Search For "citizens"
NRC draft: SC pulls up top officials for contempt of court
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday held Assam co-coordinator of the National Register for Citizens (NRC) Prateek Hajela and Registrar General of India guilty of contempt of court.
Read More
Assam NRC draft: SC to hear matter today
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Amid political slugfest over Assam's National Register for Citizens (NRC) draft, the Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear the matter.
Read More
Those not in NRC draft won't be jailed or deported: NRC coordinator
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): People, whose names have not been mentioned in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, will not be "jailed or deported", said Prateek Hajela, State Coordinator of NRC on Sunday.
Read More
Rahul never gave me clear reply on NRC draft: Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack at Rahul Gandhi and said that the Congress President never replied to him over his stand on the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft.
Read More
India seeks Choksi's extradition from Antigua
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 05 (ANI): India on Sunday formally handed over an extradition request to authorities in Antigua and Barbuda for fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi.
Read More
NRC row: FIR lodged against Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): An FIR has been lodged against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Assam over her recent speech on Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft.
Read More
'Politics' over NRC draft unbecoming: Rajnath
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 4(ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the opposition parties are playing politics over the Assam National Registers of Citizens (NRC) draft and are also trying to fabricate an ambiance of fear and tension over the matter.
Read More
Congress to form panels on NRC, Rafale, unemployment
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): In run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is likely to constitute committees on issues related to Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft, controversial Rafale deal and unemployment for an all-out attack on the Prime Minister Narendra M
Read More
SEBI denies clearing Mehul Choksi's Antigua citizenship request
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 3 (ANI): The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday rubbished reports which claimed that the markets regulator had provided positive report on embattled diamantaire Mehul Choksi to the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) of Antigua, based on whi
Read More
Adjournment motion moved in LS over TMC leaders' detention
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) Member of Parliament (MP) Saugata Roy has moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha over the overnight detention of the party's eight-member delegation at Silchar airport on Thursday.
Read More
NRC draft: No action against those left out, reiterates Rajnath
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 03 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday categorically reiterated that no coercive action would be taken against anyone whose names are not mentioned in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft.
Read More
Citizenship granted after due diligence: Antiguan authorities on Choksi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Antigua and Barbuda's Citizenship By Investment Unit (CIU) has clarified that it took all steps to ensure fugitive diamantaire and Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam accused Mehul Choksi was a 'fit and proper candidate' for the grant of citizenship as allowed
Read More