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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court raps government for ‘destroying’ NRC process

CJI said even if 2,700 out of the available 3,000 paramilitary companies are required, there are still 300 companies of the CAPF left with the govt.

06 Feb 2019 2:35 AM

Sporspersons take a selfie with chief minister Mamata Banerjee during the award and prize distribution ceremony at Netaji Indoor stadium on Monday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

CM Mamata Banerjee terms NRC poll gimmick, says won’t allow it in Bengal

Banerjee also complained that the clubs have stopped receiving sponsors in fear of getting hounded by the central agencies for details.

29 Jan 2019 1:39 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the people of Assam that no genuine citizen will be left out of the NRC and hoped that the citizenship bill will be soon get Parliament’s nod. (Photo: Twitter/BJP4India)

Govt still firm on Citizenship Bill, says Modi

However, the bill has been widely hailed by people’s groups in the Barak Valley, where Bengali Hindus are the dominant group in the population.

05 Jan 2019 1:21 AM

Women queue up to verify their names in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens at Morigoan. (Photo: PTI)

31 lakh left out of Assam NRC register claims

The NRC is being updated based on March 24, 1971 as the cutoff date.

02 Jan 2019 1:12 AM

In a notification, the Registrar General of India said the decision has been taken as the exercise to enumerate citizens in the NRC, a list of Assam's residents, could not be completed within the specified date of December 31, 2018. (Photo: PTI | File)

Centre gives 6-month extension to complete update of NRC by June 30

The draft NRC was published on July 30 and included the names of 2.9 crore people out of the total 3.29 crore applications.

27 Dec 2018 2:07 PM

Centre in fix over citizenship bill, fate of NRC issue

Security sources said that home ministry was awaiting direction from the political leadership which has kept the issue on hold.

09 Nov 2018 1:34 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

As ‘new aliens’ emerge in Assam, Mamata vs BJP tussle expands

The Supreme Court has asked for a revision and the politics around this has grown heated.

07 Nov 2018 12:49 AM

Security sources said that these youths were playing Ludo in a village shop when the Ulfa(I) militants picked them up on gun-point. (Representational image)

Assam: Five youths lined up, shot dead by Ulfa

The massacre is being attributed to the growing polarisation in Assam over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and National Register of Citizens.

02 Nov 2018 6:20 AM

The top court has also fixed a timeline for issuance of notices to claimants as January 15, 2019, and verification of documents as February 1, 2019. (Photo: File)

Supreme Court nod to five new proofs, Dec 15 NRC deadline

The apex court has now given 20 more days to complete the exercise whose 60-day deadline was supposed to end by November 25.

02 Nov 2018 2:15 AM

The family of the victim said that he was upset after he received a notice from the foreigners’ tribunal in Udalguri that he was a suspected foreigner and will have to prove his citizenship.

Assam: Asked to prove nationality, man commits suicide

Debnath’s name had appeared in the complete draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on July 30, the police said.

30 Oct 2018 12:52 AM

Illegal migrants not same as refugees: Smriti Irani

The issue flared a few months ago when the draft published by NRC said that 40 lakh people lacked valid papers.

24 Oct 2018 2:16 AM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Rajnath Singh, Mamata Banerjee discuss NRC, other major issues

A financial package demanded by the West Bengal government from the Centre.

02 Oct 2018 5:30 AM

Assam NRC: SC orders filing of claims from September 25

All these documents should be of the relevant period up to the midnight of March 24, 1971.

20 Sep 2018 1:54 AM

The bench, which has now posted the matter for hearing on October 23, has sought the view of Prateek Hajela, coordinator of Assam NRC, on the stance of the central government with regard to applicability and non-applicability of certain documents for inclusion of names in the NRC. (Photo: File)

SC gives 60-day window to file claims for Assam’s NRC

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman said the process will commence on September 25 and remain open for 60 days.

19 Sep 2018 4:18 PM

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das (Photo: PTI)

Jharkhand CM calls for updation of NRC

Das claimed that to control the cyber crime in the country illegal Bangladeshis must be sent back to their country.

18 Sep 2018 6:46 AM

Storm over new, pruned NRC list on proof papers

Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that Mr Hajela’s submission negates the decisions taken under the Assam Accord, 1985.

15 Sep 2018 4:55 AM

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee along with other ministers during a programme organised by the “Bihari Samaj” at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Friday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

No discrimination against Biharis: CM Banerjee

A total of five FIRs have been registered against Banerjee for her comments on NRC exercise since its publication on July 30.

08 Sep 2018 6:31 AM

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Supreme Court allows fresh NRC claim with new documents

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal submitted that the Government of India is interested in the full report.

06 Sep 2018 1:48 AM

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses the TMC Chhatra Parisad foundation day rally at Mayo Road in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo:Asian Age)

Won’t allow NRC, Bengal tigers will fight back: CM Banerjee

Training guns on the Modi government Ms Banerjee alleged, “Forget the Emergency during Indira Gandhi’s rule.

29 Aug 2018 6:01 AM

The NRC exercise itself is flawed with innumerable cases of haphazard and arbitrary inclusions and exclusions coming into view.

If NRC is mishandled, N-E may erupt again

As commonly perceived, the NRC issue is not merely a problem of illegal migrants.

29 Aug 2018 1:30 AM

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