Govt gives powers to DMs to form their own foreigners’ tribunals

The ministry of home affairs laid out specific guidelines to detect, detain and deport foreign nationals staying illegally across India, with Assam’s National Register of Citizens as the backdrop. Read More
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Supreme Court slams Centre not cooperating with NRC process

The Centre had asked for suspension of the NRC work for two weeks as “the central armed police forces will be engaged in the election duty.” Read More
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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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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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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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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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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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