citizenship
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India
Assam-based Advocate known for fighting citizenship cases bags Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship
New Delhi: Aman Wadud, a human right’s activist and lawyer, practising at Gauhati High Court, has been selected for Fulbright-Nehru Master’s Fellowship 2021-2022. He will pursue LLM in the United…
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World
UK IS bride can return to fight citizenship: Report
London: Shamima Begum, a British resident who ran away in 2015 to become an Islamic State (IS) jihadi bride, has won a legal battle to be allowed to return home…
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News
Pakistani Hindu refugees will get citizenship: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday assured of providing long term visas to Pakistani Hindu refugees residing in the national capital as well as enable them to settle…
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Telangana
NPR: Over 14 lakh Hindu voters may lose Citizenship in Karimnagar
Karimnagar: If Govt. of TS implements NPR, 1477263 Hindus and 77477 Muslims may lose their citizenships. They are required to produce details in NRC based on the information furnished in…
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India
University asks RTI applicants to furnish Citizenship proof
Lucknow: Even as anti-citizenship protests continue to rage across the country, Lucknow University has queered the pitch by demanding citizenship proof from RTI applicants. Lucknow University The Lucknow University (LU) refused…
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India
CAA: Changes in criteria since 1955 till date
New Delhi: Changes in criteria qualifying a person as citizenship of India has been on Centres priority on various occasions that began 64 years ago when Citizenship Act, 1955 was…
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Hyderabad News
NPR Data is not the proof of Citizenship
Hyderabad: National Population Register (NPR) will start on 1st April 2020 which will continue till 30th September 2020. During these five months, 21 questions will be asked to the citizens…
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Kashmir
J-K: Poonch native gets Indian citizenship for Pak origin wife
Poonch: A Pakistani citizen who got married to an Indian from here got Indian citizenship from the government of India on December 21, thirty-six years after their marriage took place…
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India
MHA plans citizenship to ‘eligible Muslim migrants’ too
New Delhi: In wake of ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in various states, the Union Home Ministry has been working on a plan to provide Indian citizenship to all…
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CAA-NRC
Home Ministry to soon start drafting rules under CAA
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry will soon start the process of drafting rules for those eligible for Indian citizenship after the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. MHA sources…
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Top Stories
Mahesh Bhatt raises voice against Citizenship Act
Mumbai: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt on Sunday took a pledge not to support the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He along with Congress leader Sanjay Jha joined a protest meet here. A video…
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India
Road ahead for Indian Muslims
By Aijaz Zaka Syed “Where do we go from here?” asked a US-based Indian Muslim friend the morning after India lurched further to the right with the smooth passage of…
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Bollywood News
Farhan Akhtar hits out at troll over Citizenship Act
Mumbai: Director-actor Farhan Akhtar on Sunday called a social media user “bigot” after the person asked him to reach out to Muslims, to stop destroying the country’s property while protesting the…
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India
How Citizenship Act, NRC will alter the idea of India
New Delhi: The government insists that the amended new law on citizenship (the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA) is not anti-Muslim. In fact, it claims that Indian Muslims are not…
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Middle East
Saudi Arabia to grant citizenship to distinguished professionals
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia decided to grant citizenship to distinguished professionals. The aim of the decision is to attract scientists, intellectuals and innovators from around the world. King Salman Bin Abdul…
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Hyderabad News
TRS MLA challenges his cancellation of citizenship
Hyderabad: TRS MLA, Mr. Ch. Ramesh approached High Court challenging the order of Govt. of India by which his Indian Citizenship was canceled as he already holds US Citizenship. In…
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Hyderabad News
TRS legislator stripped of Indian citizenship
Hyderabad: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday issued a fresh order cancelling Indian citizenship of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh. Fresh orders were issued after hearing…
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News
Trump likely to ending birthright citizenship
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration is seriously considering an executive order to end birthright citizenship.“We’re looking at that very seriously,” Trump told reporters when…
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News
Trump again attacks Census 2020 for not having question on citizenship
Seoul [South Korea]: Continuing his attack on the upcoming census, President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the exercise costs “billions” and is not effective as it does not include…
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News
India yet to hear officially from Antigua on revocation of Choksi’s citizenship
New Delhi [India]: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is yet to hear officially from the Antiguan government on the revocation of Mehul Choksi’s citizenship, and will make a move…
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Politics
Bangladeshi popular actress joins BJP; silent when asked about citizenship
Kolkata: Anju Ghosh, a Bangladeshi film actress joined the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in presence of the party’s state president Dilip Ghosh here on Wednesday. During the event, Ghosh was…
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News
Give fair chance to people not included in NRC: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the NRC Coordinator to provide a fair chance to those who have challenged the non-inclusion of their names in the National Register…
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Featured News
If only home ministry had asked nurse Rajamma on Rahul’s citizenship
Bangalore: Before asking Rahul Gandhi whether he is British or Indian, union home minister should have talked to Rajamma Vavathil who had held him in her arms in a Delhi…
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Politics
Home Ministry issues notice to Rahul Gandhi over his citizenship
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his citizenship after receiving a complaint from Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subramanian…
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News
UK revokes citizenship of teen who left to join IS
London [Britain]: Britain on Wednesday revoked the citizenship of Shamima Begum who had left the United Kingdom four years ago to join the Islamic State in Syria. According to Dhaka…
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India
Citizenship bill: BJP unit in northeast demands to abandon the bill
New Delhi: On Thursday, BJP unit of northeast not only demanded to abandon the Citizenship bill but also said that the attitude of one person may impact the party in…
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India
SDPI rejects Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, demands implementation of Assam Accord
By Pervez Bari Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has rejected Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 in all its entirety and takes it as highly communal and against the…
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