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Detention centre for declared foreigners in Assam:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Internal security related issues.   Context: The Assam Government has overshot a 45-day deadline set by the Gauhati High Court for the completion of a standalone detention centre for declared foreigners.   What’s the issue? The court had on August 11 asked the State Government to complete the construction of …

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What are Foreigners’ Tribunals?

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: Assam government’s Political Department has issued a notification ordering the State police’s Border wing not to forward any case against Gurkhas to the Foreigners’ Tribunals under the Foreigners’ Act of 1946. …

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