citizenship
- World
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living…
- Featured News
Disasters, displacement and citizenship rights—the lingering fears
Amir Ullah Khan and Riaz F Shaikh The Citizenship issue becomes even more critical for those who live in areas that see frequent floods and earthquakes. The population that somehow survives here…
- Featured News
CAA-2019 will have negative impact on the idea of Economic Citizenship
Amir Ullah Khan and Riaz F. Shaikh Citizenship has a noticeably clear economic perspective. People migrate to countries that have economic opportunities. These immigrants bring to their adopted new countries new skills,…
- 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 States next…
- 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 to fight…
- 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 in India.…
- 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 NPR. If…
- 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 to provide…
- 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 passed, and…
- Hyderabad
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 whereas during…
- 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 in 1983.…
- 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 future migrants,…
- 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 said applicants…
- 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 is doing…
- 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 the Citizenship…
