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Nov 04, 2018
NRC in Assam: 16 committed suicide due to citizens' register; number of Hindus three times that of Muslims
Based on data collated by a Guwahati-based independent researcher, 16 suicides linked to NRC took place in 2018, of whom 12 were Hindus and four Muslims. Most of the suicide victims were economically underprivileged. -
Sep 09, 2018
No Indian national will be excluded from NRC draft, says Rajnath Singh; Union minister lauds development work in North East
Urging people to have no fret regarding the NRC draft, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday assured that no Indian national would be excluded from the list -
Aug 18, 2018
Of no fixed abode: Proving citizenship under NRC tougher than breaking gender stereotypes for a 1964 riots survivor
A refugee from the 1964 East Pakistan riots, 48-year-old Lakshmi Barman and her two sons, are one of the many residents of Choudhury Para who have been left out in the final draft of the NRC -
Aug 15, 2018
Of no fixed abode: Govt should accept us or shoot us, says family of 'migrant' who committed suicide in 2012 over NRC
In 2012, Arjun Namasudra of Cachar district had killed himself after he was served with a D-voter notice by the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam; six years later, his family is battling the same crisis -
Aug 13, 2018
Of no fixed abode: Social worker Masuma Begum, left out of NRC, says wait to become an Indian 'citizen' will be agonising
Masuma Begum, a 25-year-old social worker, has lost count of the number of camps she and her friends have held in remote areas of western Assam in the past three years, telling people that they should welcome the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and helping them gather documents to establish their identity as Indians. -
Aug 12, 2018
NRC in Assam: Call for Inner Line Permit grows in North East as local groups launch drives to keep 'migrants' out
A day after the publication of NRC final draft, NGOs in states neighbouring Assam launched drives to check illegal migration to their state. In Meghalaya, non-tribal travellers were harassed at infiltration check posts, in Manipur groups attacked non-local vendors -
Aug 05, 2018
Of no fixed abode: Silchar woman now 'officially' a citizen, but earlier detention over misspelt name continues to haunt her
Though elated to have been named in the final draft of NRC, Suchandra Goswami shudders to remember the days she spent in a detention centre in Silchar. "Three days seemed like three years in the cell," she says. -
Aug 02, 2018
Assam NRC Row updates: Police prohibits TMC delegation, leaders from entering Guwahati until further notice
The Guwahati Police Commissioner has issued an order prohibiting TMC delegation, party leaders and any other person who can make an inflammatory speech against NRC from entering Guwahati. -
Aug 02, 2018
Claim that updating NRC mandated by Assam Accord false: In this circus, poor and marginalised are being fed to lions
The Accord document, available online, does not even have the phrase “National Register of Citizens” (NRC) or any oblique reference to it. It mentions deletion of foreigners’ name from the electoral rolls -
Aug 02, 2018
NRC draft key updates: TMC team heads to Silchar to take 'stock of situation'; Assam displeased with Mamata's intrusion
Trinamool Congress would send a six-member TMC team of party MPs to Bengali-dominated Silchar in south Assam's Barak Valley to take stock of situation since NRC's final draft was released on Monday.
