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Lok Sabha passes citizenship amendment bill, Shah says government will bri
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha a little past midnight on Monday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah who said that the "historic" legislation will liberate crores of refugees who had come from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh f
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Lok Sabha passes Citizenship amendment bill, Shah says no need to link wit
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah who said that the legislation was a historic document to liberate the crores of refugees who had come from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh from adve
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Shiv Sena questions govt over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Shiv Sena, an erstwhile ally of the BJP, on Monday posed questions to the government over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and asked how much will country's population rise if all the refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh were granted citizenship.
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SC asks Centre to explain why it has stopped supply of ration to Mizoram B
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to explain within two weeks why it has stopped the supply of ration to the Mizoram Bru refugees in seven relief camps in Tripura that led to starvation deaths.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill introduced in Lok Sabha after division
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that makes it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to get Indian citizenship was introduced in Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah after opposition members vociferously opposed it.
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Onus of refugees on Gujarat, Karnataka; Maharashtra already overcrowded :
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Shiv Sena, which recently parted ways with the BJP, has unequivocally slammed the Centre over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, saying that the onus of settling lakhs of refugees who will come from other countries lies on the shoulders of BJP
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Amit Shah to introduce Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha today
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, that seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, is all set to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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TMC-led WB govt to regularise refugee colonies: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Nov 25 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that all refugee settlements which are there in the state since March 1971 will become regularised.
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Rohingya refugee held for illegally staying in Hyderabad with fake identit
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): The Commissioner's Task Force along with Falaknuma Police on Saturday apprehended a Rohingya refugee who allegedly impersonated as an Indian citizen and was living in Hyderabad.
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Number of Syrian refugees crossing into Iraq from Syria has increased sign
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 26 (ANI): After Turkey launched its military offensive in the region, the number of refugees crossing to Iraq from northeastern Syria has increased significantly in recent times, according to the United Nations (UN).
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Rohingya refuges to relocate to flood-prone island next month
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 21 (ANI): Authorities here have said that thousands of Rohingya living in the refugee camps in southern coastal regions of Bangladesh will be relocated to an island in the Bay of Bengal that is prone to flooding.
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Delhi HC directs govt school to give admission to 3 Pak Hindu refugee sibl
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): After the Delhi government agreed, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed a government school in Bhatti Mines area to forthwith grant admission to three Pakistani Hindu refugee siblings.
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