citizenship
- 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…
- World
Canada’s immigration backlog shrinks to 2.2 mn: IRCC
Toronto: Canada’s immigration backlog came down to just over 2.2 million from last month’s 2.4 million, according to new data revealed by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). With this, the…
- India
1,83,741 Indians gave up citizenship till Oct
New Delhi: The number of Indians renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last few years. The number of Indians who renounced their citizenship was 1,33,049 in 2017, and five years…
- India
31 districts, 9 states can give citizenship to non-Muslims from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
New Delhi: The district magistrates of 31 districts and the home secretaries of nine states have been given powers to grant Indian citizenship to the Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians…
- 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
SC adjourns hearing of petitions challenging CAA to September 19
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and posted the matter for further hearing on September 19. A…
- 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 –…
