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NRC: SC reserves order on citizenship issue of those born in country betwe
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the citizenship issue of people born in India between 1971 and 1987 and who were not included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list.
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Significant changes to US EB-5 program approaching
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India] August 02 (ANI/NewsVoir): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is making a number of significant changes to its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, marking the first significant revision of the program's regulations since its establishment in the year 1993.
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Rajasthan: Camps being organised to grant citizenship to Pak Hindu migrant
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 27 (ANI): The Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan is conducting regular camps to grant Indian citizenship to Pakistani Hindus who have migrated, the state's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal said on Friday.
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Will identify, deport illegal immigrants as per international law: Amit Sh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the government will identify all illegal immigrants residing in the country and deport them as per the international law.
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1,310 migrants in Rajasthan were given citizenship: MoS for Home Nityanand
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): As many as 1,310 migrants in Rajasthan have been given citizenship, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Multi-pronged approach adopted to check infiltration of illegal immigrants
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday said that it has adopted a multi-pronged approach to ensure effective surveillance and domination of international borders to check infiltration of illegal immigrants.
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Census 2020: Trump pulls back citizenship question demand
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [DC], July 12 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he is dropping his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a week after the Supreme Court blocked his efforts to include the same.
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Census citizenship question an effort to 'make America white again', says
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 9 (ANI): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attacked US President Donald Trump on Monday, claiming that efforts to add a citizenship question in the 2020 census were a bid to "make America white again".
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Madurai: Sri Lankan refugees submit petitions to seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 2 (ANI): More than 200 Sri Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district for 29 years submitted petitions to collector's office on Monday to seek the Indian citizenship.
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Trump again attacks Census 2020 for not having question on citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea] June 30 (ANI): Continuing his attack on the upcoming census, President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the exercise costs "billions" and is not effective as it does not include any question on citizenship.
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Assam govt excludes over 1 lakh people from draft NRC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], Jun 26 (ANI): Ahead of July deadline, the Assam government on Wednesday published a list of names of over one lakh people who have been excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens published last year.
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Rajiv Gandhi had accepted NRC in Assam accord: Modi on Congress stand
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a swipe at Congress for not taking credit for National Register of Citizens (NRC) which the government of late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's had accepted.
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