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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicAssam NRC

Topic: Assam NRC

NRC over, Assam govt & poll panel must now ensure there is no ‘eligible voter’ among 19 lakh

There could be many D-voters who remain out of Assam’s electoral list when they may in fact be ‘eligible’ voters.

New book captures Assam’s struggles with immigrants since landmark 1985 accord

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty’s book ‘Assam, The Accord, The Discord’ traces the genesis of National Register of Citizens, the rise of ULFA and more.

On NRC’s 19 lakhs, Modi govt must not ignore Sardar Patel’s advice on citizenship

Modi government knows its distortions of India’s framework for refugees won’t stand the constitutional test. So, it falls back on Hindutva.

UN rights chief asks India to ease Kashmir lockdown, raises NRC list controversy

UN human rights chief appealed to the Indian govt to ensure people's access to basic services in Kashmir and to ensure due process in the NRC exercise.

NRC list has errors, claims RSS as majority excluded are Hindus

The RSS said names of many Bangladeshi illegal immigrants have been added to the voters' list over the years, and the govt needs to rectify these errors in the NRC list.

At RSS mega meet, concerns over Hindus being left out of NRC: Sources

Leaders at the meet also expressed concerns claiming that majority of the 1.9 million people excluded are Hindus, sources said.

Govt should take close look at NRC, says Amar Ujala & Dinamani on why bank merger won’t help

A round up of the Hindi and Tamil newspapers opinion pages to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues.

40,000 workers, 15 lakh hearings, 6 months — what it took to halve Assam NRC list to 19 lakh

Final NRC list was whittled down to 19 lakh from 40 lakh in the draft. A deep dive into what the claims & objections process was all about.

Assam’s Muslims who didn’t make it to NRC feel betrayed and angry

Residents & officials in Assam believe NRC exercise to detect undocumented migrants has been plagued by basic clerical errors and mistaken identities.

Assam passes on tradition of fearing the ‘foreigner’, millennials staunchly back NRC

Assam's college students have little idea about the 1979 movement but agree that NRC is an important exercise since it helps identify ‘Bangladeshis’.

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India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

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