May 16, 2024, 08:59 PM - 3 mins read
The families in question arrived in India between 1990 and 1998 on visitor visas, primarily from Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan districts of Pakistan.
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May 15, 2024, 06:42 AM - 4 mins read
Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed it a "historic day", saying the decades-long wait of those who faced religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan is over.
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May 14, 2024, 06:16 AM - 14 mins read
Seated outside his modest thatched-roof home, a 60-year-old dreams of a permanent homeland which gets dashed with the complexities of the CAA.
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March 25, 2024, 09:20 PM - 4 mins read
India defends the CAA, asserting it's about granting citizenship, not taking it away, and emphasizes its internal matter. However, USCIRF contends that if the law were truly about protecting persecuted religious minorities, it would include Rohingya Muslims from Burma and others.
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March 19, 2024, 02:48 AM - 2 mins read
During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, requested four weeks to submit a reply to the 20 applications filed.
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March 18, 2024, 09:37 PM - 3 mins read
Roy's statement included the suggestion that Hindu, Buddhist, or Christian refugees should be presumed eligible for citizenship. He further proposed that a male's religious status could be determined through a circumcision test, and females accompanying such males would be presumed eligible for citizenship.
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March 12, 2024, 11:36 PM - 1 min read
It was learnt that CM Banerjee will attend an administrative review meeting and lead the anti-CAA rally on Wednesday to protest against the Central government’s recent move. However, CM Banerjee will return to Kolkata after addressing just the administrative meeting.
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March 12, 2024, 12:50 AM - 3 mins read
“The Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 under the CAA-2019 have been notified. A new portal has been launched, persons eligible under CAA-2019 can apply for citizenship on this portal indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in,” an official spokesperson said.
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March 11, 2024, 07:50 AM - 2 mins read
"After seeking nine extensions for the notification of the rules, the timing right before the elections is evidently designed to polarise the elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam," the Congress leader said.
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March 11, 2024, 06:13 AM - 4 mins read
With the CAA rules being issued, the Modi government will now start granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants -- Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians -- from the three countries.
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March 7, 2024, 07:02 AM - 2 mins read
In a recent development, a Delhi court has discharged 11 accused individuals in connection with a 2020 northeast Delhi riots case. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala presided over the case and stated that there was no substantial evidence to suggest the accused had committed the alleged offences.
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February 27, 2024, 06:56 AM - 3 mins read
As the country gears up for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) is poised to take center stage once again.
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