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Rohingya In National Register of Citizens (NRC), Now Cooling Heels In Jail

Source: sentinelassam.com SILCHAR: How fair will the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be? This question has been impinging the minds of individuals and organizations concerned with the preparation of a fault-free and foreigner-free NRC. A person declared foreigner by ForeignersтАЩ Tribunal could get his name enlisted in NRC and when detected dared to challenge it in

India says illegal immigrants from Bangladesh becoming citizens

Source: news.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – India said on Friday thousands of illegal immigrants from neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh had produced false documents to become citizens in the far-eastern Indian state of Assam. The Supreme Court had ordered the citizenship tally for Assam following years of campaigns against immigrants from Bangladesh who ethnic Assamese