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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: Six student bodies in Manipur to boycott Rep
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Imphal [Manipur], Jan 26 (ANI): Decrying passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), six student bodies including Meira Paibis will be agitating in New Delhi on January 30, and has decided to boycott the 70th Republic Day celebration in Manipur on Saturday.
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Australia confirms detention of blogger in China
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney (Australia), Jan 24 (ANI): The Australian government on Thursday confirmed that a well-known writer and former Chinese official with Australian citizenship has been detained in his native country.
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Assam: 70 organisations protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): As many as 70 organisations including Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), protested against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, here on Wednesday.
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Pak Hindu migrants seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Refugees, who fled from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to India, escaping religious prosecution and atrocities they face back there, are seeking support from the central government to provide them Indian citizenship.
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Choksi surrenders passport to Guyana’s government
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 21(ANI): Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi has given up Indian citizenship by surrendering his passport to the Indian High Commission in Guyana.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: BJP reaching out to allies, says Ram Madhav
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday said that the party is reaching out to allies who have expressed concerns over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and will assure them that interest of each state will be taken care of.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: Rajnath Singh assures Manipur CM protection of
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Amidst the Citizenship Amendment Bill controversy, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assured Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh of protection of rights and interests of the people of Manipur.
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SC keeps PIL filed against Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill pending
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court has kept the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill pending.
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Hindu, Sikh refugees from Pak eagerly waiting for passage of Citizenship B
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, who were eagerly awaiting the passage of a bill by Parliament that would grant them Indian citizenship, are disappointed that it could not fructify in the just-concluded Winter session but have not given
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Centenarian Pak-Hindu lady gets Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): It is no less than a dream come true for the centenarian Jamuna Devi who has been granted Indian citizenship after a long wait of almost three years.
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Bezbaruah refuses to be part of MHA-constituted panel on Assam Accord
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): In what could mean setback to the Centre, former bureaucrat MP Bezbaruah has refused to be a part of the nine-member panel, which was set up by the Home Ministry on January 7 to suggest ways to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
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Tripura: Emergency extended as Madhabbari still tense
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Madhabbari (Tripura) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Tension still looms over Madhabbari even three days after the incident of police firing following the clash between protesters and police amid demonstration opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
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