Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma pushes back foreigners despite NRC inclusion, citing doubts and manipulation concerns.

A large number of people were picked up from across Assam since last month on suspicion of being doubtful citizens as part of ...

The NRC, which was updated in 2019, has been a contentious issue in the state of Assam, with more than 19 lakh individuals ...

Assam's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, advocates pushing back foreigners despite their inclusion in the NRC, citing ...

A large number of people have been picked up across Assam on suspicion of being ‘doubtful citizens’, some of them were ...

The way the National Register of Citizens process was conducted had raised ‘serious doubts and concerns’, said Himanta Biswa ...

The way the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was carried out in Assam left a lot of scope for doubt, and it cannot be the only document for determining a person's citizenship, Assam CM Sarma said.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the state government’s current policy is to push back foreigners even if their names are found in the National Register of Citizens (NRC ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is challenging the National Register of Citizens' validity to identify foreigners. Despite the NRC's Supreme Court-supervised update, it's yet to be notified, ...

The way the NRC was carried out in Assam leaves a lot of scope for doubt, and it cannot be the only document for determining a person's citizenship, Sarma said. The NRC, an official record of ...

Mr Sarma said that a central agency is currently securing the data through an Information Security Management System (ISMS), ...