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In a significant development, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday handed over citizenship certificates to 14 people under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing Muslims on Eid said on Thursday that she will not allow the implementation of the CAA, NRC, and UCC in the state.
After the construction of the historic Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP government has now fulfilled yet another promise made in the 2019 poll manifesto with the rules of CAA being notified on Monday
Dewan of Ajmer Sharif, Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan sent out a major message to the Indian Muslims regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) and cleared the misconceptions about the Act.
Bharat Varsh got divided in two nations- partitioned-in 1947.Though the storm of a division was brewing for few years before this ‘jhatka’, no one- atleast the people were not sure what would really happen to them. Pakistan was created clearly on the basis of religion, though Indian leadership were clearly more accommodating towards all faiths. At that time, it was a free for all -two way flow and people had a choice. Either go to Pakistan or choose India. Most – yes most- Hindus chose to come to Indian sid
In a huge development, the final draft of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, also known as CAA will be ready by 30 March next year.
Citizenship was conferred to more than a hundred Hindu refugees from Pakistan who had been residing in Ahmedabad since coming to India
Supreme Court of Nepal on Friday (Jan 27) disqualified Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane from his posts after he was found guilty of producing an 'invalid' citizenship certificate.
Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra lashed at the Centre over several issues affecting the country and took a swipe at the BJP government indicting them of "extreme incompetence". She was speaking in the Lok Sabha, over the debate on demands for additional grants for 2022-23.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday (Nov 10) said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act ( CAA ) will be implemented in the state and if Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opposes it, it will be like challenging the sovereignty of the nation.
It should be highlighted that, that the govt is granting citizenship under the Citizenship Act, of 1955, and not the Citizenship Amendment Act, of 2019 (CAA) bears significance.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, nine years after he exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA).
The Assam Police on Friday (Sept 23) arrested one more leader of the Popular Front of India (PFI), it informed. According to the Additional Director General of Police, the recently arrested PFI leader has been identified as Dr Minarul Seikh who hailed from West Bengal and was arrested from Delhi.
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Friday (Sept 23) will hear the writ petitions filed against President Bidhya Devi Bhandari against her decision not to authenticate the Citizenship Bill. "The hearing is set to start from today," confirmed Supreme Court spokesperson, Bimal Paudel.
According to a recent update, the Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that there is contemporary data from security agencies' inputs and other authentic material indicating linkages of some of the unauthorized Rohingya migrants with Pakistan - based terror organizations and similar organizations operating in other countries.
Amid a political tussle between Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) and Trinamool Congress ( TMC ) in West Bengal, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur on Friday (Sept 9) said that the Matua sect of the state has the power to change the political scenario and will play a key role in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
As per the ministry, the figure is higher as compared to 2020. In 2020, 85256 people had renounced their Citizenship, while in 2019, the figure stood at 1,44,017.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday issued a decree to fast-track citizenship for all Ukrainians, more than four months into Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine.
Amit Shah : "TMC is spreading rumors about CAA that it won't be implemented on the ground, but I would like to say that we will implement CAA on the ground the moment the COVID 19 pandemic ends."
He further also informed that the Home Affairs had received 8,244 applications from religious minorities of these countries for Indian citizenship.
The 11 people who obtained Indian Citizenship were all citizens of Pakistan living in Ahmedabad in India.
'Culture, heritage, tradition, faith- all interdependent', Assam CM shares 8 highlights to uplift tribal communities
Puri said "Those who were opposing the enactment of the CAA are today demanding that its cut-off date should be extended from 2014 to 2021."
Sirsa took a major 'U Turn' and requested the government to amend the CAA act in the country.
75 refugees from Pakistan, belonging to the Sindhi community and living here for several years, were granted Indian citizenship at a ceremony as part of the commemoration of 75 years of India's independence.
National Register of Citizens in West Bengal!
MHA invites applications for Indian citizenship from non-muslim refugees from Pak, Afgh, Bangladesh
Good news for Indian IT professionals working in the US as President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats allies on Capitol Hill formally introduced major immigration overhaul on Thursday. It would offer an eight-year pathway to citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living in the US illegally.
Up in the fourth consecutive severe protest in Delhi's northeast area, the Delhi High Court has directed police to ensure safe passage to government hospitals and emergency treatment for those injured in the violence over the amended citizenship law.
Feeling unsafe about their future, as many as 200 Hindu and Sikh families from Pakistan have crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagha Border recently, and the officials said that they were not willing to go back.
The Centre on Friday announced that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA has come into force from January 10, 2020. In a gazette notification, the MHA Shah said that the Act under which non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship, will come into force from January 10.
With Citizenship Amendment Bill becoming an Act, the states were boiling in rage protesting against the newly formed legislation. With Assam being at the forefront, the Prime Minister, Union Minister and various other leaders came forward clearing off the speculation giving a clear picture to the citizens on the bill. Assuring further, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on January 9, said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will grant Indian citizenship to not more than 3.5 to 4 lakh people in Assam.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Sunday assured the minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who had taken refuge in India that they can now stay here with dignity and honour as Indian citizens.
