Assam NRC

Friday, Apr 19, 2024 | Last Update : 10:56 AM IST

According to NRC officials, 1,032 ineligible persons identified by it in last year's updated NRC are either ‘declared foreigners’, marked as ‘D voters’ or having cases pending at FTs (PTI)

Most of Assam’s 19 lakh NRC rejects can cast votes in 2021 polls

Unless foreigners tribunal declares a person as foreigner, his or her name will be there in the voter list even after exclusion from the NRC

24 Dec 2020 5:00 AM

Members of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) take part in a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), in Nagaon District of Assam, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (PTI)

Fresh anti-CAA agitation resumes in Assam, set to intensify further

Most in Assam are opposed to the CAA because it provides for Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan

12 Dec 2020 4:43 AM

Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Five year term was not enough for BJP govt to drive out Mughals from Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Sarma told reporters that his government has decided to approach the SC after the polls next year for complete re-verification of NRC

06 Nov 2020 2:26 PM

He also explained the difference between the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), saying they are two different things. (Photo: ANI)

Citizenship Act has nothing to do with Muslims living in India: Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid

Bukhari urged the people, including the youth, to not be provoked by nefarious elements.

18 Dec 2019 11:19 AM

Baghel further stated that just like Mahatma Gandhi started a movement in South Africa, he would oppose "kale angrez" (black foreigners) here. (Photo: ANI)

Will be first to not sign NRC document, we'll oppose 'kale angrez': C'garh CM

Earlier this month, Baghel had said that the BJP only engages in divisive politics in the name of religion.

18 Dec 2019 8:38 AM

Talking to reporters outside the Vidhan Bhawan here, he said an "atmosphere of fear" was being created with such actions. (Photo: File)

‘Reminded Jallianwala Bagh’: Uddhav on police crackdown on Jamia students

Thackeray said the youth are the country's future and they have a lot of potential.

17 Dec 2019 3:12 PM

Around 19 lakh people had been left out of the NRC in Assam.

Assam protests due to politics of xenophobia

The protests in Assam and Meghalaya were against the Citizenship Amendment Act alone.

17 Dec 2019 7:45 AM

She requested people to join the movement in a peaceful manner within the ambit of the law. (Photo: File)

Mamata claims people took money from BJP for perpetrating violence over CAA

'We will never allow NRC and CAA in Bengal,' Banerjee said as she read out an 'oath' for her party workers.

16 Dec 2019 12:23 PM

People enquire about the documents to be submitted at a foreigners tribunal in Assam. (Photo: PTI)

NRC can’t be India’s top priority now

The failed Assam NRC exercise should jolt the government into realising the disastrous effects if implemented nationally.

01 Dec 2019 7:56 AM

A file photo of people filing documents at an NRC centre in Assam.

Assam: Fate of 19 lakh out of NRC list unclear

Justice Gogoi said there was an “urgent need” to identify the illegal migrants in Assam.

21 Nov 2019 1:22 AM

In a report on the religious freedom implications of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the USCIRF said 1.9 million names of residents of Assam have been left off the updated list and expressed concerns about how the exercise is being used to target and disenfranchise the Muslim population. (Photo: File)

US Commission says 1.9 mn Assam residents may soon become stateless

The India chapter of report said the NRC is an intentional effort to discriminate and/or has effect of discriminating against Muslims.

20 Nov 2019 10:54 AM

The USCIRF in Issue Brief: India released on Friday said the NRC "as a tool to target religious minorities and, in particular, to render Indian Muslims stateless has become one more example of the downward trend in religious freedom conditions within India." (Photo: File | Representational)

'Assam NRC targets minorities, make Muslims stateless': US body on religious freedom

The NRC is a register containing names of all genuine Indian citizens.

16 Nov 2019 2:56 PM

The state cabinet approved the amended Meghalaya Residents, Safety and Security Act, 2016, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said. (Photo: ANI)

Outsiders visiting Meghalaya, staying for more than 24 hrs will now have to register with govt

Deputy CM said that the amended Act has been approved and it will come into force with immediate effect.

02 Nov 2019 12:05 PM

A 1995-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Hajela was tasked with supervising the gigantic National Register of Citizens updation in Assam. (Photo: ANI)

SC orders transfer Assam NRC coordinator, sources say ‘threat to life’

The CJI refused to give the reason for the order and said an order can be passed without any reason or cause.

18 Oct 2019 11:13 AM

“If you remember, five years back corruption used to be in full swing. Fragile governments were unable to control the situation,” he said. (Photo: File)

No infiltrator will remain in India, it’s a country, not an inn: J P Nadda

Nadda also touched on several other issues like abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Houston visit and corruption.

05 Oct 2019 11:31 AM

Her remarks come a week after she met Modi in New York and said that the NRC has become a matter of ‘great concern’ for Bangladeshis. (Photo: PTI)

'Spoke to PM Modi, satisfied, no problem with NRC': B'desh PM Hasina

Hasina is in Delhi to attend India Economic Summit of World Economic Forum and is scheduled to meet Modi on Saturday.

04 Oct 2019 9:14 AM

The AIMIM had on September 10 announced its first list of candidates. (Photo: File)

Godse killed Gandhi once, modern day Godses kill India daily: Asaduddin

'Modi and his Home Minister keep saying that they will bring NRC in India. They are forgetting that there is Constitution,' Owaisi said.

03 Oct 2019 10:15 AM

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells, who oversees all State Department policy towards South Asia will testify at the hearing, Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia, said. (Photo: File)

Focus on Kashmir in US Congress panel meet on Human Rights in South Asia

The issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka, the human rights situation in Pakistan including the Sindh province will also be taken up during hearing.

01 Oct 2019 2:30 PM

This will be Shah's first visit to West Bengal since he assumed the office of the Union Home Minister earlier this year. (Photo: File)

Amit Shah to address seminar on NRC today in Kolkata

Shah will also inaugurate a community Durga Puja besides addressing the seminar, party sources said on Monday.

01 Oct 2019 11:08 AM

The Supreme Court-monitored citizen's list exercise was aimed at determining who was born in Assam and who came from Bangladesh or other neighbouring regions. (Photo: File)

‘People left out of Assam NRC can vote,’ says EC

On August 30, the final NRC included 3.11 crore applicants as citizens and excluded 19 lakh.

27 Sep 2019 12:18 PM

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