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Ready to evacuate Indian citizens, if required: MEA on Haiti situation
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal said that India is ready to evacuate its citizens from Haiti if the need arises as the Caribbean nation's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has tendered his resignation to step down from his post following an emergency meeting of regional n
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US State Department says it is 'closely monitoring' implementation of CAA
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"We are concerned about the notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on March 11," US State Department Spokesperson, Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily briefing on Thursday (local time).
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"Religion cannot be criteria for citizenship": CPI General Secretary quest
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The CAA rules, notified by the Narendra Modi government on March 11 and passed by Parliament in 2019, aim to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians - who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanist
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"Human rights not based on religion": People's Conference chief terms CAA
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The CAA rules, notified by the Narendra Modi government on March 11 and passed by Parliament in 2019, aim to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians - who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanist
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"Good law": Sufi bodies hail implementation of citizenship act
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The CAA rules, notified by the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday and passed by Parliament in 2019, aim to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians - who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanista
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MHA to launch helpline number to assist applicants seeking information rel
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Home Ministry (MHA) will soon launch a helpline number Under the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019, now called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, to assist applicants for Indian citizenship.
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MHA to launch helpline number to assist applicants for Indian citizenship
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"Helpline number to assist applicants for Indian citizenship under CAA -2019 will be launched soon. Applicants will be able to get information related to CAA-2019 by calling free of cost from anywhere in India. The service will be available from 8 am to 8 pm," MHA posted on X.
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"Congress kept opposing CAA due to appeasement and vote bank politics": Am
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that Congress always opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) due to the appeasement and vote bank politics adding that Constitution drafters at the time of country's independence had promised refugees who leave Bangladesh, Afghanistan and
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MHA launches dedicated portal for refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ban
Updated : 2 years ago IST
MHA on Monday provided a web portal on which eligible non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan fleeing religious persecution can now seek Indian citizenship.
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Here's how eligible individuals can apply for Indian citizenship through C
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On Monday evening, the Union Home Ministry notified rules for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and made online a portal only through which eligible individuals can seek Indian citizenship. The rules grant Indian citizenship to these refugees who had sought shelter in
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Security tightened in parts of Delhi; police take out flag march in view o
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Security was beefed up in parts of Delhi following the implementation of rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, by the central government on Monday.
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Application for Indian citizenship under CAA to be made online, rules' not
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 enable persons eligible under CAA-2019 to apply for the grant of Indian citizenship and applications is to be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided by the government
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