The court clarified that such acceptance of documents “would be on adequate and full satisfaction of the concerned NRC authority who will be free to act on the basis of such satisfaction”. read more

Justice SR Sen’s December 10 order came on on a petition related to refusal of domicile certificate to a Meghalaya resident. read more

The court’s order came after the Assam government asked it to extend the deadline on Tuesday. read more

The social media appears to have made it easier for the ULFA to attract recruits. A police officer, who keeps track of the social media, said 80 Facebook profiles have been under watch for “posting content sympathetic” to the ULFA (Independent) or for... read more

Describing illegal immigration as threat to the country, Shah said National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a way to solve the basic problems of the country and should not be connected to the BJP. read more

The move is believed to be an attempt by Mamata Banerjee’s party to test the waters in Assam before the Lok Sabha elections. read more

So far, about 4.5 lakh people have submitted applications for inclusion of their names in the NRC and they have submitted relevant documents claiming that they are Indian citizens, a source privy to the development said. read more

A draft list of citizens in Assam, released in July, put nearly 4 million people on edge to prove their Indian nationality. read more

In July, the All Assam Gorkha Students Union had submitted a memorandum to home minister demanding relief for the Gorkha community as they were being marked as D Voters and facing harassment at the tribunals in Assam. read more

Firhad Hakim, the party’s observer for Assam, announced the decision in Guwahati on November 12. read more

Those left out of the draft National Register for Citizens (NRC) for Assam now have more time to stake their claim to citizenship and can also use five additional documents besides the 10 allowed earlier, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. read more

Mukesh Agarwal, additional director general of police, said the five were from the same village. He said the gunmen were yet to be identified. read more

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed claimants for Assam NRC to rely on five documents which were earlier objected to by NRC coordinator. read more

The court had earlier said that it was considering the necessity of re-verification of at least a 10% sample of those who have been included from every district. read more

Representatives of several organisations are supposed to meet West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on November 1 in Siliguri. read more