The Indian External Affairs Ministry has asserted that updating of the NRC in Assam was a statutory, transparent and legal process mandated by the Supreme Court, which is “non-discriminatory” and “leaves no room for bias and injustice”.

The final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which left out around 19.6 lakh people in Assam, puts India’s and the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a quandary.

One of the most discussed men in the context of the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is Prateek Hajela, a senior Indian administrative officer who helmed the massive exercise of updating the list for the last four years.

Terming the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as a "fiasco", India's West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that BJP government carried it out with an ulterior motive.

After the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam left out over 1.9 million people, Amnesty International India appeals to the state government to ensure that the Foreigners’ Tribunals function with utmost transparency.

The Assam Public Works (APW), an NGO and the original petitioner in the Supreme Court which led to the update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state, says the final NRC is a “flawed document”.

At least 12 people are feared killed and 58 others injured in a major explosion in a chemical factory in Maharashtra’s Dhule district.

Ananta Kumar Malo, a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Assam's All India United Democratic Front, is among the 19 lakh people whose names have been left out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that is published by the government.

He had served in the Indian army as a decorated officer and took part in the 1999 Kargil war against Pakistan but today he woke up to find his name and names of his three children out of the final NRC.

The Congress in Assam says that the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), which excluded 1.9 million people, will end suspicions that there were tens of millions of illegal immigrants in Assam.

The 1.9 million people excluded from Assam's controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC), a list intended to identify illegal immigrants in Assam, will be provided with legal help, says Assam government.

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the National Register of Citizens or NRC -- the list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from the northeastern state - cannot be viewed as a "red letter" for the Assamese society, reports NDTV.

About 19.7 lakh people have been excluded from the much-awaited final National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Indian citizens in Assam which was published today.

India announces further liberalisation of medical visa regime for foreign nationals, allowing them to get indoor treatment on their primary (original) visa.

Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill yesterday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month.

A total of 19 persons, including four Bangladeshi nationals, have been sentenced to different terms of jail in a case filed over the infamous bomb blast which took place in West Bengal’s Burdwan district in 2014.

Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police are deployed in India's border state of Assam, the eve of the publication of a citizenship register that could leave millions of people stateless, many of them Muslims.

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will be in Srinagar on Friday for the first time following the withdrawal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. General Rawat will review the security situation and preparedness of security forces in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of an increase in ceasefire violations.

Fresh curbs were imposed in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley as a preventive measure ahead of the congregational prayers on Friday, officials say.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrest five Bangladeshi nationals in Kishanganj district of Bihar while they were trying to return to their native country without any valid travel document.