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Topic: Prateek Hajela

‘NRC scam?’ Facebook post sets off war of words between 2 ex-coordinators of Assam exercise

Hitesh Sarma claims an All Assam Students' Union leader collected Rs 16L/month from predecessor Prateek Hajela. Latter says these are irresponsible remarks based on 'bazaar ki khabar'.

Assam wants Hajela’s email password to probe late updates in NRC list, but he won’t share

In his application to SC, Assam NRC coordinator Sarma says he needs to access Hajela's email to see why changes were made to supplementary draft NRC list even after it was published.

IAS officer who conducted Assam NRC removed as MP health commissioner for ‘negligence’

Prateek Hajela is a 1995-batch IAS officer who courted controversy after the exclusion of nearly 40 lakh people from Assam's NRC list.

Assam NRC coordinator accuses Prateek Hajela of non-renewal of service as data goes missing

The new state NRC coordinator said that the meeting for a formal order to renew the contract with Wipro was only held on 30 January this year.

FIR filed against former Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela for ‘misappropriating funds’

Assam Public Works filed the FIR, requesting for a high-level probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds by Prateek Hajela & his close aides.

Can’t accept foreigners even if they speak Assamese — new NRC coordinator said on Facebook

Hitesh Raj Sarma, a 1989-batch Assam Civil Service officer, has replaced Prateek Hajela, who was released from duty on 18 October by the Supreme Court.

Prateek Hajela — the ‘outsider’ who helped Assam determine who are its own

On Friday, the Supreme Court ordered Hajela's inter-cadre transfer to MP on deputation, because he had allegedly received "death threats".

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.