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 […]

Assam NRC final list released, over 19 lakh people left out

The final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam was published on Saturday excluding over 19 lakh people. Over 3 crore people have been found eligible for the inclusion in the final NRC, Prateek Hajela, the State Coordinator of the NRC, said in an official statement. “A total of 3,11,21,004 persons are found […]

NRC authorities, Assam Police issues joint statement; urges people not to believe in rumours

The NRC authorities and the Assam Police have issued a joint statement urging the people to be careful and not fall prey to any rumours. The statement reiterated Centre’s recent statement that non-inclusion of a person in the final NRC would not amount to a person being declared a foreigner and that there is scope […]

Less than 24 hours left to publish final NRC in Assam

The Supreme Court monitored mega citizens list updation exercise, that began in 2013, is set to include names of all Indian Citizens and thus help in the identification of illegal immigrants in Assam. Although, the entire exercise is a Supreme Court monitored one, many have been complaining that the exercise carried out by a set […]

People whose names figure in complete draft need not worry, NRC authorities issues public notice

The NRC authorities have issued a fresh public notice saying all those people whose names figure in the complete draft, or those whose names have not appeared in the additional exclusion list, besides those who have not been called for hearings from July 5, 2019 onwards have nothing to worry as their names will certainly […]

North East Linguistic and Ethnic Coordination Committee submits memorandum to Assam CM

A team of the North East Linguistic and Ethnic Coordination Committee Assam met Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal day at the Administrative Staff College in Guwahati in the presence of Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy and MLA Dilip Paul. During the meeting, the NELECC delegation submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding the government’s intervention to […]

Assam NRC is India’s internal matter, says Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during Bangladesh visit

Days after the Centre had raised concerns over illegal immigration from Bangladesh to the Northeast, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has termed the process of documenting and identifying illegal immigrants in Assam as India’s internal matter. Jaishankar’s remarks came after he held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Memon in Dhaka. The remark comes […]

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. […]

Lakhs of illegal immigrants included in Assam NRC: SG Tushar Mehta tells SC

With less than two weeks to go for the publication of the final NRC on July 31, Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta in a startling disclosure before the Supreme Court has said names of many non-Indian citizens have been included in the draft NRC particularly those living in the bordering areas of Assam. Appearing […]