24 October 2019

National

Twenty-six Deaths In Assam's Detention Centres Magnify Fallacy Of NRC Exercise, But Who Cares

Human rights campaigners say the errors in the National Register of Citizens have caused trauma of epic proportions. Is the Citizenship Amendment Bill the solution?

Assam Tangle

People protest the death of Dulal Chandra Paul.

Name: Dulal Chandra Paul Age: 65 Died: October 13, 2019 Nationality: Unknown The industrious farmer was born and brought up in Assam—just like his father Rajendra Paul. The family in a village near the central Assam town of Tezpur couldn’t be more emphatic and steadfast in asserting their antecedent. Yet, when Dulal Paul died...