NRC, NPR are attacks on poor people: Rahul Gandhi
Dec 27, 2019, at 01:12 pm
Raipur/IBNS: Slamming the Narendra Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) are attacks on poor people.
I was proposing civil disobedience with smile: Arundhati Roy over Ranga-Billa row
Dec 27, 2019, at 11:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Clarifying her reference to murderers Ranga-Billa while asking people to fill out National Population Register (NPR) with fictitious names, writer-activist Arundhati Roy in the face of criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said she was proposing a civil disobedience with a smile.
There is no link between NPR and NRC, clarifies MoS Kishan Reddy
Dec 26, 2019, at 07:21 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Union Minister of State of Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Thursday strongly condemned the deliberate and baseless misinformation campaign being spread by the opposition parties and a section of media that NPR is a precursor to NRC.
Arundhati Roy eggs on people to spike NPR with Ranga-Billa names, BJP slams writer-activist
Dec 26, 2019, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Writer-activist Arundhati Roy is at it again as she asked people to fill out National Population Register (NPR) by fictitious names such as of murderers Ranga and Billa to defy the government's moves on NPR in tandem with CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act). The ruling BJP leaders hit back soon.
BJP releases video showing Sonia Gandhi getting enumerated in 2011 under NPR
Dec 25, 2019, at 01:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a video footage showing Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi enumerating for the population census in 2011 under the National Population Register (NPR) norms.
Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav opposes NPR
Dec 24, 2019, at 08:57 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and national president of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav here on Tuesday said that National Population Register and National Register of Citizenship are two sides of the same coin and every citizen of this country was against them.
NPR and NRC are not linked: Amit Shah
Dec 24, 2019, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR) are not linked to each other.
Cabinet approves conduct of Census of India 2021 and updation of National Population Register
Dec 24, 2019, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the proposal for conducting Census of India 2021 at a cost of Rs. 8,754.23 crore and updation of National Population Register (NPR) at a cost of Rs. 3,941.35 crore.
Union Cabinet clears plan to update National Population Register
Dec 24, 2019, at 04:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid ongoing violent protests going on in different parts of the country over the new citizenship law, the Indian Cabinet on Tuesday approved the funding for the National Population Register.
After West Bengal, now Kerala orders stay on NPR
Dec 21, 2019, at 11:41 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: After West Bengal, the Left-ruled Kerala government has ordered a stay on all the activities regarding the updation of National Population Register (NPR), media reports said.
WB Guv writes to Mamata Banerjee over govt's stance on NPR
Dec 20, 2019, at 11:14 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Friday said he was surprised to know that he was not being informed about the state government's decision to stay the preparation and updating of the National Population Register (NPR).