Bhubaneswar: A Muslim delegation on Friday said that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured them that the state government will not implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The Muslim delegation from Bhadrak, Balasore and Jajpur districts on Friday met the Chief Minister after the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, now a law, […]
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NRC to be implemented in Haryana too, says CM Khattar
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would also be implemented in the state, like in Assam. Besides this, constitution of a Law Commission is also being considered in the state while a separate voluntary department would also be set up to avail services of intellectuals […]
Bengal Assembly passes resolution against Assam NRC
Kolkata: The West Bengal Assembly on Friday passed a resolution opposing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and ruling out any such exercise in Bengal. The Resolution tabled under Rule 185 of Rules of Procedures of Conduct of Business of the House got the backing of members ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition Left Front […]
Assam final NRC list: 10 pointers
Guwahati: Over 19.06 lakh people now need to prove they are Indian citizens, after the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list in Assam published on Saturday excluded their names, but named around 3.11 crore people as citizens of India. Here are ten vital pointers on the NRC exercise in the north eastern state: 1. The […]
Assam: NRC final list out, over 19 lakh people excluded
Guwahati: Over 19 lakh people have been left out of the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam, which was released on Saturday morning. Some 19,06,677 people have been excluded from the final list, which names 3,11,21,004 people as Indian citizens. The NRC has immense significance for the people of Assam as the […]
Official NRC website crashes due to heavy traffic
Guwahati: The official website of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) crashed within a few minutes of the publication of the much-awaited final list in Assam on Saturday. The website www.nrcassam.nic.in apparently crashed due to heavy traffic with an error message reading “The site cannot be reached”. The site belonging to the Office of the State […]
SC orders to secure NRC data on lines of Aadhaar data
New Delhi (1 MIN READ): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that data collected for publishing in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam shall be kept as secure as the Aadhaar data. The court said that there will be no re-verification of the data under NRC and at no point in time the NRC […]
Assam NRC claims, objections can be filed till Dec 31: SC
New Delhi (1 Min Read) : The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till December 31 the deadline for filing claims and objection by around 40 lakh people who were left out of Assam’s draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said that issuance of […]
BJP’s moves on NRC will result in bloodbath in Assam: Tarun Gogoi
New Delhi : Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said the BJP was trying to use the citizenship issue as a “political weapon” for the upcoming elections. Gogoi’s comments come a week after 40 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants in Assam were left out of the complete draft of National Register of […]
Centre delayed NRC citing law and order problem: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Sunday said the Modi government delayed the preparation and publication of Assam’s draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) by claiming in the Supreme Court that the process can spread fear of violence among the people and pose law and order problem. Addressing a press conference here, Congress leader Pawan Khera […]