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As India conducts Afghanistan evacuation operations, those saying CAA was
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): As India continues evacuation operations from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that those who were shouting Citizenship (Amendment) Act was a horror show should be ashamed today.
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DSGMC chief Sirsa urges Centre to extend CAA cut-off date for refugees fro
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder S Sirsa on Tuesday said that the Centre should amend Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and extend the cut-off date from 2014 to 2021 so that people
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Northeast Delhi violence: HC asks police to file fresh status report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Delhi Police to file a fresh affidavit having all the detail and status of cases going before the trial courts in connection with the violence that broke out in the north-east district of the national capital in Februar
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Afghan crisis exhibits importance of CAA in India, says BJP's Ramchander R
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 23 (ANI): The Afghanistan crisis has exhibited the importance of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the country, said Bharatiya Janata Party leader N Ramchander Rao on Monday.
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Developments in volatile neighbourhood are why enactment of CAA is necessa
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New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): After a special Indian Air Force (IAF) repatriation flight ferrying 168 people from Kabul landed at Ghaziabad Hindon air base on Sunday, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that developments in the volatile neighbourhood are the reason why enactment of
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St Kitts and Nevis Awarded Best Citizenship by Investment Programme by FT
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI/Mediawire): The 2021 CBI Index released this week by the Financial Times' Professional Wealth Management (PWM) magazine has, for the first time, awarded St Kitts and Nevis as the best citizenship by investment (CBI) programme for 2021. Now in its fifth year,
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Indore: 75 Sindhi refugees from Pakistan granted Indian citizenship
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 18 (ANI): As many as 75 refugees from Pakisan belonging to the Sindhi community who had escaped from the neighbouring country due to "harassment" were granted Indian citizenship in Indore on Tuesday as part of the commemoration of 75 years of India'
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J-K: West Pakistan refugees celebrate 2nd anniversary of Article 370 abrog
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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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Committees on Subordinate Legislation requested to grant extension to fram
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The Committees on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been requested to grant an extension of time up to January 9, 2022, to frame the rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed on Wednesday.
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No proposal to amend CAA for inclusion of more minorities: MHA to RS
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that no proposal is under consideration to further amend the Citizenship Act (CAA) for granting Indian nationality to members of other minority communities.
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Centre seeks extension till next January for framing rules on CAA : MHA in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], July 27 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, in a written reply, on Tuesday, informed the Parliament that it has sought an extension of more than six months for framing rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
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Shahrukh Pathan moves bail plea in Delhi Court for an attempt to murder ca
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): A bail application has been filed in the District Karkardooma Court of Delhi by Shahrukh Pathan who had allegedly opened fire at police personnel in February 2020 during the protest and violence against the Citizenship Amendment Act, in an attempt to murder
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