President Ram Nath Kovind underlined that the government not only sees infiltration as a cause of “social imbalance” but also a threat to “limited livelihood opportunities.” read more

The NRC list is due on July 31, 2019, the deadline set by the Supreme Court. Those whose names do not figure in the list have the option of approaching the foreigners tribunals to prove their Indian citizenship or the tribunal could declare them a f... read more

The additional FTs, which are quasi-judicial bodies, will exclusively deal with NRC appeals and references, officials said on Thursday. The Supreme Court, which is monitoring the NRC update exercise, has set the July 31 deadline to complete the list... read more

State officials claimed, according to the targets of the scheme, governments are mandated to procure smartphones and growth monitoring devices for the state’s 61,690 anganwadi centres to track nutrition among beneficiaries of Integrated Child Development... read more

At present, there are 100 tribunals, which deal with the cases of people suspected to be illegal immigrants by the border organisation of the Assam Police or marked D (doubtful voter) in electoral rolls. read more

The court’s advice comes a day after media reported on the plight of a retired Indian Army subedar who has been declared a foreigner by a tribunal in Assam. read more

The man had told his family that he was worried about the likelihood of being sent to a detention centre if he failed to prove he is an Indian citizen because his name did not figure in the National Register of Citizens (NRC). read more

The Kejriwal government should not only identify and expel illegal migrants for the safety of the people but also ask the Centre for an NRC exercise in the capital, he said. read more

The petition, filed by the Assam Andolan Sangrami Manch which is against the citizenship amendment bill, said Shah had stated that the citizenship bill would come first and then the NRC. read more

The SC direction came after Prateek Hajela, the Assam NRC coordinator, informed the bench that many persons, who had objected to inclusion of certain individuals in the draft NRC, are not coming forward before the panels dealing with such complaints. read more

During the minute-long hearing, the NRC coordinator told the court that most of those who had objected against the non-inclusion of their names in the first draft aren’t appearing to contest. read more

The Assam government has sought details of around 380,000 people, who it says did not file claims and objections even after their names were found missing in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a document aimed at identifying... read more

Shah also referred to the Pulwama terror attack and the Indian response to it. “During the 10-year rule of UPA, Sonia Gandhi and ‘Mauni Baba’ (Manmohan Singh), the then government could not do anything when terrorists from Pakistan crossed the border... read more

Former Assam director general of police Harekrishna Deka alleged that the VVPAT slip he received after casting his vote carried the name of a candidate different from the one he had voted for. read more

BJP had won one of the four Assam seats — Gauhati — in 2014. The BJP’s allies, Asom Gana Parishad and Bodo People’s Front, are contesting Barpeta, Dhubri and Kokrajhar seats going to polls on Tuesday. read more