Tag: Nrc

Till now, the Government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a written reply to a question.

Bhubaneswar: With the BJP and the BJD finding a common ground on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue, the Congress in Odisha seems to be visibly flustered. Congress alleged that it is a deviation of BJD from its oft-cited ‘equidistance’ policy as far as political alliances go. Congress Leader and Opposition party chief whip, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till December 31 the deadline for filing claims and objection by around 40 lakh people who were left out of Assam’s draft National Register of Citizens (NRC). A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said that issuance of notice to those who […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea by Tripura People’s Front (TPF) seeking updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura. The bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice K.M. Joseph sought the Centre and EC’s […]

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday saw repeated disruptions over the Assam NRC issue and was adjourned for the day amid pandemonium as the opposition objected to BJP chief Amit Shah’s remarks that the opposition was trying to protect Bangladeshi infiltrators. The discussion on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam — whose […]

Kolkata: Slamming the Central government on Assam’s draft NRC which left out over 40 lakh people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Narendra Modi-led government of doing “vote politics”. The first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), comprising names of 2,89,83,677 people of Assam, was published on Monday […]

Guwahati: Congratulating the people of the state for the successful publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said “the historic day will remain etched in their memories forever”. The process of publishing the final draft today was carried out in cooperation with the Registrar General of India, along […]

Berhampur: To combat malnutrition cases among children, the Odisha government will set up two more Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Ganjam district. These centres will come up at City Hospital, Berhampur and Community Health Centre, Aska. At present, a 20-bed NRC is functioning at the sub-divisional hospital, Bhanjanagar. The NRC at City Hospital will start […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the NRC Coordinator to provide a fair chance to those who have challenged the non-inclusion of their names in the National Register of Citizen (NRC) in Assam. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told Coordinator Prateek Hajela: “Don’t cut short the process just because you have […]

Guwahati: The Assam government will establish 400 Foreigners Tribunals in the state to deal with the cases of people who are excluded from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC). Additional Chief Secretary (Home Political) Kumar Sanjay Krishna said the process is already on to set up 200 such tribunals and 200 more will be […]

Balasore/Kendrapara: Close on the heels of final list release of National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, Opposition parties in Odisha have demanded a register of citizens to identify immigrants in the State. “All the immigrants who are residing in Odisha should be sent back to the place where they originally belong to. Naveen babu […]

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said no “illegal migrant” will be allowed to stay in the country and that the NRC exercise in Assam was completed in “time-bound manner”. Shah, also the chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC), was addressing chief ministers of eight northeastern states, in his inaugural address at […]

Guwahati: Dismissing apprehensions after abrogation of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday assured the people of northeast that there would be no change in the Article 371 as it was a “special” provision. He said there was a difference between Article 371 and Article 370, which was revoked by the Centre […]

Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the NRC will be introduced throughout India and all illegal immigrants will be thrown out of the country through legal means. He also said that people of the country have given its stamp of approval for the nationwide-implementation of the National Register of Citizens through […]

Kolkata: West Bengal’s opposition Left parties and the Congress have lashed out against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her comments that the issue of National Register of Citizens was not discussed during her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Referring to BJP state president Dilip Ghosh’s recent remark that two crore foreigners have […]