Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Topic: Citizenship amendment bill

Citizenship Amendment Act final draft likely by 2024 March, says Union minister

The final draft of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is expected to be ready by March 30 next year, said Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra.

CAA: Home ministry invites citizenship applications from non-Muslim refugees from Afghan, Pak, B’desh

The Narendra Modi government on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Christians belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship.

Seventh US city passes resolution against CAA, calls Modi govt ‘discriminatory’ towards Muslims

Alameda County, an American city has passed a resolution against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) by declaring laws "are discriminatory towards Muslims, caste oppressed minorities, women and indigenous people."

Bihar elections: A Judas kiss to minorities

From glorifying CM candidates to using dry development rhetoric, this state election is garden-variety for political parties even as young Muslim, Dalit and Adivasi voters forage for progressive undercurrents in Bihar after CAA and Hathras.

“Who says all this nonsense?” Nitish Kumar slams Yogi Adityanath’s CAA Comment

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday told off Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, for his comments on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) "throwing out infiltrators".

US city passes resolution against CAA, calls Modi and BJP ‘Islamophobic’

St. Paul City, an American city has passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), by denouncing India’s Prime Minister and ruling political party BJP for its "Islamophobic" and "exclusionary ideology."