National Register of Citizens (NRC)

A daily wage earner, Ree used to earn ₹110 per day whenever there was production going on in the tea estate. (HT photo)
South Asia

65-yr-old declared foreigner in Assam dies before last chance to prove Indian identity

Sukdev Ree was a resident of the Mohanpur village under Algapur assembly constituency in Hailakandi district

Bhandari Das. Photo/ Courtesy
South Asia

Assam: An 80-year-old woman still struggling to be ‘Indian’, 5 decades later

The final National Register of Citizens (NRC) identifying the status of all 3.1 crore applications, including 1.9 million exclusions, in Assam was published online on Saturday, September 4, 2019/ Hindustan Times
South Asia

No decision taken on nationwide roll out of NRC: Indian minister at Rajya Sabha

A protester holds a sign that reads “NO STATELESS PEOPLE” during a protest against the National Register of Citizens in Kolkata, India, in September 2019. Photo: Avijit Ghosh/Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images via Foreign Policy
Analysis

A year after rendering millions stateless, India has yet to hear a single appeal

Work on the detention centre started in December. Besides the housing quarters, the facility, which is surrounded by 20-22 feet high boundary walls, will contain a staff quarters, hospital, school, an office complex, kitchen and dining and community space/ HT Photo
World+Biz

3 with Bangladesh address dies in Assam detention centres

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest organized by various Muslim organizations and opposition parties against India's new citizenship law in Chennai on February 19. Photo: AFP via Foreign Policy
South Asia

India’s Muslims are terrified of being deported

Photo: Collected
Politics

People have rejected BJP: Mamata