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India has slammed Pakistan over its references to Ayodhya and CAA at the United Nations United Nations: India shred Pakistan to bits and described it as a “broken record” that remains stagnant while the world progresses after Islamabad’s envoy made references to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Citizenship Amendment Act during remarks to the…
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Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj. File | Photo Credit: ANI India has slammed Pakistan and described it as a “broken record” that remains stagnant while the world progresses, after Islamabad’s envoy made references to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) during remarks to the United Nations General…
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The rules for implementation of the CAA were notified on Monday. New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Friday launched a mobile app that will allow eligible people to apply for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, officials said. According to a Home Ministry spokesperson, the application can be downloaded from the Google…
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New Delhi: The United States today said it is closely monitoring the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) implemented by India to expedite Indian citizenship for persecuted migrants from neighbouring countries. The Act aims to ease the citizenship process for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. Critics have questioned the government over…
A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled on March 15 to hear an application filed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking the return of electoral bonds’ documents. File. | Photo Credit: AP Electoral bonds data | BJP received ₹6,060 crore, highest among all parties The Bharatiya Janata Party encashed electoral bonds…
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA currently does not have a provision for non-Muslim migrants who do not possess the required documents, but said the government will soon work on a way out for such refugees. The Centre on Monday notified the CAA to reduce the…
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A mobile app ‘CAA-2019’ will also be launched very soon. New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday that helpline numbers will be launched soon to assist applicants for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA-2019). According to MHA, the applicants will be able to get information related to CAA-2019…
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New Delhi: The amendments to the citizenship law – passed by Parliament in 2019 and notified by the government Monday evening, to come into effect weeks before the general election – have triggered a back-and-forth with the opposition accusing the ruling BJP of polarising voters, and the government, hitting back. Amidst this opposition pushback, the…
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The Centre on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. New Delhi: The government today reiterated that the newly-implemented Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA doesn’t curtail the freedom and opportunity of Indian Muslims amid sharp criticism from the opposition, which terms the move as discriminatory and motivated by the approaching Lok Sabha elections….
Mr Sarma said that there was nothing new about the CAA as it was enacted earlier (File) Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship. His comment comes after…
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