Assam Government puts State under AFSPA for six monthsSecurity forces engaged in counter-insurgency operation in Assam favour the continuation of AFSPA in the whole state. In Manipur, AFSPA is ...
18 Mar, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
Centre seeks time to transfer Hajela to Madhya PradeshThe Supreme Court had ordered the Centre to transfer Hajela to his native state Madhya Pradesh within seven days. The government is now see...
24 Oct, 2019, 12.43 PM IST
Hunt begins for new NRC coordinatorThe NRC coordinator is the commissioner level post. A senior official said, “We have started the process of selecting Hajela’s successor. H...
21 Oct, 2019, 08.04 PM IST
Prateek Hajela must account for money spent, says BJPAssam BJP unit chief Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that Hajela must not be released unless he submits a utilisation certificate of Rs 1,600 cr sp...
19 Oct, 2019, 08.45 AM IST
Supreme Court orders transfer of NRC state coordinator to Madhya PradeshSupreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Friday ordered inter-cadre transfer of NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela to ...
19 Oct, 2019, 07.56 AM IST
Tarun Gogoi tells CJI situation ‘grave’; Mamata Banerjee says won’t allow NRC in WBSenior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has written to CJI Ranjan Gogoi alleging that NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela did not discharge his...
07 Sep, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
No point in blaming NRC coordinator: Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar MahantaBJP on Monday said it suspects that the NRC will not be free of foreigners and that names of some genuine citizens will be excluded.
28 Aug, 2019, 09.20 AM IST
Congress' Saikia to write to Supreme Court to check if placing NRC data in assembly violates court's orderIn Guwahati city encompassing Kamrup metropolitan district around 17.89 percent is non-included.
03 Aug, 2019, 12.37 PM IST
Rights body raises a stink over Assam NRC data releaseThe process unduly victimize the poor and those who have not preserved the legacy data or did not possess the data as the State had not rea...
02 Aug, 2019, 02.43 PM IST
SC says deadline for finalisation of Assam NRC will not be extendedThe direction came after Hajela informed the bench that many persons, who had objected to inclusion of certain individuals in the draft NRC...
08 May, 2019, 12.14 PM IST
CJI Ranjan Gogoi bench sets July 31 date for release of final NRC“The NRC and elections must receive equal importance, proceed without affecting each other,” a bench led by the CJI Ranjan Gogoi said on Th...
25 Jan, 2019, 08.03 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
SC hits out at Hajela and Registrar General for speaking to media on NRCJustice Ranjan Gogoi, next in line to be the chief justice of India, initially threatened to jail them, but later changed his mind saying a...
08 Aug, 2018, 07.33 AM IST
Supreme Court extends deadline for Assam NRC final draft till July 30The bench asked the state chief secretary and DGP of Assam to immediately provide adequate security to Hajela and his family members, in vi...
02 Jul, 2018, 03.47 PM 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
- Devastating fire near IOC's Guwahati Refinery
A devastating fire today broke out near the Indian Oil Corporation's Guwahati Refinery, official sources said.
11 Jan, 2010, 02.30 PM IST