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Mar 13, 2019
Fear of NRC exclusion continues to push Assam's poor over the edge, 20 suicides reported in past 6 months
The updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam has become a source of stress and anxiety for segments of the state’s population. -
Mar 02, 2019
Against the India Idea
The fact that majority of the people in the northeastern states came out vehemently against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 (now lapsed in Rajya Sabha), is a strong indication that they saw through the ulterior design of the religion-based legislature -
Mar 02, 2019
Correct Past Wrongs
Even after seven long decades, our national leaders have miserably failed in fulfilling their promise that Partition victims would be given protection in the land that they considered their own. -
Feb 24, 2019
'Stand to protect India, but seen as doubtful citizen': Army soldier who served at Siachen fighting to prove citizenship in Assam
Shahidul Islam, hailing from Assam’s Barpeta district, has served in Baramulla in north Kashmir, and at the Siachen Glacier. "I have been posted in Kashmir, Kargil, and Siachen. I love my country and stand to protect it. But back home (in Assam), I am (seen as) a doubtful citizen," he said. -
Feb 21, 2019
After being rejected by UK, Islamic State teen bride Shamima Begum denied citizenship by Bangladesh
Tasnime Akunjee, a lawyer for Begum's family, earlier said the teen was born in Britain and had never had a Bangladeshi passport. -
Feb 21, 2019
US denies entry to Alabama woman who joined Islamic State saying she is not an American citizen; Donald Trump supports ban
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday on Twitter that he was behind the decision to deny her entry, tweeting that "I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!" -
Feb 11, 2019
Citizenship bill protest: Six women injured in Manipur's Imphal following clash with cops; Section 144 imposed
Six women sustained injuries when the police fired tear gas shells, smoke bombs in Imphal to disperse protesters demanding withdrawal of the citizenship bill -
Jan 10, 2019
Citizenship Amendment Bill: 3 AGP ministers resign from Assam govt, say can't go against interest of Assamese people
Three Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Ministers resigned from the Assam Cabinet Wednesday, two days after their party exited the government over the Citizenship Amendment Bill -
Dec 13, 2018
Union minister Giriraj Singh supports Meghalaya HC's 'Hindu rashtra' judgment on granting Indian citizenship
Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday sparked controversy when he supported Meghalaya High Court's 'Hindu rashtra' judgment. -
Aug 11, 2018
Of no fixed abode: 45-year-old domestic help Ganga Paswan worries for daughters' future as family is excluded from NRC
The exclusion of Ganga Paswan's family from the final draft of the Assam NRC has hit them hard.
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