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SC extends July 31 deadline by a month for publication of final Assam NRC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for the final publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) from July 31 to August 31.
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Shashi Tharoor slams govt on NRC issue
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed Central government after the bill to amend Protection of Human Rights Act was introduced in Lok Sabha.
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Centre seeks extension of Assam NRC deadline, says lakhs of illegal migran
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday pleaded to the Supreme Court for extension of the July 31 deadline for the finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, contending there is a growing perception that lakhs of illegal migrants have
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Assam police registers case against 10 people for composing poem criticisi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 12 (ANI): The Assam Police has registered a case against 10 people for allegedly composing a poem criticising the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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BJP's Tejasvi Surya urges Centre to extend NRC to K'taka
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Saying that illegal migrants are a security threat in Karnataka, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday called upon the Centre to extend National Register of Citizens (NRC) to the state to remove Bangladeshis migrants from the state.
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Families of first woman Assam Agitation martyr, freedom fighter excluded f
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 1 (ANI): Names of family members of first woman martyr of Assam Agitation Baijyanti Devi and that of freedom fighter Chabilal Upadhyay have not been included in the latest list of National Register of Citizens (NRC), according to Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha (Bh
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Assam govt excludes over 1 lakh people from draft NRC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], Jun 26 (ANI): Ahead of July deadline, the Assam government on Wednesday published a list of names of over one lakh people who have been excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens published last year.
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Rajiv Gandhi had accepted NRC in Assam accord: Modi on Congress stand
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a swipe at Congress for not taking credit for National Register of Citizens (NRC) which the government of late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's had accepted.
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NRC will be implemented on prioroty basis in areas affected by infiltratio
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 20 (ANI): Maintaining that illegal infiltrators pose a major threat to internal security, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said the Centre has decided to implement the process of 'National Register of Citizens' (NRC) on a priority basis in areas affected by in
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2 NRC officials arrested on charge of accepting bribe
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jun 14 (ANI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two National Register of Citizens (NRC) officials for allegedly accepting a bribe to include the name of a woman in the NRC draft.
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Ensure fair hearing without truncating registration: SC to NRC coordinator
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday asked National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator, Prateek Hajela, to consider and give a fair hearing to all the persons who wish to get themselves enrolled in the registration process, without cut shorting the process an
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NRC should be implemented in Delhi as soon as possible: Manoj Tiwari
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The National Register of Citizens (NRC) should be implemented soon in Delhi if the people do not want to live under the fear of attack from illegal Rohingya immigrants, said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Saturday.
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