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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicAssam NRC

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

Sergio Gor as US envoy raises red flags. Delhi must read the signal, be optimistic

Delhi must see opportunity in the new envoy, to be prepared for hurdles, yet be forward-looking and free of preconceived notions that could spoil any chances of a breakthrough.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.