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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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Assam Woman Declared Indian After 6 Years Following Name Mismatch In Voter List
A name mismatch in multiple voters' list had led to the declaration of a woman in Assam as an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh in 2017, only to be acknowledged as an Indian citizen based on circumstantial evidence six years later, officials said.
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Assam To Use Voter Lists To Target 100 Per Cent Vaccination For Guwahati
The Assam government will use the voters' list and data from 1,204 polling booths across Guwahati to verify the Covid vaccination status of the city's residents and identify those who have yet to get the jab, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
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Election Body's Big Reprieve For Thousands Left Out Of Assam Citizens' List
Registered voters in Assam not included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be marked "doubtful" and can keep voting in elections until a Foreigners' tribunal takes a decision on their case, the Election Commission has decided.
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"Genuine Voters Left Out": Mamata Banerjee To Amit Shah On Assam NRC
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged the issue of citizens' register during her meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah today. Pointing out that 19 lakh people, may of whom were "genuine voters" have been left out of the citizenship registry in Assam, she told him that the exercise is not required in Bengal.
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Will Implement Assam-Like Citizens' List In Haryana, Says Chief Minister
A citizens' list, along the lines of the recently published Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC, will be prepared in Haryana to check illegal immigration, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday, weeks after the contentious list left more than 19 lakh people facing statelessness.
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"Husband Died Fighting Illegals, Now We Are Foreigners": Woman In Assam
Sarba Bala Mallick, 71, a resident of Dalimbari, 80 km from Guwahati, and her son Paritosh are marked as "doubtful voters" in Assam's voters' list. They are suspected to be Bangladeshis and facing trial at the foreigners' tribunal. Their names are not on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), whose final list will come out on Saturday.
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Supreme Court Seeks Details Of Assam Voter List Revisions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to furnish the data on addition and deletion of voters from electoral rolls in Assam, as revised in January 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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"Assam Citizens List A Waste Of Paper", Says Ex-Chief Minister
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday described the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a "waste paper" and said it should have been linked to voters list.
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Stripping People Of Citizenship Could Lead To Bloodbath: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that "dirty politics" is going on in the name of publication of the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam as names of genuine voters have been struck off the list. The Trinamool Congress supremo asserted that she was not against the Assam government, but she does n...
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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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Actor Adil Hussain's Niece Excluded From NRC List Despite Identity Proof
Expressing dismay over exclusion of her name from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, Meghna Shahi, niece of actor Adil Hussain, today said she was marked a 'doubtful' voter despite having valid identity proofs.
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"No Indian Will Be Left Out," Says Rajnath Singh On Assam Citizens' List
Amid a fierce debate on the Assam draft citizens' list that seeks to weed of illegal immigrants in the north-eastern state, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said "no Indian citizen will be left out of the list". The opposition has criticised the government over what it claimed was a political move to cut out Muslim voters in ahead of key state ele...
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Those Not In Assam Citizen List Can Vote, No Change: Top Election Officer
Those left out of a new list of citizens in Assam "need not worry" for now; they can vote if their names are on the electoral rolls and they meet all other conditions, India's top election officer said on Wednesday.
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As Assam's Massive Citizenship Drive Nears Finish Line, Uncertainty Looms
Standing near her small house in an Assam village, nine-year-old Jahanara Khatun's tiny hands struggle to hold up the voters' list before the camera. It is proof, her mother says, that her husband Anowar Hussain, was an Indian. And so was their daughter, Jahanara.
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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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Assam Woman Declared Indian After 6 Years Following Name Mismatch In Voter List
A name mismatch in multiple voters' list had led to the declaration of a woman in Assam as an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh in 2017, only to be acknowledged as an Indian citizen based on circumstantial evidence six years later, officials said.
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Assam To Use Voter Lists To Target 100 Per Cent Vaccination For Guwahati
The Assam government will use the voters' list and data from 1,204 polling booths across Guwahati to verify the Covid vaccination status of the city's residents and identify those who have yet to get the jab, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
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Election Body's Big Reprieve For Thousands Left Out Of Assam Citizens' List
Registered voters in Assam not included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be marked "doubtful" and can keep voting in elections until a Foreigners' tribunal takes a decision on their case, the Election Commission has decided.
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"Genuine Voters Left Out": Mamata Banerjee To Amit Shah On Assam NRC
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged the issue of citizens' register during her meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah today. Pointing out that 19 lakh people, may of whom were "genuine voters" have been left out of the citizenship registry in Assam, she told him that the exercise is not required in Bengal.
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Will Implement Assam-Like Citizens' List In Haryana, Says Chief Minister
A citizens' list, along the lines of the recently published Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC, will be prepared in Haryana to check illegal immigration, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Sunday, weeks after the contentious list left more than 19 lakh people facing statelessness.
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"Husband Died Fighting Illegals, Now We Are Foreigners": Woman In Assam
Sarba Bala Mallick, 71, a resident of Dalimbari, 80 km from Guwahati, and her son Paritosh are marked as "doubtful voters" in Assam's voters' list. They are suspected to be Bangladeshis and facing trial at the foreigners' tribunal. Their names are not on the National Register of Citizens (NRC), whose final list will come out on Saturday.
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Supreme Court Seeks Details Of Assam Voter List Revisions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to furnish the data on addition and deletion of voters from electoral rolls in Assam, as revised in January 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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"Assam Citizens List A Waste Of Paper", Says Ex-Chief Minister
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday described the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a "waste paper" and said it should have been linked to voters list.
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Stripping People Of Citizenship Could Lead To Bloodbath: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that "dirty politics" is going on in the name of publication of the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam as names of genuine voters have been struck off the list. The Trinamool Congress supremo asserted that she was not against the Assam government, but she does n...
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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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Actor Adil Hussain's Niece Excluded From NRC List Despite Identity Proof
Expressing dismay over exclusion of her name from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, Meghna Shahi, niece of actor Adil Hussain, today said she was marked a 'doubtful' voter despite having valid identity proofs.
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"No Indian Will Be Left Out," Says Rajnath Singh On Assam Citizens' List
Amid a fierce debate on the Assam draft citizens' list that seeks to weed of illegal immigrants in the north-eastern state, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said "no Indian citizen will be left out of the list". The opposition has criticised the government over what it claimed was a political move to cut out Muslim voters in ahead of key state ele...
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Those Not In Assam Citizen List Can Vote, No Change: Top Election Officer
Those left out of a new list of citizens in Assam "need not worry" for now; they can vote if their names are on the electoral rolls and they meet all other conditions, India's top election officer said on Wednesday.
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As Assam's Massive Citizenship Drive Nears Finish Line, Uncertainty Looms
Standing near her small house in an Assam village, nine-year-old Jahanara Khatun's tiny hands struggle to hold up the voters' list before the camera. It is proof, her mother says, that her husband Anowar Hussain, was an Indian. And so was their daughter, Jahanara.
