Why Mamata Banerjee will win West Bengal: Swaminathan AiyarExit polls predict a BJP victory in West Bengal, but this analysis suggests otherwise. Mamata Banerjee is expected to return as Chief Minis...
03 May, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
Supreme Court's 4:1 judgement upholds Section 6A of Citizenship ActIn a 4:1 verdict, India's Supreme Court upholds Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, validating its constitutional status. The law pertains t...
17 Oct, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
Assam Accord: SC verdict today on pleas challenging Section 6A of Citizenship ActA five-judge Supreme Court bench is set to pronounce its verdict on pleas challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, linked to the...
17 Oct, 2024, 02.20 PM IST
Assam Accord: SC upholds constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship ActThe Supreme Court upheld Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which allows certain migrants in Assam to obtain Indian citizenship. This provi...
17 Oct, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
What's Section 6A of Citizenship Act? Why was it added? What will SC's judgment mean for Assam immigrants? Here's allThe Supreme Court's constitutional bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, upheld Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, validating the 197...
17 Oct, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
SC to hear on November 7 pleas challenging Section 6A of Citizenship ActThe Supreme Court of India has postponed the hearing of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act ...
12 Oct, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Assam tackling illegal migration, Bengal is not: Amit ShahAddressing a public rally to mark the first anniversary of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led NDA government in Assam, Shah said that Prime Minist...
10 May, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
Noted writer Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharya passes awayBhattacharya, 86 years was suffering from illness and died in a hospital in Guwahati. Posted as the DIG of the Assam’s Border Police, Bhatt...
05 Apr, 2021, 09.53 PM IST
Assam NRC: 19, 30, Or 50L? Chasing aliens or ghosts?In 1998, then Assam governor Lt Gen S K Sinha (retd) had sent a report — ‘Illegal Migration into Assam’ — to President K R Narayanan.
01 Sep, 2019, 12.17 PM IST
SC asks Assam govt about the steps taken to tackle "external aggression""It has gone too far. It has become a joke," the court said when informed that while some 60,000 foreigners were detected by tribunals, onl...
14 Mar, 2019, 12.01 PM IST
NRC is a tool for making the distinction between a bonafide Indian citizen and a foreigner: Sarbananda SonowalSarbananda Sonowal said that large-scale migration into the state has threatened to alter the very identity of the Assamese community which...
10 Sep, 2018, 10.03 PM IST
Commission recommends high-power inquiry on illegal migration from Bangladesh"It is only after unearthing the nexuses and the relevant facts in this connection that the apex court will be able to pass correct and app...
25 Oct, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Don't drag your feet over illegal migrants, SC tells AssamIt had asked a question: why even after 67 years of independence, the eastern border is left porous while border with Pakistan is properly ...
01 Apr, 2015, 11.29 AM IST
- Northeast India fire: Identity issue, illegal migrants dominate public debate
Months after the July-August unrest in Assam, the issue of illegal migration continues to dominate the debate on northeast in public space.
11 Nov, 2012, 05.20 AM IST
- No details about magnitude of illegal migration from Bangladesh, says government
No specific details are available about the magnitude of this clandestine illegal migration, Salman Khurshid said.
06 Sep, 2012, 04.23 PM IST
- Assam violence and exodus: S K Modi blames Congress
The explosive situation in Assam at present has been caused by the failure to contain illegal migration from across the border, he told.
21 Aug, 2012, 06.02 PM IST
How illegal immigrants morphed into an invaluable vote-bankThe illegal migrants have become an invaluable vote-bank for certain political parties, which hedge the question of their identification an...
13 Aug, 2012, 11.09 AM IST