The Centre's much-debated Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), by which members of religious minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who settled in the country as refugees after fleeing alleged persecution in their homelands, are to be given permanent Indian residency; could well
The Tripura state government has started the process of appointing officials to the State Level Empowered Committee and the District Level Committee for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019.
The refugees hailing from Pakistan and residing in Delhi on Thursday expressed gratitude to the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing them with Indian citizenship through Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
All District Magistrates have been asked to form committees and designate officials so that the processing of applications received under the new law can be carried out in a hassle-free manner.
"Desh mein koi maai ka laal paida hua hai jo CAA hata sake? (has anyone been born in this country who can repeal the CAA?). Nobody can remove the CAA," PM Modi said.
Stating its opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) national general secretary PK Kunjalikutty on Thursday said that implementation of CAA during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections is taken to influence the polls and an action must be initiated against it.
The Pakistan federal government has finalised the preparations for Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan's appearance before the apex court bench via video call in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) amendments case, scheduled to be held today (Thursday), reported ARY News, citing
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Thakur lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Wednesday, saying that the PM will enable the citizens of the country to get their identity.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the 14 applicants who were granted Indian citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in New Delhi on Wednesday.
After the central government issued the first set of certificates to 14 applicants under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari called it historic.
The Central Government on Wednesday handed over the first set of citizenship certificates today over two months after notifying the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has allowed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder, Imran Khan to attend the proceedings of the court related to the NAB amendments case via video link, ARY News reported on Tuesday.