On eve of final draft of NRC publication, 52 Bangladeshi nationals pushed back from Assam

Guwahati, July 29 (IBNS): A day before the publication of complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on July 30 to detect illegal foreigners residing in Assam, India pushed back 52 Bangladeshi nationals to Bangladesh who entered the country without valid documents.

Assam may miss National Register of Citizens final draft publication deadline

Guwahati, June 26 (IBNS): Despite a Supreme Cour direction, Assam may miss the June 30 deadline for the publication the first draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), which contains the names of the Indian citizens of Assam and aims at removing names of illegal immigrants from voters' list.

Assam BJP MLA asked to prove he is Indian

Guwahati, May 18 (IBNS): As the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation process is underway in Assam to detect illegal foreigners, a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) in Assam has served notices to a BJP legislator from southern Assam’s Barak valley and members of his family asking them to prove their Indian citizenship before the tribunal.

Centre sends additional paramilitary forces to Assam to prevent law and order disruption in state

New Delhi/Guwahati, Nov 18 (IBNS): The Central government has sent 50 additional companies of para military forces to Assam to prevent disruption in law and order in the state ahead of publication of the draft National Register of Citizens, according to media reports on Saturday.