IN LAST LEG, NRC HEARINGS TO BEGIN TODAY

GUWAHATI: With the Supreme Court fixing July 31 as the deadline for publishing the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, matters have entered the last and most crucial phase: the first round of hearings for claims and objections will be held from February 15-28. As the draft NRC, published on July 31 last year, had excluded 40,07,707 people, over 3.6 million claims were filed for inclusion in the final list. Around 2,00,000 objections have been filed against the inclusions, including by individuals associated with the All Assam Students Union (AASU).