Assam govt rejects present NRC, wants to be a part of national NRC: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Nov 20, 2019, at 09:43 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Rejecting the National Register of Citizens (NRC) which was published on August 31, the Assam government has welcomed the centre’s stand after Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told the parliament that the NRC will be implemented nationwide.
2000 transgenders excluded from Assam NRC wait for SC judgement
Sep 18, 2019, at 05:37 pm
Guwahati, Sep 18 (IBNS): Around 2000 transgenders in Assam, who were excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, which was published on Aug 31, are still hoping that the Supreme Court will modify the appeals process of the NRC for inclusion their names in the list.
85 per cent people of a Hindu Bengali village not listed in final Assam NRC
Sep 05, 2019, at 03:48 pm
Guwahati: The people of Barguri village – a Hindu Bengali community dominated village under Behali assembly constituency in Assam’s Biswanath district- are now spending sleepless night after names of more than 85 per cent people of the village did not figure in the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published on August 31.
Excluded people from NRC fear about losing their citizenship, FTs set to hear appeals
Sep 03, 2019, at 06:26 pm
Guwahati, Sept 3 (IBNS): After publishing the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), 19 lakh people who were left out from the list are now fearing about their citizenship right.
Assam: Son of a freedom fighter and retired IAF officer excluded from final NRC list
Sep 02, 2019, at 08:17 am
Guwahati, Sept 2 (IBNS): Retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Sabindra Sharma is among the 19 lakh people whose name was missing from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list that was published on Aug 31.
50 persons of a single family not listed in Assam NRC
Sep 01, 2019, at 06:29 pm
Guwahati, Sept 1 (IBNS): Not only one, two, three or five, a total of 50 persons of a single family have been excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was published on Aug 31.
NRC fiasco has exposed all those who tried to take political mileage out of it: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 31, 2019, at 08:46 pm
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attacked the Centre and desribed the final National Register of Citizen (NRC) list as 'political'.
Final Assam NRC list includes 3.11 crore people, leaves out 19 lakh
Aug 31, 2019, at 11:13 am
Dispur, Aug 31 (IBNS): More than 3.11 crore people were included in the final list of Assam's National Register of Citizen (NRC) which was released on Saturday.
Assam: Final NRC list to be released today
Aug 31, 2019, at 09:07 am
Guwahati/New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS): Ending all speculations, Assam is all set to publish the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Saturday.
After ex-army, now BSF ASI and his wife declared as foreigner by Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunal
Aug 23, 2019, at 05:30 pm
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IBNS): After an army’s retired officer Md Sanaullah, an Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) has now declared as a ‘foreigner’ by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam.
Assam citizenship register is India's internal matter: Jaishankar tells Bangladeshi media
Aug 20, 2019, at 10:27 pm
Dhaka, Aug 20 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday refused to comment on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam during his visit to Bangladesh and said the same is India's internal matter.
Lakhs of illegal Bangladeshi Muslims names appear in Assam’s draft NRC: BJP MLA
Jul 27, 2019, at 05:48 pm
Guwahati, July 27 (IBNS): Ahead of the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Aug 31, following directive by the Supreme Court, an Assam BJP legislator alleged that names of several illegal Bangladeshi Muslims have been included in the draft NRC, which was published on July 31 last year.
Sahitya Akademi winner Durga Khatiwada not named in Assam NRC draft
Jul 02, 2019, at 12:17 pm
Guwahati, July 2 (IBNS): Sahitya Akademi Award winner Durga Khatiwada is among the 1,02,462 people whose names have been dropped from the draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
MP and Chairman of Bangladesh Tariqat Federation meets MoS (Home) Kiren Rijiju
Aug 06, 2018, at 05:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): The Member of Parliament and Chairman, the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation, Al Haj Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary, met the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju here on Monday.
Assam police register five cases against Mamata Banerjee
Aug 04, 2018, at 08:19 pm
Guwahati, Aug 4 (IBNS): Assam police have registered five cases against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for making alleged provocative remarks regarding the Assam NRC issue in different police stations in the state.
NRC: TMC leaders lodge police complaints against Assam CM for 'harassment' at Silchar airport
Aug 03, 2018, at 10:17 pm
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IBNS): Two parliamentarians of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and a MLA of the party, who were the members of a delegation that was stopped by Assam Police at Silchar airport before entering the state on Thursday, lodged complaints against Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at two police stations in Kolkata on Friday, reports said.
BJP accuses Opposition of playing politics on Assam NRC issue
Aug 03, 2018, at 03:09 pm
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS): In a fresh attack on the rival parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has virtually accused the Opposition of playing politics over Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) that excluded over four million people.
Members of 39 families of suspected foreigners figure in draft NRC
Aug 03, 2018, at 12:39 pm
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IBNS) : At a time when the process for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) goes on in Assam to detect illegal migrants and the country witnesses a political row over the deletion of more than four million names, whose bona fide as Indian citizens has been put into a question, a report has come that members of 39 families of suspected foreigners have been included in the complete NRC draft alone from Morigaon district.
Assam police register case against Mamata Banerjee over her NRC remarks
Aug 01, 2018, at 08:25 pm
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IBNS): Assam police registered a case against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for making provocative remarks regarding the Assam NRC issue.
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day over NRC issue, ruckus denies Rajnath Singh to make statement
Aug 01, 2018, at 02:44 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid repeated disruptions as Opposition members, particularly the Trinamool Congress continued ruckus over the Assam NRC issue denying Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to make a statement on the subject.
No automatic scrapping of citizenship, those left out of Assam NRC need not worry: CEC
Aug 01, 2018, at 12:46 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : After the Supreme Court's observation that those left out of the complete NRC draft in Assam must get a fair chance to prove their nationality, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat has assured that these people "need not worry now" as "no automatic removal" is in the offing.
Ruckus over Assam NRC issue: RS adjourned for the day, walkout from LS
Jul 31, 2018, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS) : The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day while the opposition staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha as the NRC issue in Assam rocked Parliament on Tuesday triggering a huge ruckus.
NRC: Shock overwhelms many who miss the Assam citizenship berth
Jul 31, 2018, at 12:32 pm
Guwahati, July 31 (IBNS): As the complete draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was announced on Monday triggering a political firestorm in India, Md. Javed Ali, a resident of minority-dominated lower Assam district in South Salmara Mankachar, was in a state of shock.
Rahul Gandhi urges Congress men to help people whose names not included in Assam's NRC draft
Jul 30, 2018, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi has urged all his party workers to help people whose names were not included in the second and final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC), which was released on Monday.
Four million excluded from citizenship in India's Assam, move sparks tension, protest
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:18 pm
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Sparking fears of deportation and a law and order crisis, India on Monday announced exclusion of about four million people from citizenship in the northeastern state of Assam, bordering Bangladesh, after a draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published.
Bengalis, Bihari's being made refugees, Mamata on Assam NRC
Jul 30, 2018, at 03:45 pm
Kolkata, July 30 (IBNS) : Going ballistic against the Centre for the exclusion of over four million names from Assam's draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that it is a "game plan" to throw out Bengalis and Biharis and render them as refugees in their own country.
Assam NRC : Family tree verification process of 47 lakh people to start from Feb 15
Feb 11, 2018, at 03:37 am
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IBNS) : After publishing the draft of the first part of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), that includes names of 1.90 crore people out of the total 3.29 crore applicants of Assam recognising them as legal citizens of India, the NRC state coordinator office is preparing to publish the next phase draft NRC.