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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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"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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Citizenship Bill Triggers Protests Across Assam, Allies Threaten To Quit
A proposed law that would give citizenship to illegal migrants from Bangladesh has stirred up the northeast against the BJP, which rules six of the seven states in the area. Illegal migration is a sensitive issue in states like Assam and some of the BJP's alliance partners are threatening to withdraw support from the coalition governments.
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Ground Report From Dhubri: Will Border Issues Polarise Voters In Assam?
With Assam heading for elections, the political focus in the state has shifted to the India-Bangladesh border. The Centre plans to quickly seal the gaps in this border as a part of its election promise to check illegal migration from Bangladesh.
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Union Minister VK Singh Criticises Assam Protests Over Immigrants Issue
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh today termed the ongoing agitation in Assam against the Centre's decision to regularise stay of non-Muslim immigrants in India as "not normal" and "total misconception".
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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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"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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Citizenship Bill Triggers Protests Across Assam, Allies Threaten To Quit
A proposed law that would give citizenship to illegal migrants from Bangladesh has stirred up the northeast against the BJP, which rules six of the seven states in the area. Illegal migration is a sensitive issue in states like Assam and some of the BJP's alliance partners are threatening to withdraw support from the coalition governments.
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Ground Report From Dhubri: Will Border Issues Polarise Voters In Assam?
With Assam heading for elections, the political focus in the state has shifted to the India-Bangladesh border. The Centre plans to quickly seal the gaps in this border as a part of its election promise to check illegal migration from Bangladesh.
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Union Minister VK Singh Criticises Assam Protests Over Immigrants Issue
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh today termed the ongoing agitation in Assam against the Centre's decision to regularise stay of non-Muslim immigrants in India as "not normal" and "total misconception".
