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Protests Erupt As India Pushes For Religion-Based Citizenship Bill

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in India on Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government offered a controversial…

4 years ago
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NRC In Assam Targeting Religious Minorities: US Commission On Religious Freedom

A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is…

4 years ago
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UN Refugee Agency Takes Up Case Of Potential Stateless In India

The United Nations (U.N.) refugee agency said on Wednesday it was holding talks with India about its citizenship register in…

5 years ago
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As They Build India’s First Camp For Illegals, Some Workers Fear Detention There

Across a river in a remote part of India’s northeast, labourers have cleared dense forest in an area equivalent to…

5 years ago
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AFPSA Extended For Six More Months In Assam

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six months in Assam effective from August 28 after…

5 years ago
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Assam Leaves Nearly Two Million People Off Citizens’ List, Their Fate Remains Uncertain

Nearly 2 million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in Assam, after a mammoth…

5 years ago
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Assam On Alert Ahead Of Publication Of National Register of Citizens

Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police were deployed in the border state of Assam on Friday, the eve…

5 years ago
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The Silence Is The Loudest Sound In Kashmir Today

As India celebrates her 73rd year of independence from British rule, ragged children thread their way through traffic in Delhi,…

5 years ago
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Death Toll From Floods Reaches 147, Hundreds Of Thousands Evacuated

The death toll from floods in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 147, state authorities said on…

5 years ago
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Supreme Court Allows A Month Longer For Citizens’ List In Assam

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for the publication of a citizenship list for Assam by a month…

5 years ago
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Assam NRC: India Can’t Be Refugee Capital Of The World, Centre Tells SC

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that lakhs of people had been wrongly included in the final draft…

5 years ago

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