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Anti-CAA protests politically motivated, says Satyapal Singh
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): BJP lawmaker Satyapal Singh on Wednesday said that the ongoing anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests across the country by different political parties and outfits are "politically motivated" and asserted that the law was not for any Indi
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BJP expected to brief foreign media on CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Concerned over the reportage on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in foreign media, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to reach out to the foreign press and dispel misgivings about the law that has been duly passed in the recently concluded winter
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Rajasthan: 8 people from Pakistan get Indian citizenship
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Eight Pakistani people residing in Kota city of Rajasthan since the year 2000 were granted Indian citizenship by the district administration.
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J-K: Poonch native gets Indian citizenship for Pak origin wife after 30 ye
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): A Pakistani citizen who got married to an Indian from here got Indian citizenship from the government of India on December 21, thirty-six years after their marriage took place in 1983.
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A class of society being misled, misinformed: Former Chief Justice of Sikk
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Former Sikkim High Court Chief Justice Permod Kohli and retired Judge of Allahabad High Court SN Srivastava said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 will not impact any existing rights of the Indian citizens.
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NRC won't be implemented in Andhra: Reddy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday clarified that his government is against National Register of Citizens (NRC) and will not implement it in the state.
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Kerala Guv says Citizenship Act not discriminatory, has nothing to do with
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Sunday said that the amended Citizenship Act has nothing to do with Indian citizens and asserted the legislation does not discriminate people on the basis of religion.
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No requirement for Indian citizens to declare religion for opening bank ac
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Central government on Saturday dispelled rumours claiming that Indian citizens will need to disclose their religion in their bank's 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) forms.
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Bizarre explanation: Protesters call CAA a machine which produces Indian c
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The diverse and the motley crowd protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) have literally no idea what these terminologies are all about and their bizarre explanation ranges from "freeing Lalu Yadav from
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Gujarat: 7 refugees from Pakistan get Indian citizenship under CAA
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kutch (Gujarat) [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya distributed Indian citizenship certificates to seven refugees from Pakistan here on Friday and congratulated them.
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European think tank warns India against revival of insurgencies in North-E
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], Dec 20 (ANI): A European think tank has warned India against the reignition of insurgencies in the North-East over the recently enacted Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which provides Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, who
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Indian citizens don't have to prove any ancestry: MHA
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (AN): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday quelled different rumours being floated in various quarters of social media and said that Indian citizens do not have to prove any ancestry by presenting documents like identity cards, birth certificates etc of pare
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