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"Exempt Matua community from strict documentary requirements under SIR":
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Member of the Congress Working Committee, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has written to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking urgent intervention to exempt the deprived Matua community of West Bengal from the strict documentary requirements under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and to form
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"Historic decision of abrogation of Article 370 brought citizenship rights
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Union Minister Jitendra Singh praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decisive leadership in restoring peace and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, noting that this has allowed even senior leaders from the opposition to freely enjoy the region's newfound stability, as evidenced by the re
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With CAA implementation, Matua community gets their rights: BJP leader Sha
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Minister Shantanu Thakur expressed gratitude to the central government for implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which will give citizenship rights to the Matua community.
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Pakistan keeps on exploiting illegally occupied Kashmir
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Promises made to them remained unfulfilled till August 5, 2019--when the regime led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a historic decision to scrap Article 370 and merge Jammu and Kashmir completely with the Union of India. The move ended the long fight of the PoK residents for their citiz
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Afghanistan: Shia community urges Taliban to formalize sect, protect citiz
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Shias, who have faced persecution in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, urged the Taliban to formalize their sect and protect their citizenship rights in the framework of an inclusive government.
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J-K: West Pakistan refugees celebrate 2nd anniversary of Article 370 abrog
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 5 (ANI): Refugees from West Pakistan on Thursday danced to the beats of dholak to celebrate the second anniversary of the abrogation of articles 370 and 35-A which resulted in them gaining citizenship rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
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West Pakistan Refugees from J-K meets Jitendra Singh, thank PM Modi for gr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday met Union Minister Jitendra Singh and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting them citizenship rights "after a long wait of over seven decades", according to the Ministry
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Opposition playing 'political games' over CAA, says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the Opposition, accusing them of playing political games over the amended Citizenship law and asserted that the act is about giving citizenship rights, not taking them away.
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Modi government firm on implementing Citizenship Amendment Act: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Amid opposition efforts to corner the government over Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that Modi government was firm on implementing the new law which gives citizenship rights to non-Muslim refugees from three neighb
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Chakma migrants demand citizenship rights from Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.11 (ANI): The All India Chakma Social Forum (AICSF) has appealed to the Centre to grant them citizenship rights.
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