West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Key Issues: Jobs distress, welfare politics and identity battles shape high-stakes TMC vs BJP contestWest Bengal Election 2026: West Bengal is voting in its 2026 Assembly elections. The political battle is intense, focusing on economic hard...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.42 PM IST
Pros and cons of National Register of Citizens in AssamNRC enumeration has brought relief to the 95% of Muslims who made it to the citizenship list. Given the highly charged political atmosphere...
09 Jan, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
National Register of Citizens project cost escalates from Rs 288.18 cr to Rs 1602.66 cr: CAGCAG report for the year ended 2020 which tabled in state assembly on Saturday stated in NRC updation process a highly secure and reliable s...
24 Dec, 2022, 10.17 PM IST
NRC directorate in Assam submits proposal for creation of Aadhaar-like regime for NRCThe Supreme Court which is monitoring NRC process has disallowed sharing of NRC data unless an Aadhaar like regime is set up.
19 Jul, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
RGI turns down Assam govt's request to financially support pending NRC work beyond March 31The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had approved the revised estimates of Rs 1,602.66 crore up to December 31, 2019 with a con...
27 Mar, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Gauhati HC asks co-ordinator to file affidavit on undeserving individuals in NRCThe court asked Assam NRC counsel Keyal to file an affidavit so that a clear picture can be projected as to how the name of the petitioner ...
29 Oct, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
NRC project manager hands over passwordAjupi Baruah, the former NRC project manager, has sent the password of emails which she had been withholding since resigning on November 11.
15 Feb, 2020, 08.46 AM IST
Ex-NRC official booked; mails allegedly deletedMeanwhile, data on the final NRC list was made offline from its official website as IT major Wipro, which was entrusted with this job, term...
14 Feb, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
Assam NRC data: Wipro says IT services contract not renewed after October 2019Wipro said the authorities did not renew the services contract for NRC project after it expired in Oct 2019.
13 Feb, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
Auditor general detects financial irregularities of Rs 108 crore in NRCSupreme Court monitored NRC exercise started in December 2013. The Office of Accountant General (Audit) had submitted to State Coordinator,...
06 Dec, 2019, 11.06 AM IST
NRC coordinator facing ire over suggestion to prune document listThe Supreme Court, which is monitoring the NRC exercise, meanwhile has sought the views of the stakeholders on Hajela’s proposal.
13 Sep, 2018, 09.03 AM IST
NRC coordinator Hajela facing ire over suggestion to prune document listThe BJP asked the state and central governments to file an affidavit countering Hajela’s proposal.
12 Sep, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
We are committed to freeing Assam of illegal immigrants: Himanta Biswa SarmaNRC is important for the future of greater Assamese society and as we are right now in the draft stage, it will be too premature to say thi...
02 Aug, 2018, 10.30 AM IST
Assam citizenship status: 2.89 crore names appear in the final NRC draftAccording to the officials, no deportation will take place according to this list. Around 40 lakh people have been left out after the publi...
30 Jul, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
- Prateek Hajela: The man behind Assam's NRC
Hajela, who is a native of Madhya Pradesh, is an Indian administrative service officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre and B Tech in Electronics f...
30 Jun, 2018, 08.45 AM IST
Identifying bona-fide Indian citizens and sealing Bangladesh border to top BJP government's agenda in AssamThe final NRC could pave the way for deportation of the illegal immigrants, who entered Assam after 1971 – a key poll promise of the BJP in...
21 May, 2016, 04.31 AM IST
Fresh push for plan to take stock of influxIllegal immigration from Bangladesh has been a major poll issue for the BJP during its poll campaign with Modi raising it in several of his...
31 May, 2014, 12.23 PM IST