The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Front has constituted a seven-member team to engage with the Muslim community regarding the Waqf Board Amendment Act 2024 and to gather their suggestions.
Patna High Court in June set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023, and The Bihar (In admission in Educational Institutions) Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 as ultra vires and violative of the equality clauses under Articles 14, 15 and 16.<
In his address, Amit Shah said that the CAA is not just to give citizenship to millions of people settled in the country, but to give justice and rights to millions of refugees.
Dulan Kumar Das, originally from Bangladesh's Sylhet district has become the first person in Assam who has received Indian citizenship through the CAA.
Nepal's House of Representatives endorsed the enforced disappearances, Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (third amendment) Act 2024 on Wednesday. The recently amended bill comes after an agreement in between the major parties to list intentional and arbitrary killings as seriou
Kiren Rijiju also mentioned that this bill being brought today is based on the report of the Sachar committee (which called for reform) that Congress made.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that eight people have applied under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) prior to 1971 in Assam so far and only two have appeared in the interview.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav physically handed over the Citizenship certificates to two Pakistani applicants Sameer Melwani (12) and Sanjana Melwani (18) and one Bangladeshi applicant Rakhi Das at Mantralaya in the state capital Bhopal.
Former chief of All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), an outlawed outfit as per the UAPA tribunal, Ranjit Debbarma on Friday said that implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act will undermine the previous peace accord signed with rebel organizations.
Tripura BJP state President Rajib Bhattacharjee said that the Citizenship Amendment Act would never have any negative impact on the socio-economic conditions of the country as the cut off set for the implementation of the CAA dates back to 2014.
Tipra Motha Party founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman on Wednesday said that he would seek legal opinion to oppose the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act so that future generations could be protected.