Assam Caa

A state which was the epicentre of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has now seen its first resident get citizenship under the legislation.

In a major development, the Assam government has instructed the police not to forward cases of eligible individuals who entered India before 2014 - the cut-off date under the CAA rules - directly to the Foreigners Tribunals.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that eight people have applied under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam prior to 1971, and only two have appeared for the interview.

Only one application has so far been received for citizenship under the CAA in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the recent notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, has emerged as a major political issue in Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said with the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a clarity has emerged and the process to unlock the biometrics of those frozen during the updating of the National Register of C

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship.

Protests erupted across Assam with the Opposition parties slamming the Centre's decision to implement the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), paving the way for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh an

Political parties could lose their registrations if they call bandhs in violation of court orders, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.

In NRC draft published in August 2019, over 19 lakh people were left out in an exercise originally billed as a check on illegal immigration

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the BJP is committed to implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act and it is a matter of time that its rules are framed.

The Centre on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss pleas challenging the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), stressing that the law does not encourage "illegal migration" in Assam or any future influx of foreigners in the country.

After a gap of almost two years, protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) returned to the Northeast today.

Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that Home Minister Amit Shah maintained silence over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) during his two-day visit to Assam.

"The Assamese people will not take this dictation of the Centre on CAA," he told NDTV, calling it a "draconian act" which he says "has no place in Assam".

A state which was the epicentre of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has now seen its first resident get citizenship under the legislation.

In a major development, the Assam government has instructed the police not to forward cases of eligible individuals who entered India before 2014 - the cut-off date under the CAA rules - directly to the Foreigners Tribunals.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that eight people have applied under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam prior to 1971, and only two have appeared for the interview.

Only one application has so far been received for citizenship under the CAA in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the recent notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, has emerged as a major political issue in Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said with the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a clarity has emerged and the process to unlock the biometrics of those frozen during the updating of the National Register of C

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship.

Protests erupted across Assam with the Opposition parties slamming the Centre's decision to implement the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), paving the way for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh an

Political parties could lose their registrations if they call bandhs in violation of court orders, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.

In NRC draft published in August 2019, over 19 lakh people were left out in an exercise originally billed as a check on illegal immigration

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the BJP is committed to implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act and it is a matter of time that its rules are framed.

The Centre on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss pleas challenging the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), stressing that the law does not encourage "illegal migration" in Assam or any future influx of foreigners in the country.

After a gap of almost two years, protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) returned to the Northeast today.

Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that Home Minister Amit Shah maintained silence over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) during his two-day visit to Assam.

"The Assamese people will not take this dictation of the Centre on CAA," he told NDTV, calling it a "draconian act" which he says "has no place in Assam".