CAA
- India
150 eminent figures demand release of Umar Khalid and anti-CAA activists
A group of 150 prominent writers, filmmakers and activists including senior journalist Ramachandra Guha, author Amitav Ghosh, film actor Naseeruddin Shah and former Member of Rajya Sabha Rajmohan Gandhi have united their…
- India
Pakistani becomes first Goan to get Indian citizenship under CAA
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday handed over the Indian citizenship certificate to a 78-year-old Pakistani Christian under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, making him the first such person from the…
- India
Refugees denied citizenship rights due to appeasement policy of Cong-led govts: Shah
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said a large number refugees were denied citizenship rights in the country due to the appeasement policy of past governments led by the Congress…
- India
Centre urged to protect Hindu temples in violence-hit Bangladesh
Mumbai: Amid the ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) on Wednesday called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the safety of the Hindu community and their temples, and…
- India
Assam won’t send non-Muslim illegal immigrants’ cases to Foreigners Tribunal
Guwahati: The Assam government has asked its border police unit not to forward cases of non-Muslim illegal immigrants entering the state before 2015 to the Foreigners Tribunal, and advised them to apply…
- India
BJP tally decreased in RS, will see what can be done to repeal CAA: Congress
Guwahati: The Congress on Tuesday said it was exploring ways to get the CAA repealed since the BJP’s tally in Rajya Sabha has dipped below 90 for the first time in the…
- India
170 Pakistani’s could lose homes in Majnu Ka Tila in DDA’s demolition drive
New Delhi: Dayal Das, a 49-year-old Pakistani Hindu man, breaks down after the DDA issued a public notice regarding a demolition drive in Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila — his home of the…
- India
India witnessed violent attacks on minorities in 2023: US govt report
There have been violent attacks on minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults, discrimination, and vandalism of places of worship in India, Reuters reported, citing the US State Department’s 2023 religious…
- India
Centre starts granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday started granting citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand. The CAA was enacted in December 2019 for granting Indian nationality…
- India
Centre granting citizenship to people under CAA a lie, politics during polls: Mamata
Gopiballavpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of “orchestrating a lie” about granting citizenship to 14 people under the CAA and dubbed it as “politics…
- India
Tripura forms state-level committee for granting citizenship under CAA
Agartala: The Tripura government has constituted a six-member state-level empowered committee with Director Census Operations, as chairman to grant citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, an official said on Friday. The…
- India
First set of citizenship certificates issued under CAA to 14 people
New Delhi: The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was issued Wednesday here to 14 people, starting the process of granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslims migrants…
- India
Still oppose CAA, will continue to pursue case in Supreme Court: AGP
Deohati: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which is a part of the ruling NDA, asserted that it still opposes the CAA and will continue to pursue the case it has filed against the…
- CAA-NRC
Mamata hits out at Rajnath Singh for CAA implementation remark
Ausgram: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for saying that nobody in the world can stop the implementation of the CAA, and asserted that she…
- India
Mamata Banerjee can’t dare to touch CAA: Amit Shah
Malda: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) claiming that neither she…
