In the draft published on 30 July 2018 over 2.89 crore of the total 3.29 crore applicants were included, while over 40 lakh were left out.
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Tripura’s IPFT to press for separate tribal state, NRC
Agartala: Ruling BJP ally, IPFT, will restart its agitation from Wednesday to press for its decade-old demand for a separate state for the tribals in Tripura, a party leader said here on Tuesday. The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) as part of its agitations would observe a 12-hour shutdown[Read More…]
Assam killings: TMC links deaths to NRC, protests in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday held protests across the state against the killing of five Bengalis in Assam’s Tinsukia as it put the blame on the Assam government and their NRC move. The Trinamool claimed that the discriminatory attitude of Assam towards the Bengali-speaking population in the[Read More…]
Bengal will give shelter to all those who have been wronged: Mamata
Siliguri (West Bengal): Targeting the ruling BJP at the Centre on the issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said Bengal does not bow before anyone and will provide shelter to all those people who have been wronged and face discrimination. “Bengal[Read More…]
Assam: Retired teacher commits suicide to avoid humiliation over foreigner tag
Guwahati: Nirod Kumar Das 74, a retired teacher and practicing lawyer was in deep distress after his name was excluded in the National Register of Citizens (NRC), committed suicide to avoid humiliation. This is the third case of suicide after the NRC excluded over 40 lakh people in the state. His[Read More…]
Jharkhand needs NRC: CM Raghubar Das
With BJP deciding to focus on identity issues in the coming elections, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das says there is a need for a National Register of Citizens (NRC) in his state also to check infiltration from Bangladesh because Hindus have become a minority in some districts. He also favours[Read More…]
All you need to know about the first Chief Justice of India from Northeast
Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday recommended the Supreme Court ‘s judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the new Chief Justice of the country. Chief Justice Dipak Misra is retiring on October 2. The 46th Chief Judge of the country will be sworn in on October 3. Justice Gogoi hails from Assam will be the first[Read More…]
BJP supporters’ bus attacked in Kolkata ahead of Amit Shah’s rally
Amit Shah rally in West Bengal attacked on Friday night at Paschim Midnapore district. This took place hours before BJP president Amit Shah’s rally in Bengal. The rally is scheduled for today (Saturday) at Central Kolkata Mayor Road. A bus was waiting at Paschim Midnapore to carry the Bharatiya Janata[Read More…]
National Register of Citizens: Weak, fickle politicans costing Indian sovereignty, says Arun Jaitley
Territory and citizens are the two most important aspects of a sovereign State. The principal duty of any Government is to defend the borders of the country, prevent any trespass and make the life of its citizens safe and secure. Independent India has faced a major challenge to protect its[Read More…]
Who is lying on NRC, Amit Shah or Rajnath Singh, asks Congress
New Delhi: As BJP President Amit Shah said the Congress did not have the courage to implement NRC in Assam, while this government had the courage to do it, the Congress on Tuesday condemned it and asked who is lying, whether it is Shah or Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,[Read More…]
Congress objects NRC, demands to resolve it on lines of Assam Accord 1985
Former union minister and Indian National Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma raises several issues during press briefing today. He mainly spoke about two major issues in the country that is increasing incidents of communal disharmony and secondly, degrading condition of India’s economy. According to him, there is a need to[Read More…]
Don’t politicise NRC, it is not right: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published on the day, is not the final list, and urged the opposition not to politicise it. Whatever work is going on in the NRC, is happening[Read More…]
Assam publishes first draft of NRC, 1.9 crore names in list
The Assam government has published the first draft of the much-awaited National Register of Citizens (NRC) which includes names of 1.9 crore people of total 3.29 crore applicants in the state, an official said. Registrar General of India (RGI), Sailesh said this while addressing a press conference at 11.45 p.m.[Read More…]