Bengal Citizens List

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the people of the state to ensure that their names feature on the electoral roll to avoid getting sent to detention camps under the garb of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked people of the state to ensure that their names are on the electoral roll to avoid getting sent to detention camps under the garb of enforcing NRC.

Durga pujas themed on the issues of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the partition of the country in 1947 featured among the list of "Serar Sera Puraskar" (Best of the best award) announced by the West Bengal government on Monday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that her government will not allow implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) or National Population Register (NPR) in the state.

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the voices of those protesting against the contentious citizenship law, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) cannot be muzzled, as he hailed the protests in West Bengal during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday after arriving in Kolkata on a two day-visit. The meeting at the Raj Bhavan came amid a bitter face-off between PM Modi's BJP and Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that has triggered massive protests across I...

All ads that say West Bengal will not implement the amended citizenship law and the citizens' list should be taken off air, the Calcutta High Court told the government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contradicted his Home Minister Amit Shah when he, at a rally in Delhi on Sunday, pointed out that the nationwide rollout of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) may not happen.

The number of illegal immigrants in West Bengal is not known, the Home Ministry told parliament on Wednesday, when asked about its plans to conduct the National Register of Citizens nationwide. The ministry, which will be responsible for carrying out the mammoth task, does not yet have a blueprint on how it would go about it.

A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah set 2024 as the deadline for implementing NRC across the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday termed the citizens register as "BJP's political rhetoric".

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre on Monday for planning to introduce the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019 in Parliament and said the proposed legislation is a "trap" like the National Register of Citizen (NRC) to exclude Bengalis and Hindus as legal citizens of the country...

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre today, saying those who do not understand the principles of Mahatma Gandhi talk about NRC and driving out the Muslims from the country.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a seminar on the National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Kolkata today. This was the BJP chief's first visit to West Bengal since he assumed the office of the home minister earlier this year. The seminar comes at a time when there have been 11 deaths in the state allegedly due to pa...

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) must be prepared in West Bengal to drive out outsiders, who are infringing on the rights of Indian citizens.

Panic over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) seems to be spreading across West Bengal, with three or four recent suicides in the state's northern region being attributed to this factor by victims' families.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the people of the state to ensure that their names feature on the electoral roll to avoid getting sent to detention camps under the garb of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked people of the state to ensure that their names are on the electoral roll to avoid getting sent to detention camps under the garb of enforcing NRC.

Durga pujas themed on the issues of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the partition of the country in 1947 featured among the list of "Serar Sera Puraskar" (Best of the best award) announced by the West Bengal government on Monday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that her government will not allow implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) or National Population Register (NPR) in the state.

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the voices of those protesting against the contentious citizenship law, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) cannot be muzzled, as he hailed the protests in West Bengal during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday after arriving in Kolkata on a two day-visit. The meeting at the Raj Bhavan came amid a bitter face-off between PM Modi's BJP and Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that has triggered massive protests across I...

All ads that say West Bengal will not implement the amended citizenship law and the citizens' list should be taken off air, the Calcutta High Court told the government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contradicted his Home Minister Amit Shah when he, at a rally in Delhi on Sunday, pointed out that the nationwide rollout of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) may not happen.

The number of illegal immigrants in West Bengal is not known, the Home Ministry told parliament on Wednesday, when asked about its plans to conduct the National Register of Citizens nationwide. The ministry, which will be responsible for carrying out the mammoth task, does not yet have a blueprint on how it would go about it.

A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah set 2024 as the deadline for implementing NRC across the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday termed the citizens register as "BJP's political rhetoric".

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre on Monday for planning to introduce the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019 in Parliament and said the proposed legislation is a "trap" like the National Register of Citizen (NRC) to exclude Bengalis and Hindus as legal citizens of the country...

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre today, saying those who do not understand the principles of Mahatma Gandhi talk about NRC and driving out the Muslims from the country.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a seminar on the National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Kolkata today. This was the BJP chief's first visit to West Bengal since he assumed the office of the home minister earlier this year. The seminar comes at a time when there have been 11 deaths in the state allegedly due to pa...

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Thursday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) must be prepared in West Bengal to drive out outsiders, who are infringing on the rights of Indian citizens.

Panic over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) seems to be spreading across West Bengal, with three or four recent suicides in the state's northern region being attributed to this factor by victims' families.