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Supreme Court raps NRC officials over media briefings

The SC threatened them of contempt action if they speak to press on the Assam NRC without prior permission of the top...

8 Aug 2018 2:02 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna (State Secretariat) in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Tales of dissent: CM Banerjee writes poem against NRC, BJP govt

CM Banerjee launches a sarcastic attack with 'cow dung ownership'

7 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

Samajwadi Party President aAkhilesh Yadav and Aparna Yadav

Fissures appear once again in Samajwadi clan

Aparna Yadav has supported the NRC draft list and has said that Ms Banerjee should not support the presence of illegal...

6 Aug 2018 3:11 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

NRC: What will happen to those left out?

Despite best of intentions there ostensibly were operational difficulties in complying with the directions of the...

5 Aug 2018 12:03 AM IST

NRC authorities said there was no legacy data of the former CM available with them and as such it was not possible for them to ascertain whether she and her family members had applied for inclusion of their names in the draft NRC. (Photo: PTI)

Assam's lone woman chief minister's name missing from NRC list

Syeda Anwara Taimur had headed Assam govt from December 1980 to June 1981. She has been living in Australia with her son...

4 Aug 2018 11:33 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addresses at a conference on Role of Defence Public Sector Undertakings and Ordnance Factory Boards in Supporting Central Armed Forces organised by the Department of Defence Production at DRDO Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

'Vested interests' creating a climate of fear, says Centre

NRC process fair, no Indian will be left out, says Rajnath Singh.

4 Aug 2018 1:14 AM IST

AAP supporters protest in front of Assam Bhavan in Kolkata on Friday against the NRC issue. (Photo: Asian Age)

Trinamul Congress plans 'black day' to protest 'manhandling'

The 8-member team said they were treated as 'infiltrators'.

4 Aug 2018 12:39 AM IST

Footage from the Silchar airport shows women lawmakers in the Trinamool delegation running as they were chased and restrained by policewomen. (Photo: PTI)

After overnight detention, jostling at Silchar airport, TMC team flies...

8 Trinamool lawmakers were detained at Silchar airport after they had gone to Assam to campaign against the draft NRC.

3 Aug 2018 10:24 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

BJP MP seeks NRC across country; uproar in House

The TMC said it is planning to move a privilege motion in Lok Sabha on Friday against the detention of its MPs in Assam.

3 Aug 2018 6:10 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee in spot over 'U-turn on illegals'

2005 video shows Mamata taking contradictory position on Bangladeshi migrants.

3 Aug 2018 5:51 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

NRC and the nativity test in Assam

For the past four decades, Assam has been a witness to the murky politics of citizenship.

3 Aug 2018 5:22 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

Centre submits SOPs to deal with NRC claims, objections

In case a person already has Aadhaar number who is also a part of the claim his Aadhaar number will be obtained.

15 Aug 2018 12:28 AM IST