Page 6 - Citizenship

Virtual call to Bengal voters: Amit Shah rallies against Mamata Banerjee

The Trinamool Congress responded almost instantly with party leader and Banerjee's nephew Abhishek asking Shah on Twitter on the subject of exits

Govt says violence, stone pelting reported during anti-CAA stir in Delhi

'Citizenship' is a central subject under entry number 17 of List I- Union List under Seventh Schedule of the Constitution

18,999 people from neighbouring nations granted citizenship during 2014-19

2,935 Pakistani nationals were granted citizenship during this period

Foreign forces trying to weaken India by misleading people on CAA: Rajnath

He said India is not a Hindu nation and its history is written with love

Lucknow University moots idea to include CAA in political science syllabus

The proposal to include CAA as one of the political science papers would have to pass through a series of approvals

Citizenship isn't just about rights, but duties towards society: CJI Bobde

Speaking at the 107th convocation of the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) here, he lamented that some educational institutes have become "extremely commercially-minded"

How a leaderless anti-CAA stir is mobilising volunteers, doctors & lawyers

Everything from a stage microphone to speakers to posters has been crowd-sourced

NRC and CAA: Lies, truths and half-truths

Detention centres exist in India, despite the prime minister's claims to the contrary

Muslims among 4,000 granted citizenship in last 6 years: Home Ministry

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has been in public domain since 2016. It was cleared by a 30-member parliamentary committee consisting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.

CAA stir: PM accuses Cong of lies, dares to grant citizenship to Pakistanis

He said the law was enacted for religious minorities of three nations--Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan--who fled their countries because of religious persecution.

CAA: BJP used police to set buses afire during Delhi protest, says Sisodia

Sisodia also tweeted some photos from the protest site

CAA: Aligarh Muslim University closed till Jan 5 after student-police clash

The announcement came after hundreds of AMU students protesting against the amended legislation clashed with police which used batons and teargas to disperse them

ATMs begin to run dry as people stalk up daily essentials in Guwahati

According to an official, curfew was relaxed from 9 am to 6 pm in Guwahati

CAB protests: Will NESO chief join mainstream politics as Northeast boils?

One of the major concerns for the student body has been the influx of people from Bangladesh

Combinative vs exclusive preferences

'From a purely legal and constitutional point of view the new citizenship law is fine', says the author

Citizenship Bill: Sena accuses Centre of 'invisible Hindu-Muslim partition'

Sena pointed out that most of the states from the North East region have opposed the CAB along with Bihar where the BJP is sharing power with the JD(U), and West Bengal

Persecuted will get a better tomorrow: PM Modi defends Citizenship Bill

Referring to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the prime minister said the decision might seem a politically difficult one, but it had raised a new hope of development

Citizenship Amendment Bill cleared by Cabinet today: All you need to know

The Union Cabinet today gave its nod to the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will now be tabled in Parliament soon

After NRC, what next?

Children born in India should be citizens

My New Year's wish

I hope either Mr Modi or Mr Gandhi will rethink their party's narrow-minded position on dual citizenship