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NRC will be brought in soon, don't link it with Citizenship Bill: Amit Shah

The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan

Opposition parties prepare ground to counter Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is comfortably placed to ensure the Bill's passage not just in the Lok Sabha, but Rajya Sabha as well

Centre must clarify why updated NRC draft is being scrapped: Tarun Gogoi

The updated final NRC which validates bonafide Indian citizens of Assam was released on August 31 this year excluding names of over 1.9 million applicants in the state

Assam urges Centre to reject NRC when citizenship register is announced

'The only thing we are asking for is that Assam should be a part of one national policy,' says Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Don't repeat the mistake

Politicians'calls for NRCs in their states are irresponsible

Assam NRC a tool to render Muslims stateless: US panel on religious freedom

Assam has seen a huge influx from other places, particularly Bangladesh, since the early 20th century

Civil Service officer Hitesh Dev Sharma replaces Hajela as NRC Coordinator

Dev Sharma, who was serving as the Secretary to the Urban Development and Finance Departments, has been transferred as Secretary to the Home and Political Department and State Coordinator, NRC

Assam NRC being wrongly linked with minority rights issue: India at UN

India said updating the National Registrar of Citizens (NRC) is a statutory, transparent and legal process mandated and monitored by the Supreme Court of India

SC orders transfer of Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela to MP

The direction comes apparently on account of threat perceptions to Hajela

Letter to BS: Concern for immigrants cannot outweigh national security

The idea of welcoming every single person who crosses over into India is noble but who will create resources required to accommodate lakhs of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas?

Best of BS opinion: Labour supply expands, US-China trade war, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Like Assam, NRC will be implemented in Haryana soon: Manohar Lal Khattar

Khattar also said the Haryana government will look into the feasibility of setting up a Law Commission

The stories of 'non'-citizens

'What grabbed my attention were the testimonies of people excluded from the NRC', says the author

In both Assam and Kashmir, BJP's saviour act could spark civil wars

BJP came to power on a security agenda of making India immune to internal and external threats - but its policies have initiated processes that will probably increase instability

Those not on NRC will enjoy all rights until they exhaust legal options

Out of 3.3 crore applicants, over 19 lakh people were excluded from the final NRC

UN refugee chief urges India to ensure no one is left 'stateless'

About 31.1 million people were included on the list

Gorkha exclusion from NRC is shocking: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

TMC supremo insisted that "justice should be meted out to all Indian brothers and sisters"

Over 1.9 mn applicants left out of NRC, parties call the list 'faulty'

The Assam government has ruled out detention of people who do not figure in the list "in any circumstances", until the tribunals declare them foreigners

After NRC, what next?

Children born in India should be citizens

NRC original petitioner doubts software used, says final document 'flawed'

The APW, as the primary petitioner, had submitted five memoranda in the Supreme Court requesting re-verification of the draft NRC but they were rejected