Trump to discuss CAA, NRC issues with Modi during India visit: Senior US administration official

United States President Donald Trump will discuss the issues concerning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to India, a senior US Administration official said on Friday. Speaking to reporters here, the official said that the US has great respect […]

CAA, NRC ‘internal matters’ of India: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as ‘internal matters’ of India. She, however, said that the Act was not necessary and that she failed to understand the reason behind its implementation by the Indian government. She further said that there has not […]

Amit Shah sets 2024 deadline for nationwide NRC

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set 2024 deadline for the nationwide NRC. Asserting that each and every infiltrator will be identified and expelled before the next General Elections, Amit Shah has set 2014 deadline for implementation of NRC across the nation. It may be mentioned that Shah had recently stated in the Rajya Sabha […]

Opposition MLAs in Assam stage walkout from Assembly over Citizenship Amendment Bill, NRC

MLAs of opposition parties staged a walkout from on Thursday, on the first day of the winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly that began here Thursday and staged a protest demanding cancellation of the question hour and holding a discussion on Citizenship Amendment Bill and National Register of Citizens (NRC). “The reason behind the […]

Centre trying to undermine NRC by introducing CAB: AASU

The All Assam Students’ Union is all set to intensify its opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Bill. AASU Chief Advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya has said that by introducing CAB, the Centre is trying to undermine the NRC. The AASU Chief Advisor said that the students’ body will continue to oppose the Bill as the Bill proposes […]

Assam Cong MP Gaurav Gogoi slams government over nationwide NRC

After Home Minister Amit Shah announced a nationwide NRC in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, mixed reactions followed up from leaders in the region. Expressing dissatisfaction many questioned the centre on the validity of the existing NRC in Assam, while many welcomed the move. Rejecting Centre’s decision of pan-India NRC, Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi took a […]

NRC will be implemented across nation, no person of any religion should worry: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that all citizens of India irrespective of religion will figure in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list and that NRC is different from the Citizenship Amendment Bill. “NRC has no such provision which says that certain religions will be excluded from it. All […]

Assam: Hitesh Dev Sarma appointed new NRC state coordinator

Assam Civil Services officer Hitesh Dev Sarma has been appointed as the new NRC State Coordinator. The post of the NRC State Coordinator had been lying vacant since Prateek Hajela was transferred by the Supreme Court to Madhya Pradesh on a 3-year deputation. A 1995-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Hajela was tasked with supervising […]

Assam: AKRSU protests over alleged NRC anomalies

Protests have broken out in various parts of Assam over 58 thousand members of the Koch Rajbongshi community being left out of the NRC final list. Members of the All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union (AKRSU) called for a 12-hour long shutdown and held protests in different parts of the state. The protestors demanded that all […]