citizenship
- Pakistan
Indians get lion’s share of Pakistani citizenship to foreigners in last 5 years
Islamabad: The Pakistan Interior Ministry has granted Pakistani citizenship to 214 foreigners during the last five years over multiple reasons, including marriage, and family relationships among others, media reports said on Sunday.…
- Bollywood
India is everything to me: Akshay Kumar on decision to renounce Canadian passport
New Delhi: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who has often faced criticism over his Canadian citizenship, says India is everything to him and he has already applied for a change of passport. He…
- World
‘IS Bride’ loses appeal over loss of British citizenship
London: Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a teenager to join the Islamic State (IS), lost her appeal against the British government’s decision to remove her citizenship. Begum and two other east…
- India
Rising number of Indians renouncing citizenship, 2.25L in 2022
New Delhi: The number of Indian citizens renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last couple of years, with 1.63 lakh doing so in 2021 and 2.25 lakh in 2022, the…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia makes major amendment to citizenship law
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has introduced a major amendment to the citizenship law. It made children of local women eligible to apply for citizenship after attaining the age of 18 years. After the…
- India
Minorities from three countries living in two Gujarat districts to get citizenship
New Delhi: Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to give citizenship rights to the minority community members hailing from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, living…
- India
Ban on PFI imminent after countrywide NIA, ED raids against it
New Delhi: A possible ban stares the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the face for its alleged involvement in terror activities after law-enforcement agencies Thursday conducted searches against it at 93…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 31 pleas challenging constitutional validity of CAA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear on October 31 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant…
- India
24 Pakistani Hindus get Indian citizenship
Rajkot: Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on Friday handed over citizenship certificates to 24 Pakistani Hindus who were living in India on a long-term visas in Rajkot and had…
- Middle East
Israel’s top court okays revoking terrorists citizenship
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government may revoke the citizenship of people convicted of terrorism and actions that constitute a breach of trust against the country. A panel of…
- Opinions
Saudi-based NRIs set to explore Turkish citizenship, residency opportunities
Hashmi Group, a Turkey-based Indian firm with expertise in Turkey’s Citizenship and Residency by Investment programs is visiting Saudi Arabia to hold one-on-one meetings in Jeddah and Riyadh between April 15 –…