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Topic: Assam NRC

US Congress raises Assam NRC issue, members question minorities’ situation in India

Top official Alice Wells says US govt is encouraging India to protect vulnerable individuals, including the 1.9 million people left out of the final NRC list.

SC transfers Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh over ‘death threats’

Prateek Hajela, a 1995-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was accused of showing bias after the final NRC list was published. 

As panic over NRC rules Assam, 2018 video of detained man chained to bed adds to fear

Images & video of Ratan Chandra Biswas, hand-cuffed to a hospital bed, are from last year. Family says he is still being treated like a thief at Goalpara detention centre.

Bengal BJP worried Amit Shah’s NRC pitch will help Mamata win third term as CM

BJP leaders say political violence, unemployment are larger issues in Bengal, fear Shah's strident NRC pitch will push Hindus and Muslims towards Trinamool.

5 law schools come together to help those excluded file NRC appeals in Assam

Headquartered in Guwahati, Parichay will have teams across the country and a faculty adviser in each collaborating law institute for smoother coordination.

Mamata Banerjee pitches for people excluded from NRC list with Amit Shah

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said she asked Home Minister Amit Shah to consider the cases of people who were excluded, saying she was here for Assam.

Nationwide NRC call targets Muslims but will prove infiltration claims wrong: Mahmood Madani

Mahmood Madani, general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, said he called for a nationwide NRC as it will 'challenge the exaggerated claims of infiltration'.

Kashmir & NRC aren’t the Muslim issues of our time. But Mahmood Madani wants to make them

Mahmood Madani’s presence as a visible Muslim alim justifies the misleading perception that all Muslims are deeply religious, and that he represents their views.

Sardesai on Shah’s rise, P Philipose on ‘civic death’ after Assam NRC, Ayoob on Bolton exit

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

On Camera

AI integration for military is risky business. Combat monopoly must remain with soldiers

The Army has plans for a technology thrust in the near term, including the use of AI to support decision-making. While well-intentioned, this may have unintended consequences.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.