Two Assam NRC officials arrested in Guwahati for accepting bribe to enter woman’s name in citizenship list
• 6 years agoTwo NRC officials were arrested here Thursday for allegedly accepting bribe from a woman to enter her name in the citizenship list, police said
Of no fixed abode: Beedi worker Fajlul Hoque holds legacy documents from 1942, yet misses NRC ticket in Assam
Syeda Ambia Zahan • 7 years agoThe Assam NRC released on 30 July left out the names of over four million applicants in the final draft, leaving them all fearing for their citizenship.
Congress attacks BJP on Assam NRC, says UPA deported over 80,000 Bangladeshis in 2005-2013
Ians • 7 years agoDaring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah to clarify their stance on Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, Surjewala said: "On one side, they are shedding crocodile tears on NRC and claiming deportation of foreigners, and on the other, Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 seeks to give citizenship to foreigners undoing the entire process of NRC."
Meghalaya activists want NRC, Inner Line Permit in state to detect illegal Bangladeshi immigrants
Ians • 7 years ago"In Assam, the people listed in the EPIC did not have names in the NRC list. There is a high possibility of them to flee from there and settle in Meghalaya," Synrem said.
Claim that updating NRC mandated by Assam Accord false: In this circus, poor and marginalised are being fed to lions
Debarshi Das • 7 years agoThe Accord document, available online, does not even have the phrase “National Register of Citizens” (NRC) or any oblique reference to it. It mentions deletion of foreigners’ name from the electoral rolls
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 10: Assam NRC row disrupts RS proceedings; LS amends law on commercial disputes
Fp Staff • 7 years agoSingh said the NRC was being demanded in Assam for a long time and the previous state government had set up foreign tribunals following the Supreme Court order. He appealed to Opposition members not to create "panic" since it is a "sensitive issue".
Assam NRC final draft released today: Security heightened statewide, 41 lakh names missing from list
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAssam released the final draft of the NRC today. With 41 lakh people left out of the list, the state has beefed up security at NRC centres.
Assam NRC final draft released today: Priority to identify foreigners, no one will go to detention camps, says Sarbananda Sonowal
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe final draft of the National Register of Citizens will be released in Assam on Monday at around noon, reports have claimed, and amid fears of 'deportation' reports, chief minister Sarbnanda Sonowal said that there should not be any insecurity or fear among people because "the entire NRC is being carried out in an impartial, transparent and meticulous manner, and would continue to remain the same".