Inclusion of illegal immigrants in final NRC; APW seeks inquiry against NSK official

Three Bangladeshis are understood to have made it to the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam. It is despite the fact that the Morigaon foreigners tribunal had declared these people – a mother, her son and daughter as foreigners way back in 2016. Assam Public Works (APW), a Guwahati-based NGO, has lodged an […]

200 additional Foreigners’ Tribunals made operational across Assam

As many as 200 new Foreigners’ Tribunals have been made operational across Assam on Monday. The new tribunals are spread across 6 districts in the State in addition to the 100 tribunals already existing taking the present tally to 300. This was informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. People left out of the NRC […]

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. […]

SC asks Centre, Assam govt to reply to plea by man battling paralysis in detention camp

The Supreme Court has pulled up the Centre and the Assam government for not responding to a petition filed by a paralysed man languishing in one of the NRC detention camps for over two years now. The Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi ordered the Centre and the Assam government to […]

Another case of mistaken identity by Foreigners Tribunal in Sonitpur; woman wrongfully put in detention camp

Amila Sah, a resident of Dholaibil near Jamugurihat in Assam’s Sonitpur district has been put in detention camp after being declared as a foreigner by the Foreigners Tribunal. Claims are being made that Amila Sah has been wrongfully put in detention camp. It is to be noted that Amila’s father Keshab Prasad Gupta, a resident […]

As NRC deadline nears, multiple agencies work to detect migrants

Multiple agencies in the government are working overtime to make sure illegal migrants are detected in Assam and their names do not find entry in the NRC. Concrete measures are underway on exactly how to deal with the people who do not find their names in the final NRC to be published on July 31. […]

After Sana Ullah detention case, 59-year-old woman mistaken for namesake lodged in detention camp

After detention of Army veteran Sana Ullah on charges of being a foreigner, another similar case has come to light. A 59-year-old woman from Assam’s Chirang district has been lodged at a detention camp for foreigners in Kokrajhar for over 3 years now, after she was allegedly mistaken with a namesake in her village. Madhubala […]

Man levels serious allegations against functioning of Foreigners Tribunal

The claims of corruption free governance in Assam have come under question after a person alleged that he was declared a Foreigner and sent to a detention camp after he failed to bribe the concerned authorities. According to Amir Hussain, a judge at the No. 3 Foreigners Tribunal had sought for a bribe of Rs […]

Retired Army official declared ‘foreigner’, sent to detention centre in Assam

In a shocking development, a sub-inspector serving with the Assam Police have been arrested after he was declared a Foreigner by the Foreigners’ Tribunal. The police official working with the border division has been identified as Mohammad Sana Ullah, who is a resident of Kolohikakh village in Chaygaon in Kamrup (rural) district. He was arrested […]