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SC issues notice to Centre, Assam govt on plea challenging Citizenship (A
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from Centre and Assam government on a plea challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill will make it easier to provide Indian citizensh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said that Citizenship Amendment Bill will make it easier to provide Indian citizenship to those who had to take refuge in India after facing oppression somewhere else.
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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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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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After a long wait for Indian citizenship, Hindu and Sikh refugees have a r
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
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Amid protests, Lok Sabha passes bill to grant citizenship to certain minor
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 8 (ANI) A contentious bill seeking to accord Indian citizenship to certain minority community refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid strong objections by some Opposition parties and a shutdown in the North Eastern parts o
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Punjab: 25 Sikh families from Afghanistan seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): As many as 25 Sikh families from Afghanistan have urged the Congress-led Punjab government to provide them Indian citizenship and give houses to stay as they are unable to fulfill their daily requirements.
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20 years on, 75-year-old woman waits for Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 28 (ANI): A 75-year-old Pakistani woman, named Habeeb Unissa Begum, has been allegedly waiting for over 20 years to become an official citizen of India.
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Shivraj Singh grants Indian citizenship to 28 Pakistani Sindhis
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal, (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Mar. 23 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal handed over Indian citizenship certificates on Friday to displaced citizens of Sindhi community from Pakistan.
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'Pak, Afghan minorities immigrated before Dec 14 to be given Indian citize
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced that Indian citizenship will be provided to the people belonging to the minority communities of Afghanistan and Pakistan, who have immigrated before December 14.
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