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CAA "Focused Law", Doesn't Encourage Illegal Migration: Centre To Supreme Court
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.
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No Trafficking: Border Police After 42 Children From Assam Rescued
Days after 42 people were rescued from human traffickers, a senior Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) officer has claimed that most of the people in Assam are migrating to other states in search of better avenues rather than being trafficked.
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With 1 Lakh Land Allotments, PM Reaches Out To Assam's Indigenous People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sent out a strong note of reassurance to the 70-odd indigenous tribes of Assam, granting recognition for the land they have lived on for generations but without any official documentation. The allocation of ownership to over a lakh such natives comes merely months ahead of the state Assembly polls in March-April. ...
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"Conspiracy To Keep Hindus Out": Assam BJP Leaders Unhappy With NRC List
Assam NRC list: As the Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC was released today, members of the state's ruling BJP lashed out, saying the list left out many genuine citizens, especially refugees who migrated from Bangladesh before 1971.
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"Impressive", Jay Panda Tweets On BJP's Youngest Lawmaker. His Response
A tweet by BJP spokesperson Baijayant Jay Panda praising his younger colleague from Karnataka, Tejasvi Surya, for seeking a citizens' list similar to the one being prepared in BJP-ruled Assam, received a glowing acknowledgement from the 28-year-old leader from Bengaluru South.
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Soldier For 30 Years, Assam Man Arrested As Illegal Immigrant
A retired soldier from Assam, who served the army for 30 years, has been declared a foreigner by the police under a law used to stop illegal migration from Bangladesh. Mohammad Sanaulla, 53, who served as a Subedar in the army till 2017 and fought terrorists in Kashmir and Manipur, was arrested today and sent to a detention centre.
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"Assam Should Not Bear Migration Burden Alone": Rajnath Singh
Assam has borne a disproportionate burden of migration due to religious persecution in the neighbouring countries, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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For Assam Citizens' List, Deadline Extended, 5 More Documents Allowed
The Supreme Court today extended the deadline for filing claims and objections of people not included in the final draft of the new citizen's list in Assam to December 15.
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"No More New Documents To Submit," Say People Left Out In Assam List
Fourty-eight-year old Sunil Sarkar, atailor by profession in Dimoria village, about 40 km away from Guwahati, has been anxious ever since Assam released its citizen list. His Bengali-Hindu parents migrated from Sylhet, a city earlier in eastern Pakistan and now in eastern Bangladesh, to Assam's Nagaon in the 1960s over "fears of religious persecuti...
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After Assam Citizens' List, Manipur Ups Vigilance To Stop Migration
In compliance with the Union Home Minister's directive, the Manipur government has stepped up vigilance against persons who will be displaced in Assam following the NRC's publication, officials said on Saturday.
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Citizens' Register Verification Of Migrants From Bengal May Take 2 Months
The verification of identities of the people, who have migrated from West Bengal to Assam, for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) may take another couple of months to be completed, a senior state government official said here.
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"If Asked, My Parents Would Also Fail To Prove Identity": Mamata Banerjee
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today questioned why the government was focusing on illegal migrants from Bangladesh, when India hosts a sizeable population from neighbouring Nepal. Illegal migration, the Chief Minister pointed out, is not an isolated or one-time issue or even one that only involves Bangladesh.
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Using Biometrics, Centre May Stop Migration Of Assam's Excluded Citizens
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it is contemplating taking biometrics details of over 40 lakh people, whose names did not figure in the final NRC draft in Assam, to avoid their influx to other states on false identity.
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40 Lakh Risk Losing Citizenship As Assam Releases Draft List: 10 Points
Around 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today, and face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship. The state's National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration from neighbouring Bangladesh. Releasing the updated list, official...
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In Assam, 1.5 Crore People To Know Citizenship Status Today: 10 Facts
The future of nearly 1.5 crore people in Assam is on the line as the government prepares to release the final list of Indian citizens in the state today. Most of them may not find their names in the National Register of Citizens, updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration into Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh. The upda...
