West Bengal elections: Mass deletions in Murshidabad spark identity and citizenship fearsIn Murshidabad district, the electoral landscape is shifting dramatically as thousands discover their names missing from voter rolls. Famil...
BJP's stance change on NRC a tactical retreat: Prashant KishorThe poll-strategist-turned politician, whose party is an alliance partner of the BJP, asserted that the change in stance was prompted by co...
Will Citizenship Amendment Bill legalise religious discrimination?The government’s logic is that these minority groups have come escaping persecution in Muslim-majority nations. However, the logic is not c...
Amit Shah to meet CMs, political parties of Northeast on citizenship billAssam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said for almost eight hours on each day Shah will hold discussion with the stakeholders on two d...
Present NRC has several confusions: Biswa SarmaBiswa Sarma said the Assam government and the state BJP have informed Shah that the NRC brought out from Assam on August 31 was unacceptabl...
Citizenship amendment bill will not help those left out of NRCNGO Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) recently said that the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill will not help the minority communitie...
Prolonging the NRC process may lead to its deathThe BJP, which is in power in the state, too is opposing the NRC in its present form, pitching for 20% re-verification of the names, partic...
RSS to ask for reintroduction of Citizenship Amendment Bill‘We have been saying NRC will not bear results and Assam will not be free of foreigners’
Congress alleges discrepancies in National Register of CitizensThe memorandum stated the NRC process and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 have no connection as the NRC update process flowed out of...
I’m ready to campaign in West Bengal on NRC: Sarbananda SonowalAssam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal says he is ready to campaign in West Bengal to counter Mamata Banerjee.
NRC, Citizenship Bill to decide fortunes in North BengalIn the 2014 elections, BJP, TMC and CPM got one seat each in the region.
Citizenship Bill may help BJP in West BengalIt will also help BJP cleanse its anti-Bengali image that had become a perception issue for the party following the National Register for C...
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Sarbananda Sonowal , Ajit Doval discuss National Register of CitizensThe meeting stressed on the need for ensuring inclusion of all genuine Indians in the NRC, an official privy to the meeting said.
- JPC on Citizenship Amendment Bill to meet on October 23
A JPC member who does not want to be named told ET, “We will hear from officials of Home and External affairs their opinion on the bill.”
Amit Shah dares Congress to clear stand on OBC billThe Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017, commonly known as OBC bill, was passed in the Lok Sabha on August 2 and will now go to the R...
Amidst protest, Sonowal likely to meet home minister on WednesdayNRC is being monitored by Supreme Court and partial first draft of NRC was published on December 31, 2017. The remaining will be published ...
Assam citizenship database awaits order on inclusion of Bangladeshi HindusThe BJP government at the Centre recently tabled the Citizenship Bill, 2016, making nationals of various countries, including Bangladesh, e...