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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Protests in northeast makes Centre to look for states’ consent

Citizenship Bill: NE protests force Centre to look for states’ consent

With protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 showing no signs of dying down in the northeast, the Centre is now seeking to allay public’s fears by saying that foreigners would not be granted Indian citizenship without the consent of state governments concerned. Read More

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Now, BJP members also oppose Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in northeast

Now, BJP members also oppose Citizenship Bill in northeast

Central government is now facing backlash from its own party leaders in Assam against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which the Lok Sabha passed on January 8. Read More

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Artists across Assam raise their voices against Citizenship Amendment Bill

Artists across Assam raise their voices against Citizenship Bill

Artists from various cultural spheres in Assam have joined hands to strong protest against the Indian Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led NDA government is pushing for. Read More

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Lok Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, northeast observes shutdown in protest

Lok Sabha passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, NE in shutdown

Apart from the opposition Congress and the Left parties, several other parties, including some BJP allies, vehemently opposed the bill. Read More

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Assam rights body slams Centre’s decision to allow collectors to grant citizenship to minorities from neighbouring countries

Assam body slams Centre for nod to collectors to grant citizenship

The Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha has criticized the government over its notification on allowing some district collectors of seven states to grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries, including Bangladesh and Pakistan. Read More

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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal says ‘millions of illegal migrants’ have settled across India, demands NRC in other states

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal pitches for NRC in other states

After the successful completion of National Register of Citizens exercise in Assam, the state’s chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, demanded that NRC be introduced at national level. He claimed that “millions of illegal migrants” have settled in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Delhi and the northeast Read More

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Assam NRC row: Amit Shah dares opposition parties make their stand clear on illegal migrants

Shah dares opposition to clear their stand on illegal migrants

BJP president Amit Shah slammed the opposition parties for their “vote-bank politics” over Assam’s National Register of Citizens and dared them to make their stand clear on “illegal Bangladeshis” in the country. Read More

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Assam NRC row: Mamata Banerjee warns of ‘bloodbath and civil war’ in the country

Mamata warns of ‘bloodbath and civil war’ over Assam NRC

The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, expressed serious concern over the fact that over 40 lakh people, who applied for their names to be included in the citizens’ database, were left out of the list. Read More

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Assam NRC: Opposition draws sword against BJP-led Modi government

Opposition draws sword against Modi government over Assam NRC

The release of the final draft of Assam’s NRC has got the opposition in war mode against the BJP-led Modi government at the Centre. The draft, released on July 30, saw 40 lakh people, who applied for their names to be included in the list, left out of the citizens’ database. Read More

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NRC: Assam releases final draft, 40 lakh people left out of citizens’ list

Assam releases final draft of citizens’ list, 40 lakh left out

The BJP government in Assam released the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Around 2.89 crore people out of the state’s 3.29 who applied found themselves on the list. This means, around 40 lakh people in the state have ceased to be Indian citizens. Read More

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