The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was issued to 14 people on Wednesday, nearly two months after the Centre notified the rules. Under CAA, minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan can acquire citizenship in India. In an exclusive conversation with India Today TV, Union Home … Read more
Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), accusing her of misleading people. “We have passed the CAA law. Mamata didi is misleading the people of Bengal. She is saying that if you apply for CAA, you will lose your citizenship. … Read more
The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Yesterday expressed his strong disapproval of the use of sovereign platforms for making ignorant observations about CAA. Emphasising that CAA is meant for giving reprieve to those persecuted on religious grounds in our neighbourhood, he highlighted that none is being deprived of citizenship and still the narrative is so … Read more
Promises to scrap ‘One Nation, One Election’, repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, and simultaneously award Indian citizenship to returning Sri Lankan Tamils are among the promises made by Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The DMK is part of the Congress-led INDIA bloc formed in June … Read more
On Tuesday afternoon, the Supreme Court denied a stay of the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA. The court also granted the government three weeks, until April 8, to answer to 237 petitions contesting the law, which was notified last week, just days before the Lok Sabha elections. In addition, the petitioners were given leave to … Read more
Amid the controversy over the Centre’s decision to apply the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) weeks before the Lok Sabha election, the Supreme Court is considering a batch of 237 applications contesting the law. The case is being heard by a bench chaired by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, which also includes Justice JB Pardiwala … Read more
The Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today highlighted India’s role over the ages as ‘a proud champion of pluralism’, with the principle of Sarv Dharm Samabhav at the heart of its civilizational ethos. Noting that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) “aims to provide relief to persecuted minorities without infringing upon rights of existing citizens”, … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that the BJP-led federal government will never compromise on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The comments came after the Centre announced the regulations for implementing the act. Speaking to ANI, Amit Shah said, “This is our sovereign right to ensure Indian citizenship in our country, we will never compromise … Read more
Thalapathy Vijay, a Tamil actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president, lashed out at the Centre on Monday after it implemented the disputed Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The Centre announced the implementation of the CAA 2019, four years after Parliament enacted the law, paving the path for citizenship for illegal non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, … Read more
The government published a notification on Monday evening for the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, which will go into force today, weeks before the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The CAA was approved by Parliament in December 2019, despite concerns from activists and opposition MPs. With the notification issued, the central government can now grant citizenship to … Read more
New Delhi: Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister Hassan Mahmood said on Tuesday (November 1) that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which was framed to grant Indian nationality to minorities of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan is an internal issue of India. The minister declined to comment on the issue, saying that a petition has been filed in … Read more