National Register Of Citizens

As NRC Deadline Nears In Assam, Foreigners' Tribunal Gets 221 New Members

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday August 21, 2019

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

BJP Has Turned Assam Citizens' List Into Wastepaper: Tarun Gogoi

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Wednesday August 21, 2019

The Congress party in Assam has hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing it of turning the National Register of Citizens (NRC) into a "wastepaper" for trying to appease its Hindu vote bank.

Family Calls Off Wedding As Groom's Name Missing In Draft Citizens List

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 20, 2019

A family in Assam's Silchar has called off the wedding of their daughter when the groom failed to provide his citizenship credentials.

Assam Citizens List India's Internal Matter: Foreign Minister Jaishankar

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 20, 2019

The process of documenting and identifying illegal immigrants in Assam is India's "internal matter", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today as he held wide-ranging talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen in Dhaka.

Arrangement Made To Appeal Non-Inclusion In Final NRC List: Home Ministry

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Ahead of the publication of the final list of the National Register of Citizens or NRC later this month, the Union Home Ministry said today that adequate arrangements will be made for people to appeal against non-inclusion in the list of Assam's residents.

Assam Chief Minister Hints At Bringing Law To Plug Citizens' List Gaps

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday indicated that the government may explore legislative options to deal with the wrongful inclusion of some names in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) after its final publication.

Action Likely Against Assam Official Over Irregularities In Citizens List: Report

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 19, 2019

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority is considering recommending strong action against a senior Assam government official for alleged irregularities in checking documents of people from Chamaria and some nearby areas in Kamrup district after which re-verification had to be done, sources told news agency PTI.

Moved Top Court To Ensure Error-Free Citizens List: Assam Chief Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 15, 2019

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.

Top Court Orders Aadhaar-Like Secrecy For Citizens List, Firm On August 31 Deadline

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday August 13, 2019

The Supreme Court today rejected any extension to the August 31 deadline for the publication of the final National Register of Citizens list, and ordered that data collated through the exercise be treated with Aadhaar-like secrecy.

"Want It By August 31": Supreme Court Firm On Citizens Register Deadline

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday August 8, 2019

The Supreme Court today reiterated that Assam authorities must publish the final version of the National Register of Citizens, which aims to identify illegal immigrants, on August 31.

Crucial Hearing On Assam Citizens' List In Supreme Court Today

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday August 8, 2019

The Supreme Court, which is monitoring the updating of the controversial National Register of Citizens or the NRC in Assam, will today once again hear the case today, one of the last hearings on the case before the publication of the final citizens'' list on August 31, a deadline earlier set by the Supreme court.

After Floods, Assam Villagers Get Fresh Citizenship Verification Call

India News | Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday August 5, 2019

The tension in Goraimari, a bustling rural town about 70 km from Guwahati, is palpable. Thousands of people in the area have received fresh re-verification notices for their National Register of Citizens (NRC) credentials, so the authorities can re-check the "legacy data" used to establish their relationship with their ancestors to prove that they ...

India Not "Dharamshala", Citizens' List Needed For Entire Country: BJP

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday August 3, 2019

The BJP has said it will update the National Register of Citizens across the country after the exercise is complete in Assam to weed out illegal migrants from Bangladesh.

Assam Outs New Citizens' List Data, Says Counting Process Compromised

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday August 2, 2019

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.

Centre Gives Month-Extension To Complete Enumeration Of Citizens Register

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 1, 2019

The Centre has given a one-month extension to complete the enumeration process for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by August 31, when the final list of the state's residents will be published.