Aiming to dispell the misinformation spread by the oppositions against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Bharatiya janata Party in Madhya Pradesh drummed up a support campaign on Sunday. Since the launch of CAA a month ago, the opposition parties including the Congress, AAP and more, have been misleading the masses over the proposed changes, adding that the amendment would harm Indian Muslims and that it was against the Muslim community.
The act is for giving citizenship to those persecuted minorities coming to India because of religious persecution they had to face in the neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, he explained.
Assuring the India citizens and the state over the ruling misconceptions in the society against the CAA, Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Tuesday affirmed that the minority communities in Goa need not worry at all and that the CAA law was to grant citizenship and not to take it away.
A true manifestation of people’s trust in govt was seen yesterday in Visakhapatnam where thousands of people organised a huge rally in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Inspite of clarifying a thousand times by now, that NPR and NRC are not interlinked, Congress's P Chidambaram on Thursday turned blatant, alleging that the National Population Register (NPR) approved by the BJP government was different and dangerous in terms of the text and context of the data collection done in 2010.
The state of Assam raged over Citizenship Amendment Act with the fear to lose their indigenous ethnicity, culture and tradition. The protest went over board as the Centre to avoid any further misinformation suspended the internet services which resumed later. Assuring the people of Assam that their tradition and culture will not be affected, the Assam Chief Minister also made it clear that no new Bangladeshi would able to settle in the state as per the provision of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the addi
The Bharatiya Janata Party is slated to launch a campaign from January 1 to 15 to clear the confusion being spread by the opposition about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Madhya Pradesh. According to the official release of the BJP, the party will conduct a public awareness campaign from January 1. "Through this door to door campaign, 5 lakh families of Madhya Pradesh will be approached", the release read.
Giving out a clear picture to the citizens, in a bid to dispel all unwarranted fears like that happened over Citizenship Amendment Act, Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that there is ‘NO LINK’ between National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). However, after Cabinet approved the updation of NPR on Tuesday, the opposition leaders hovered their comments stating that NPR is the first step towards NRC. And therefore, to avoid any other misinformation and chaos in the country, Am
Slammed, tortured, harassed, the atrocities on minorities in Pakistan goes way beyond tolerance. They suffered it all, voiced for justice but to no avail. Spending most of their life in an environment where they were forced to convert their religion, harassed and violated; these people saw a ray of hope when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government tabled the Citizenship Amendment Bill and the Parliament passed it making it a law now. Amid the wide protest boiling state against CAA, over 80 civil soc
Instigating the youth by spreading venom of misinformation and misleading the masses as the country debates on Citizenship Amendment Act, the government granting Indian Citizenship to a Pakistani woman, married to an Indian man, would have definitely shut many mouths. Boiling in rage alleging the government discriminating on the basis of religion, this granting of citizenship to Pakistani woman in Poonch has given a befitting reply to millions.
While the nation boiled in rage over the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act, the government urged the masses to know the act in detail and not fall prey to misleading and misinforming rumours by urban naxals and opposition. Slowly and steadily, however, the brightened shades of understanding are making its way through as more and more people have now started coming up in support of the Act. A group of 1100 academicians, intellectuals, and research scholars issued a statement in support of the recen
At least 35 people have been arrested in connection with Friday's violent protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act in Madhya Pradesh, which left 20 police personnel injured. Demonstrations against the law were held across the state on Friday, with protesters pelting stones at police in some places. Police used baton charge to disperse the protesters.
Once again when Malaysia gave its expert comments on India’s internal matter, India categorically rejected comments made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on the Citizenship Amendment Act as ‘factually inaccurate’. The Malaysian Prime Minister had criticised India's new citizenship law while speaking on the sidelines of the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 on Friday. India has not taken kindly to these statements and asked Malaysia to "refrain" from commenting on India's "internal" matters.
If there is a question of maintaining peace in the state, my Government will not tolerate violence, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath. Showing red-eye towards unnecessary protests, Chief Minister Adityanath in a strict tone said that there was violence in Lucknow and Sambhal and we will deal with it strictly. All properties of those involved in damaging public assets will be seized and auctioned to compensate for the losses.
While the nation is boiling with half heard information on Citizenship Amendment Act and the liberals taking undue advantage of spreading venom in society, the government has come out in open to explain every small detail of the act. Nevertheless, it has also come forward with some basic FAQs explaining the common man on what the Act says and also differentiates it with National Register of Citizens (NRC) process. As the NDA government answers all queries, it also appeals to the people to not get mislead by
The Goa government on Friday clarified that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not affect Goans who hold Portuguese passports. Speaking out here, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said some elements were trying to misguide people claiming that the Portuguese passport holders will be in trouble because of the CAA.
Giving out stern reactions to the protests and misleading information, the government in each and every manner is clarifying and clearing out doubts mongering among people. In a latest, the Home Ministry on Friday said no Indian citizen will be unduly harassed or put to inconvenience by asking to prove citizenship by showing documents like birth certificates of parents or grandparents dating back to a period before 1971.
