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NRC draft full of faults: Tarun Gogoi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Amid massive uproar by the Opposition on Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has criticised the in-power Bharatiya Janata Party for "creating this problem" in the state and said that the draft is "f
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NRC: AITMC stopped at Silchar airport
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Silchar (Assam) [India], August 2 (ANI): A delegation of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) was stopped at the Silchar Airport on Thursday. The delegation comprising MPs Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Ratna De Nag, Nadimul Haque, Arpita Ghosh, Mamata Thakur, minister Firh
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Assam Governor assures names of all Indian in final NRC list
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Amid massive uproar by the Opposition on Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, State Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Thursday assured that anyone who is an Indian would surely find their names in the final list.
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Assam: Despite serving Army for 30 years, jawan left out from NRC draft
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Mohammad A Haq, who served for the Indian Army for 30 years as Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) before retiring, is upset with the government for not including his and his family's names in the recently announced final National Register of Citizens (NR
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Citizenship soul of India, not imported vote banks: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Amid the massive uproar by the Opposition on Assam's NRC draft list, Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asserted that sovereignty and citizenship are the soul of India and not imported vote banks.
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Mamata tears into BJP, refutes making 'civil war' remark
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 01 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday tore into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and denied making the remark that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft in Assam will cause blood bath and civil war.
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BJP playing vote bank politics in Assam: Mamata
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre for excluding the names of 40 lakh people from Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft.
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NRC draft limited to Assam only, not other states: Ram Madhav
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday clarified that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft is restricted to the state of Assam only.
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Congress condemns Mamata Banerjee's `civil war` remark
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee for criticising Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft, Congress Assam Chief Ripun Bora on Wednesday said that the West Bengal Chief Minister should not provoke for a civil war.
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UP Dy CM attacks Mamata over NRC draft
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has launched a scathing attack at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for criticising Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft.
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Not correct to link illegal immigrants with us: Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 01 (ANI): With the final draft of Assam's National Registry of Citizens (NRC) sparking a nation-wide debate over the exclusion of over four million people, Bangladesh on Tuesday stated that linking illegal migrants with them is incorrect.
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Mamata asks Rajnath to amend NRC bill
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 31 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed about bringing possible amendments to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) bill.
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