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  Centre, Assam seeks in SC extension of deadline for finalisation of NRC

  India | July 19, 2019 13:43 IST

  Alleging wrongful inclusions and exclusions in the National Register of Citizens, the Centre and the Assam government on Friday sought from the Supreme Court extension of the July 31 deadline for finalisation of the NRC and said India could not be the refugee capital of the world.

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  Assam NRC: Additional draft exclusion list published with over 1 lakh names

  India | June 26, 2019 12:46 IST

  Over one lakh people have been named in the National Register of Citizens's (NRC) exclusion list of the additional draft published on Wednesday

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  Supreme Court says deadline for finalisation of Assam NRC will not be extended

  India | May 08, 2019 12:29 IST

  A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman also gave a "free hand" to Prateek Hajela, Assam NRC coordinator dealing with claims and objections of persons against wrong exclusion or inclusion of citizens in the NRC.

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  Exclusion from draft Assam NRC will not affect voting rights for LS polls: ECI to SC

  India | March 13, 2019 10:10 IST

  Allaying the fears of over 40 lakh persons whose names were not included in the draft Assam NRC, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that exclusion will not affect their voting rights in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls provided their names feature in the electoral rolls.

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  Committed to implementing Assam Accord, Citizenship Amendment Bill will not harm NE: PM Modi in Assam

  India | February 09, 2019 15:11 IST

  Addressing a gathering in Assam, the prime minister the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill is not just limited to Assam or North-East, it concerns the whole country as children of mother India were persecuted in other countries.

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  SC seeks information on detention centres, foreigners detained in Assam in last 10 years

  India | January 28, 2019 17:54 IST

  "We would like to know as to how many detention centres are there in Assam. We also want to know as to how many persons are lodged there and since when," the bench said.

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  Gorkhas not to be sent to foreigners tribunals, but not eligible for NRC: Home Ministry

  India | October 10, 2018 22:32 IST

  A senior home ministry official, however, made it clear that Nepalese citizens living in Assam are not eligible to be included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as well as in the electoral rolls.

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  'No Indian citizen will have to leave country': PM Modi

  India | August 12, 2018 10:27 IST

  PM Modi has assured the nation that no Indian citizen will have to leave the country.

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  BJP president Amit Shah addresses rally in Kolkata

  Politics | August 11, 2018 15:14 IST

  Launching a double-pronged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday demanded the Opposition leaders to clear their stand in Bangladeshi infiltrators.

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  Uproot TMC, bring BJP to power for Bengal's development: Amit Shah

  Politics | August 12, 2018 1:38 IST

  Asking Congress President Rahul Gandhi to clearly spell out his stand on the NRC in Assam, BJP President Amit Shah asserted that his party was committed to completing the registration process.

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  NRC an issue of 'national interest', there should be no politics: Rajnath

  India | August 05, 2018 1:21 IST

  Singh also reiterated that this was not the final NRC, but a draft and adequate time would be given to settle all claims and objections.

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  TMC members were detained at Silchar airport to maintain law and order, says Rajnath Singh

  News | August 04, 2018 16:51 IST

  TMC members were detained at Silchar airport to maintain law and order, says Rajnath Singh

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  NRC Assam: Its a draft and not final, everyone will get chance to appeal, says Rajnath Singh

  News | August 04, 2018 16:51 IST

  Whole procedure of NRC Assam was undertaken under supervision of Supreme Court. I would like to repeat that its a draft and not final, everyone will get chance to appeal. Its a totally fair process. Unwarranted accusations are unfortunate: HM Rajnath