MHA clears air, says people not included in final NRC can be declared foreigners only by Tribunals

The Home Ministry has made it amply clear on Tuesday that any person whose name does not appear in the NRC to be published on August 31, can be declared a foreigner only by a Tribunal. People who find their names missing in the final NRC will be allowed to appeal against the non inclusion. […]

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal calls on HM Amit Shah; discusses law and order post NRC publication

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday evening to update him on the ongoing NRC exercise besides seeking central cooperation to ensure that there is no law and order situation at any point of time. While the Supreme Court is firm on publication of the NRC within the […]

Govt seeks SC’s permission to re-verify draft NRC list

In a fresh twist to the NRC updation issue, the government has moved the Supreme Court for permission to undertake a re-verification of a certain percentage of names from the final draft list published on December 31, 2018. Informed sources told Northeast Live that the government has filed an affidavit before the apex court proposing […]

Assam girl finds her name missing from additional NRC draft, commits suicide confusing it as the final list

A 13-year-old girl has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly not finding her name in both the draft NRC and the additional draft exclusion lists. The minor girl thought that the draft exclusion list, that has over 1 lakh names was the final published NRC and since her name did not surface in the list, she […]

NRC authorities publish additional draft exclusion list; over one lakh people excluded

The NRC authorities have published the additional draft exclusion list that includes the names of over 1 lakh people, who now have to file claims to prove their citizenship. The additional list contains the names of only those people who figured in the complete draft NRC published on July 30 last year, but were later […]

Ensure fair procedure in dealing with NRC claims & objections, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has asked NRC co-ordinator Prateek Hajela to ensure a fair hearing of the claims and objections filed for inclusion of names in the citizens register. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi also asked the NRC authorities not to rush through the process while reiterating that the deadline for publication of the NRC […]

NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela briefs Centre

NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela briefed Home ministry and Assam government officials on the family tree that is used to determine citizenship and names included in the NRC. The briefing began at 6 pm at the Home Ministry and is attended by Registrar General of India – Sailesh, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, Attorney General KK […]