagi Raod had a small business at the Jagi road dry-fish market in Morigaon district. His family claims "frustration and mental torture" had forced him to suicide.
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Over Rs 1,500 Crore Spent On Updating National Register of Citizens: Assam
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that Rs 1527.90 crore has been spent so far on updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an official record of bonafide Indian citizens living in the state.
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Photo On Assam Government Website Sparks Calls For Removal
Demands are being made for the removal of a photograph taken during the 2012 Bodoland violence from an Assam government website, with many saying that the manner in which it has been used shows "Indian citizens as foreigners".
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15 Official Documents Can't Prove She's Indian: Assam Woman's Ordeal
A 50-year-old woman living in a remote corner of Assam, who has trouble feeding her family, has been fighting a lone battle- to prove that she is a citizen of India. Declared a foreigner by Assam's Foreigners' Tribunal, Jabeda Begum lost the battle in Gauhati High Court and now, the Supreme Court looks too far away.
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No Plans For Pan-India NRC For Now, Government Tells Parliament
There are no plans for now to conduct a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise, the government said in parliament today. "Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens at the national level," Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, said in a written reply.
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"Don't Get Misled": Government's Unsigned Document On NRC Amid Protests
Amid nationwide protests against the Citizenship law and the centre's plans for a National Register of Citizens (NRC), sources in the government put out a list of FAQs in an attempt to clear the air on the controversial measures. "Do not get misled, do not fall victim to misinformation," warns the fact-sheet, tackling 13 questions including whether...
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Plea For Humane Facilities At 6 Assam Detention Camps
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in a petition seeking humane facilities at six detention centres in Assam for those who do not qualify as Indian citizens as per the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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"Will Protect Genuine Indians": Assam Chief Minister On Citizenship Law
The Assam government is committed to protecting "genuine" Indian citizens, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said today in a lengthy video appeal for peace posted on his Twitter account
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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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Man Declared Foreigner Dies In Assam, Family Refuses To Accept Body
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.
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Assam Agents Use Dead Man's ID To Get Passport For Bangladeshi Man, Arrested
Two men have been arrested in Assam for allegedly trying to get an Indian passport for a Bangladeshi national using fake documents created in the name of an Indian citizen who had passed away.
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Assam Cops Arrest 2 For Forging Passport Documents For Bangladeshi National
Assam Police have arrested two persons, both Indian nationals from Assam's Sribhumi district, for allegedly attempting to obtain an Indian passport for a Bangladeshi citizen using forged documents created in the name of a dead Indian citizen.
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Assam Woman Declared Indian After 6 Years Following Name Mismatch In Voter List
A name mismatch in multiple voters' list had led to the declaration of a woman in Assam as an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh in 2017, only to be acknowledged as an Indian citizen based on circumstantial evidence six years later, officials said.
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Assam Family's Struggle To Prove They Are Indians. For The 3rd Time.
Three members of a family in Assam have been served a notice for illegally entering India. The notice, served on June 8, stated they entered India illegally between January 1, 1966 and March 23, 1971.
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Assam Woman, Whose Son's Suicide Raised By PM Modi In 2014, Declared Indian Citizen
An 83-year-old woman has finally won her long battle to prove that she is an Indian citizen. Akol Rani Namasudra, a resident of Assam's Cachar district, was on Wednesday recognised as an Indian citizen by the Foreigners' Tribunal of Silchar.
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Assam Man Fighting Legal Battle To Prove He Was Indian Dies By Suicide
Manik Das of Borkhal village near Jagi Raod had a small business at the Jagi road dry-fish market in Morigaon district. His family claims "frustration and mental torture" had forced him to suicide.
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Over Rs 1,500 Crore Spent On Updating National Register of Citizens: Assam
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that Rs 1527.90 crore has been spent so far on updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an official record of bonafide Indian citizens living in the state.
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Photo On Assam Government Website Sparks Calls For Removal
Demands are being made for the removal of a photograph taken during the 2012 Bodoland violence from an Assam government website, with many saying that the manner in which it has been used shows "Indian citizens as foreigners".
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15 Official Documents Can't Prove She's Indian: Assam Woman's Ordeal
A 50-year-old woman living in a remote corner of Assam, who has trouble feeding her family, has been fighting a lone battle- to prove that she is a citizen of India. Declared a foreigner by Assam's Foreigners' Tribunal, Jabeda Begum lost the battle in Gauhati High Court and now, the Supreme Court looks too far away.
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No Plans For Pan-India NRC For Now, Government Tells Parliament
There are no plans for now to conduct a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise, the government said in parliament today. "Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens at the national level," Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, said in a written reply.
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"Don't Get Misled": Government's Unsigned Document On NRC Amid Protests
Amid nationwide protests against the Citizenship law and the centre's plans for a National Register of Citizens (NRC), sources in the government put out a list of FAQs in an attempt to clear the air on the controversial measures. "Do not get misled, do not fall victim to misinformation," warns the fact-sheet, tackling 13 questions including whether...
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Plea For Humane Facilities At 6 Assam Detention Camps
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in a petition seeking humane facilities at six detention centres in Assam for those who do not qualify as Indian citizens as per the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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"Will Protect Genuine Indians": Assam Chief Minister On Citizenship Law
The Assam government is committed to protecting "genuine" Indian citizens, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said today in a lengthy video appeal for peace posted on his Twitter account
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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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Man Declared Foreigner Dies In Assam, Family Refuses To Accept Body
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.
