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Jaishankar visits Gurdwara in Delhi; Afghan Sikhs raise issue of Indian Ci
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"I wanted to meet the Sikhs who have come to India from Afghanistan and understand their issues. They have some problems regarding visas and citizenship," said Jaishankar.
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"I don't consider myself citizen of India, a passport does not make me Ind
Updated : 3 years ago IST
'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh on Saturday denounced that he does "not" consider himself a citizen of India calling the passport merely a "travel document" and said that it does not make him an Indian.
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1.63 lakh Indians relinquish Indian citizenship in 2021, over 78K settled
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): A total of 1,63,370 Indians relinquished Indian Citizenship last year and received citizenship from other countries, a trend noted highest since 2019.
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SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking to stop harassment of particula
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a petition alleging that there is a trend of doubting the citizenship of a particular community of Assam. The petition seeks a stop to the harassment of the said community.
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16 Chinese nationals granted Indian citizenship since 2007, 10 application
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Minister for state Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday in a written reply to Rajya Sabha informed that 16 Chinese nationals granted Indian citizenship since 2007 and other 10 applications of Chinese nationals are pending for the of grant citizensh
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4,844 foreigners granted Indian citizenship in past 5 years: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): As many as 4,844 foreigners were granted Indian citizenship in the past five years under the Citizenship Act 1955, Union Minister Nityanand Rai told Lok Sabha in a written reply on Tuesday.
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7306 Pakistanis await Indian citizenship, says MHA
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Around 70 per cent of applications pending for Indian citizenship are from Pakistanis, according to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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India granted citizenship to 3117 minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Af
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): A total of 3117 minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were granted Indian citizenship in the last four years, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in Rajya Sabha said on Wednesday.
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4,177 persons granted Indian citizenship in last five years
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): A total of 4,177 people have been granted Indian citizenship during the last five years, according to data generated from the online citizenship module.
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Indore: 101 Sindhi refugees from Pakistan granted Indian citizenship
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 11 (ANI): A total of 101 Indian citizenship certificates were given on Wednesday to the people belonging to Sindhi Community who came from Pakistan in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.
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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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India engaged with Dominica to seek early deportation of Mehul Choksi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The criminal charges faced by fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi and the facts relating to his continued Indian citizenship have been brought to the attention of the Dominica authorities, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday and noted that effor
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