Guwahati: With the Centre Tuesday approving Indian citizenship for a 50-year-old resident of Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district under the Citizenship Amendment Rules 2024, a war of words has ensued between CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and the the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU). As news of the Sylhet-born Bangladeshi being granted Indian citizenship by the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Ministry of home affairs on Wednesday announced that the government has started granting citizenship under the CAA in the states of West Bengal, Haryana, and Uttarakhand. According to the ministry’s statement, the respective State Empowered Committee granted citizenship to the applicants in these three states on Wednesday.On May 15, the Union Home Secretary … Read more
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan drew examples from history to prove his point. Vijayan was addressing the fourth consecutive rally organised by the CPI(M) in the state. (File) Kerala: “The slogans ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Hind’ were first raised by two Muslims,” said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday and asked whether the … Read more
It has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the annulment of the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024, while asserting that the Centre’s notification of the Rules on 11 March contradicts the Assam Accord and Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The AASU believes that the CAA contradicts the purpose of the National Register … Read more
Terming the CAA as “controversial”, Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was “deeply concerned” about the legislation’s ramifications on Indian Muslims, especially when the law is being pushed during the holy month of Ramadan. Senator Ben Cardin noted that India-US ties are based on shared values which envisage … Read more
New Delhi: A few days ago, the Ministry of Home Affairs made an announcement regarding the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which was passed as a law in 2019. The announcement of enactment led to multiple reactions and a lot of religious organisations and opposition parties were disappointed. Multiple petitions have been filed … Read more
The Bengal BJP chief said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is opposing the CAA to bolster her Muslim vote bank. “By doing so, she is provoking Muslims and dividing the state along sharp communal lines. Let me remind the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Mamata Banerjee that citizenship is in the Union List and the Parliament of … Read more
Asaduddin Owaisi’s attorney said that they had filed an application in 2019 when the act was passed in Parliament. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi speaks in the Lok Sabha. (ANI Photo/Sansad TV) Asaduddin Owaisi Supreme Court: Amid the mixed response to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief … Read more
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that it is important to put the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act in the context of the 1947 Partition which divided the Indian subcontinent into two independent nations India and PakistanResponding to the criticism of CAA from the US and other parts of the world, Jaishankar … Read more
The camp was organised at the district collector’s office. The Central government implemented the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Monday, March 11. (File image) Indian Citizenship Under CAA: Just a few days after the details and rules about the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 were notified by the center, 18 Hindu refugees from … Read more