The government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that no decision has been taken yet on preparing a National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) for the whole country.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, who is in Assam, said that Muslim population of the country would not be affected by the Citizenship Amendment Act, CAA. He said that India is taking care of its minority population since long while Pakistan failed to do so.
This is the RSS chief's first visit to Assam after the BJP returned to power for the second consecutive term in the state. Mohan Bhagwat will leave for Chennai on July 22, the spokesperson said.
Amit Shah has alleged that the Trinamool Congress is lying about the possible fallout of NRC on the Gorkhas in order to create fear among them.
Bengal has a sizeable population of Matuas, who had been migrating to the state since the 1950s, primarily due to religious persecution. The community, with its three million members, influences at least four Lok Sabha seats and 30-40 assembly seats in Nadia, North and South-24 Parganas.
The Centre on Wednesday said it has not taken any decision on the nationwide roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The updated NRC under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court was released on August 31, 2019, excluding the names of 19,06,657 persons.
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The Delhi Police has named CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand in a supplementary charge sheet in the February riots cases, accusing them of "provoking and mobilising" anti-CAA protesters.
Locals of Shah-e-Alam area expressed their gratitude towards Ahmedabad Police by clapping and showering flower petals on them.
Protesters at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh on Sunday alleged that a petrol bomb was hurled by an unidentified person near their protest site where women have been on a sit-in for over three months against the newly amended citizenship act, police said.
There are many significant differences in the way the NPR 2020 will be rolled out, when compared to NPR in 2010. Meanwhile, Delhi assembly's anti-NPR resolution came a day after Union Home Minister assured in Parliament that no documents would need to be produced for NPR
Union Law and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the Centre is "revising guidelines for all social media platforms" in order to put curbs on rumours being spread by people. The minister was speaking to Rajat Sharma in 'Aap Ki Adalat'
Despite slight disruption due to rain, demonstrators continued to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Shaheen Bagh on March 5.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of a video clip of a speech by social activist Harsh Mander, where he made objectionable statements against the top court on its decision in crucial matters such as NRC, Ayodhya and Kashmir.
Over 19 lakh people from March 20 may start receiving 'Rejection Slip' issued by the National Register of Citizens (NRC) authority, the Assam government has informed. The rejection slip will mention the reasons for excluding a person's name from the final NRC.
At least 42 people died and over 200 injured in the violence in parts of northeast Delhi last week over the Citizenship Amendment Act
After a short recess, the Karnataka Legislature will meet again from Monday for the budget session, with the state budget to be presented by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on March 5.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit to the West Bengal capital on Sunday and address a rally to "clear the confusion" surrounding the amended Citizenship Act, BJP sources said on Saturday.
Outgoing Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve was given a farewell by his colleagues at Naigaon police station here on Saturday.
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