
September 18, 2019 04:13 IST
The cases were registered days after one sister, on September 10, wrote a detailed account of the incident in a complaint to police saying Sarma and Boro “stripped us naked, assaulted us and touched our private parts”.
Wed, Sep 18, 2019
September 15, 2019 01:51 IST
A ‘note’ appended to the family-wise NRC published Saturday laid out in clear terms that those included in the list may also be excluded next and that no position in the list is permanent.
Sun, Sep 15, 2019
September 15, 2019 00:55 IST
Health is the biggest flash point in Assam’s tea gardens. Their under-staffed hospitals are now wary since Dr Dutta was killed by an angry mob.
Sun, Sep 15, 2019
September 14, 2019 06:03 IST
The decision for such a campaign was taken on September 7, in a joint sitting of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee and the Assam Congress Legislature Party.
Sat, Sep 14, 2019
September 11, 2019 03:21 IST
The time-frame for excluded people to get the rejection order will be 'announced shortly', NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela said.
Wed, Sep 11, 2019
September 10, 2019 04:15 IST
‘No illegal migrant will be allowed... will take all N-E states into confidence’, says the Home Minister.
Tue, Sep 10, 2019
September 09, 2019 01:24 IST
Amit Shah expressed his satisfaction over the timely completion of the NRC exercise and said that several questions were raised on it but no illegal migrant would be allowed to live in the country.
Mon, Sep 09, 2019
September 08, 2019 04:45 IST
Built as per Centre’s norms, the exclusive facility to house ‘illegal foreigners’ to be ready by end of year.
Mon, Dec 23, 2019
September 07, 2019 03:43 IST
Until September last year, authorities said, as many as 13,075 complaints were received through phone calls, 30,000 through drop-boxes and 472 through the mobile application.
Sat, Sep 07, 2019
September 06, 2019 00:46 IST
The complaint also urged the police to book other officials, besides Hajela, who have erred in the NRC process. The case was registered at Latasil police station under Sections 167, 506 and 34 of the IPC, police said.
Fri, Sep 06, 2019
September 03, 2019 14:21 IST
Last year, the all-powerful NGO, Young Mizo Association (YMA), demanded the enactment of a law to ensure that a Mizo woman who marries a non-tribal loses her ST status.
Tue, Sep 03, 2019
September 03, 2019 04:43 IST
NRC FINAL LIST: In Bengali-majority Barak valley, Jaba Namashudro (35), a resident of Udharbond in Cachar district, is out whereas her three children and husband are in.
Tue, Sep 03, 2019
September 02, 2019 04:30 IST
The lawmakers said they would stand by the victims of these alleged mistakes and discrepancies, as they filed appeals against their exclusion at the Foreigners Tribunals (FTs) of the state.
Mon, Sep 02, 2019
September 01, 2019 19:25 IST
On Sunday evening, in a joint press statement, the state unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Assam Medical Service Association (AMSA) called for 24 hours withdrawal of medical services, excluding emergency services by doctors from 6am of September 3 to 6am next day, as a mark of protest.
Mon, Sep 02, 2019
September 01, 2019 04:40 IST
In Brahmaputra Valley, a large number of Bengal-origin Muslims might be among the excluded; in Barak, Bengali Hindus could comprise a large chunk.
Sat, Sep 14, 2019
September 01, 2019 04:30 IST
Final number half from draft list; BJP, AASU flay ‘low count’; Cong says genuine citizens out
Sat, Sep 14, 2019
September 01, 2019 03:35 IST
Ali, a farmer and former president of the Hatishala local market committee, said the problem was in his father’s name.
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
September 01, 2019 03:30 IST
An SC bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna had ordered on May 10 that “declared foreigners” who had spent more than three years in Assam’s detention camps could secure conditional release on the fulfilment of certain conditions.
Sun, Sep 01, 2019
August 31, 2019 04:50 IST
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that extension of filing an appeal from 60 days to 120 days to the FT, will help “all the excluded persons to enjoy a level-playing field”.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 31, 2019 04:40 IST
On Saturday, 50-year-old Prateek Hajela, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will announce to the world Assam’s final NRC, bringing to an end six years of his work on the project.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 30, 2019 06:00 IST
The section in the document detailing the “route followed during migration” says — “Habiganj by boat, Sylhet by train, Sutarkandi by bus, Karimganj on foot, Silchar by train.” The four-page yellow document bears the sign and seal of New Migrants Camp, Cachar, dated August 20, 1964.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 29, 2019 04:47 IST
For children born after December 3, 2004, it is mandatory that both parents (even the one from whom legacy is not drawn) is not a DF, DV or PFT, for inclusion into the NRC.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 28, 2019 04:38 IST
Politicians and community leaders accept that many exclusions from the final NRC will be due to the intersection with existing mechanisms.
Sat, Aug 31, 2019
August 27, 2019 04:54 IST
Despite assurances by the Home Ministry that those excluded will not become a “foreigner” immediately, many are unaware what to do on September 1.
Tue, Aug 27, 2019
August 27, 2019 01:26 IST
The state government also reiterated that those left out of NRC will not be put into detention camps till the Foreigners Tribunals decides on their Indian citizenship.
Tue, Aug 27, 2019





