Anger in Assam as 2.5 lakh people included in draft citizens register face fresh hearings

Outfits like the All Assam Students’ Union have raised objections to many names included in the draft NRC, forcing them to submit to time-consuming procedures.

Arunabh Saikia

· May 20, 2019 · 07:30 am

Indefinite statelessness? Why the Supreme Court order on Assam detention centres falls short

Those declared foreigners by tribunals and imprisoned for more than three years may be released. But that does not restore the rights of citizenship to them.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· May 16, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Supreme Court refuses to extend July 31 deadline to finalise National Register of Citizens in Assam

The top court told the Assam coordinator of the exercise to approach the registrar if urgent hearing is needed when the court is in recess for summer.

Scroll Staff

· May 08, 2019 · 01:43 pm

Akshay Kumar says he doesn’t have to prove his love for India – but BJP wants millions of Indians to

The party’s political project is based on the idea that anyone who disagrees with the RSS vision of India is anti-national and should not live here.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 03, 2019 · 07:19 pm

At least 70,000 people declared illegal migrants are untraceable, Assam government tells SC

The Supreme Court pulled up the Assam government after its chief secretary failed to be present in the court to answer questions on foreigners.

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· Apr 01, 2019 · 01:50 pm

‘We will be targeted’: Mizoram’s plan to initiate Assam-like NRC worries state’s Chakmas

A new bill gives ‘state-level NGOs’ the power to certify ‘citizen residents’ of Mizoram.

Arunabh Saikia

· Mar 21, 2019 · 07:30 am

Assam: Supreme Court pulls up state for inadequate functioning of foreigners tribunals

The court said the fact that only around 900 people were detained though thousands of migrants were identified as foreigners was a joke.

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· Mar 13, 2019 · 02:51 pm

Supreme Court restores Assamese man’s Indian citizenship

The verdict gains significance at a time when there is a debate over the Centre’s National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

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· Feb 19, 2019 · 10:45 pm

Citizenship Bill made it clear that BJP doesn’t understand the concept of identity in the North East

The prime identity for a Khasi or Naga or Mizo is that of the clan and tribe followed by the Indian identity, in that order.

Patricia Mukhim

· Feb 16, 2019 · 08:00 am

Meghalaya: Citizenship Bill not being tabled in Rajya Sabha is a victory of people, says CM

Conrad Sangma was the first chief minister in the North East whose Cabinet decided to not support the contentious legislation.

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· Feb 15, 2019 · 10:57 am

As Citizenship Bill is set to lapse, its supporters in Assam’s Barak Valley lash out at BJP

Bengali Hindu groups now see the Bill as an electoral ploy that has polarised communities in the state.

Arunabh Saikia

· Feb 13, 2019 · 07:17 pm

Former CM Lal Thanhawla seen with banner calling for independent Mizoram at Citizenship Bill protest

Thanhawla had joined the protests organised by the NGO Coordination Committee in Aizawl.

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· Feb 12, 2019 · 07:33 pm