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CAA "Focused Law", Doesn't Encourage Illegal Migration: Centre To Supreme Court
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.
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No Trafficking: Border Police After 42 Children From Assam Rescued
Days after 42 people were rescued from human traffickers, a senior Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) officer has claimed that most of the people in Assam are migrating to other states in search of better avenues rather than being trafficked.
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With 1 Lakh Land Allotments, PM Reaches Out To Assam's Indigenous People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sent out a strong note of reassurance to the 70-odd indigenous tribes of Assam, granting recognition for the land they have lived on for generations but without any official documentation. The allocation of ownership to over a lakh such natives comes merely months ahead of the state Assembly polls in March-April. ...
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"Conspiracy To Keep Hindus Out": Assam BJP Leaders Unhappy With NRC List
Assam NRC list: As the Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC was released today, members of the state's ruling BJP lashed out, saying the list left out many genuine citizens, especially refugees who migrated from Bangladesh before 1971.
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"Impressive", Jay Panda Tweets On BJP's Youngest Lawmaker. His Response
A tweet by BJP spokesperson Baijayant Jay Panda praising his younger colleague from Karnataka, Tejasvi Surya, for seeking a citizens' list similar to the one being prepared in BJP-ruled Assam, received a glowing acknowledgement from the 28-year-old leader from Bengaluru South.
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Soldier For 30 Years, Assam Man Arrested As Illegal Immigrant
A retired soldier from Assam, who served the army for 30 years, has been declared a foreigner by the police under a law used to stop illegal migration from Bangladesh. Mohammad Sanaulla, 53, who served as a Subedar in the army till 2017 and fought terrorists in Kashmir and Manipur, was arrested today and sent to a detention centre.
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"Assam Should Not Bear Migration Burden Alone": Rajnath Singh
Assam has borne a disproportionate burden of migration due to religious persecution in the neighbouring countries, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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For Assam Citizens' List, Deadline Extended, 5 More Documents Allowed
The Supreme Court today extended the deadline for filing claims and objections of people not included in the final draft of the new citizen's list in Assam to December 15.
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"No More New Documents To Submit," Say People Left Out In Assam List
Fourty-eight-year old Sunil Sarkar, atailor by profession in Dimoria village, about 40 km away from Guwahati, has been anxious ever since Assam released its citizen list. His Bengali-Hindu parents migrated from Sylhet, a city earlier in eastern Pakistan and now in eastern Bangladesh, to Assam's Nagaon in the 1960s over "fears of religious persecuti...
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After Assam Citizens' List, Manipur Ups Vigilance To Stop Migration
In compliance with the Union Home Minister's directive, the Manipur government has stepped up vigilance against persons who will be displaced in Assam following the NRC's publication, officials said on Saturday.
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Citizens' Register Verification Of Migrants From Bengal May Take 2 Months
The verification of identities of the people, who have migrated from West Bengal to Assam, for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) may take another couple of months to be completed, a senior state government official said here.
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"If Asked, My Parents Would Also Fail To Prove Identity": Mamata Banerjee
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today questioned why the government was focusing on illegal migrants from Bangladesh, when India hosts a sizeable population from neighbouring Nepal. Illegal migration, the Chief Minister pointed out, is not an isolated or one-time issue or even one that only involves Bangladesh.
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Using Biometrics, Centre May Stop Migration Of Assam's Excluded Citizens
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it is contemplating taking biometrics details of over 40 lakh people, whose names did not figure in the final NRC draft in Assam, to avoid their influx to other states on false identity.
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40 Lakh Risk Losing Citizenship As Assam Releases Draft List: 10 Points
Around 40 lakh people in Assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens released today, and face deportation if they cannot prove their citizenship. The state's National Register of Citizens or NRC has been updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration from neighbouring Bangladesh. Releasing the updated list, official...
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In Assam, 1.5 Crore People To Know Citizenship Status Today: 10 Facts
The future of nearly 1.5 crore people in Assam is on the line as the government prepares to release the final list of Indian citizens in the state today. Most of them may not find their names in the National Register of Citizens, updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration into Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh. The upda...
