Ratnadip Choudhury

Transgenders Find It Hard To Make It To Assam Citizens' List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday August 14, 2018

Rinki, 29, a transgender in Guwahati, did not find her name in the draft Assam citizens' list. But she is not the only transgender who did not make it to the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam. While Assam is now busy with the claims and objection phase of the NRC, an exercise to identify illegal immigrants, the transgender community in ...

"No More New Documents To Submit," Say People Left Out In Assam List

India News | Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday August 12, 2018

Fourty-eight-year old Sunil Sarkar, atailor by profession in Dimoria village, about 40 km away from Guwahati, has been anxious ever since Assam released its citizen list. His Bengali-Hindu parents migrated from Sylhet, a city earlier in eastern Pakistan and now in eastern Bangladesh, to Assam's Nagaon in the 1960s over "fears of religious persecuti...

Patchy Records, Red Tape Keep Scores Out Of Assam Draft Citizen List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Friday August 3, 2018

Assam's herculean effort to prepare a citizens' list to detect illegal immigrants from mainly Bangladesh has struck many indigenous residents, including prominent ones, off it. Among those who have not made it to the draft National Register of Citizens or NRC are relatives of India's fifth president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and those of noted freedom f...

Check Points Come Up In Meghalaya To Keep Assam "Rejects" At Bay

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday August 3, 2018

Fearing an influx of what they are terming as National Register of Citizens (NRC) rejects from Assam into Meghalaya, the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) set up check points along the highway and border to keep "illegal migrants" away. Travellers from across the border are being stopped and asked about their citizenship status by KSU activists.

Muslims, Hindus Face Similar Citizen's Charter Issues In Assam's Nellie

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Thursday August 2, 2018

As we walk into Nellie, there is an uneasy calm. 39-year-old Ismail and 58-year-old Hamid are relatives whom we meet at a tea stall at Nellie daily market

"Completely Secular Process": Himanta Biswa Sarma On Assam Citizens' List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday July 30, 2018

With about 40 lakh people of the total 3.29 crore not making it to the full draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the big question is what happens next and how the government is going to deal with those who finally lose their citizenship.

40 Lakh Risk Losing Citizenship As Assam Releases Draft List: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday July 30, 2018

Around 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today, and face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship. The state's National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration from neighbouring Bangladesh. Releasing the updated list, official...

In Assam, 1.5 Crore People To Know Citizenship Status Today: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday July 30, 2018

The future of nearly 1.5 crore people in Assam is on the line as the government prepares to release the final list of Indian citizens in the state today. Most of them may not find their names in the National Register of Citizens, updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration into Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh. The upda...

Alerted By Facebook, Assam Police Stops Girl From Committing Suicide

Cities | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Thursday July 26, 2018

A girl who had posted on Facebook that she was going to commit suicide was saved by the police just in time after the social media giant's US-based headquarters alerted them.

In Football-Crazy Meghalaya, A Baby League Is Making It Big

Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday July 23, 2018

The baby league is the brainchild of the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF), aimed to create competitive football eco systems at the grassroots.

Manipur University Protests Intensify, Internet Suspended For Five Days

Cities | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Friday July 20, 2018

The Manipur Government ordered the suspension of all telecom services except voice calls for five days in the wake of escalating protest demanding the ouster of Manipur University Vice-Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey. Last night there was an agitated confrontation between the student protestors and the police.

BJP Lawmaker's Daughter Among 19 Arrested In Assam's Cash-For-Jobs Scam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday July 19, 2018

19 civil and police service officers in Assam, including a BJP lawmaker's daughter, have been arrested in Guwahati in connection with the multi-crore civil service job scam in the state.

Behind Wave Of Fake Mob Killings, Worrying Role Of Local Media

India News | Written by Uma Sudhir, Ratnadip Chaudhary and Shruti Menon | Sunday July 15, 2018

A journalist in north Maharashtra who created a fake video. Local stringers in Jharkhand and Hyderabad who sent out alarmist messages. A 'lone wolf' in Assam who summoned a mob.

6 Arrested In Assam After Man Lynched For Objecting To Bursting Of Cracker

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday July 12, 2018

Six people were arrested on Wednesday after a man was beaten to death in Assam's Nalbari district when he objected to bursting of crackers at a wedding.

Assam IPS Officer's Brother Joins Hizbul Mujahideen In Kashmir

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Sheikh Zaffar Iqbal | Tuesday July 10, 2018

When a picture of 25-year-old Shamsul Haq Mengnoo holding an AK-47 rifle went viral on social media in Kashmir on Sunday, shockwaves were felt all the way in Assam.