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Supreme Court directs Centre, Assam government to file status report on Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres
• 5 years agoThe Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre and the Assam government to file a fresh report with regard to the status of release of Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres as per its earlier order
Amid nationwide protests, no decision on preparing National Register of Citizens at national level, says Ministry of Home Affairs
• 5 years agoThe government has not taken any decision on preparing a nationwide NRC, it reiterated in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, amid protests against the citizens' register in the country
Anti-CAA protests a result of people's suspicion about Narendra Modi govt's intentions, says ex-FM Yashwant Sinha
• 5 years agoThe Vajpayee government was never questioned for amending the Citizenship Act in 2003, but suspicion about the Modi govt's intentions led to nationwide protests, former minister Yashwant Sinha said in Mumbai on Friday
Govt to conduct NPR along with Census 2021: All you need to know about NRC, National Population Register and how they are linked
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHow similar or different is NRC from NPR, a nationwide process, which the government announced will be conducted along with Census 2021, Firstpost takes a look
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today, how 'fence-sitters' Shiv Sena, BJD, JD(U) will affect votes in Upper House
Fp Staff • 5 years agoUnion Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to table the much-debated Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and the ruling government will make efforts to ensure that the lack of majority in the Upper House does not become an obstacle in its aim to fulfill a key election promise. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha at midnight on Tuesday amid vehement objections from the Opposition.
CAG detects 'irregularities' worth Rs 100 crore during National Register of Citizens exercise in Assam: Report
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has uncovered alleged irregularities worth Rs 100 crore during the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise.
ILP areas of Arunachal, Nagaland, Mizoram to be exempted from Citizenship Amendment Bill; draft legislation to come up in Lok Sabha on 9 Dec
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe main objective of the ILP system is to prevent settlement of other Indian nationals in the three states in order to protect the indigenous population
NRC will be done across India, Amit Shah tells Rajya Sabha, 'but Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi refugees will get citizenship under CAB'
• 5 years agoHome Minister Amit Shah said the government accepts that refugees - Hindu, Buddhists, Jain, Christians, Sikhs and Parsis - who left Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan due to religious atrocities should get Indian citizenship
Hitesh Dev Sharma replaces Prateek Hajela as Assam NRC coordinator, will oversee appeals against exclusion in final list
• 5 years agoAssam Civil Service officer Hitesh Dev Sharma was on Saturday appointed as the NRC State Coordinator in place of Prateek Hajela, who ensured publication of the final version of the National Register of Citizens on 31 August under supervision of the Supreme Court
US Congress critical of India on Kashmir: Beyond concern for human rights lies domestic political compulsions and Islamist agenda
Sreemoy Talukdar • 5 years agoOmar called India's decision on Kashmir part of 'BJP's Hindu nationalism project' and wanted to know why the Trump administration is not pressing India on holding a plebiscite in Kashmir to give Kashmiris the right to self-determination