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  'Immigrants who entered Assam after March 1971 are not...': What SC said on Section 6A ruling

  India | October 17, 2024 11:59 IST

  The Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, with CJI DY Chandrachud stating, "The principle is live and let live," while directing the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide data on illegal migration post-1971.

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  Supreme Court upholds validity of section that grants citizenship to immigrants in Assam

  India | October 17, 2024 11:40 IST

  The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, addressing concerns over Bangladeshi immigration in Assam while emphasising the need to balance immigration control and the rights of indigenous residents.

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  CAA citizenship certificates given to beneficiaries in West Bengal, says Centre

  India | May 29, 2024 23:02 IST

  The Ministry of Home Affairs announced that West Bengal has commenced granting citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. This marks the beginning of the process, with the first set of certificates issued by the state's Empowered Committee.

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  Centre gives away first batch of CAA certificates to 14 recipients

  India | May 15, 2024 16:58 IST

  Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla distributed citizenship certificates under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to the first 14 individuals in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed this noteworthy event.

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  'I have not seen any data': CM Sarma rebukes Kapil Sibal's claim of Assam's Myanmar connection

  India | December 09, 2023 11:55 IST

  Kapil Sibal, during the Supreme Court hearing, underscored the intricacies of tracing population movements in history and delved into Assam's historical evolution.

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  Supreme Court to examine constitutional validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act

  India | January 10, 2023 22:17 IST

  The bench had directed the apex court registry to provide scanned soft copies of the complete set of pleadings filed on the issue. As many as 17 petitions, including the one filed by Assam Public Works in 2009, are pending on the issue in the apex court.

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  Centre to grant citizenship to minorities of Pak, B'desh, Afghanistan under Citizenship Act, 1955

  India | November 01, 2022 10:30 IST

  According to a notification by the Union Home Ministry, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians residing in the districts of Anand and Mehsana in Gujarat will be allowed registration as a citizen of India.

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  35 paramilitary companies deployed in violence-hit Delhi; Fresh stone pelting at Bhajanpura

  India | February 25, 2020 15:25 IST

  35 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in Northeast Delhi along with Special Cell, Crime Branch and Economic Offences Wing (EOW) officials. Local police from different districts of Delhi have also been called in.

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  Yogi Adityanath sparks row with remarks on anti-CAA protesters

  India | February 19, 2020 17:08 IST

  UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, kicked off a major controversy when he slammed the anti-CAA protesters and made a disparaging remark on the deaths that took place during the protests.

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  India will turn into a 'Hindu Rashtra' if CAA is implemented, says AIMIM Chief Owaisi

  News | February 10, 2020 14:39 IST

  India will turn into a 'Hindu Rashtra' if CAA is implemented, this is what BJP and RSS wants, says AIMIM Chief Owaisi

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  Shaheen Bagh protests: SC to hear pleas seeking removal of anti-CAA protesters

  India | February 10, 2020 8:01 IST

  Earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court had said that it would take up on Monday the two public interest litigations (PIL) seeking directions to the Central government for laying down guidelines relating to restrictions for holding protests leading to obstruction to public places.

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  Half of Bangladesh will be empty if Indian citizenship offered: G Kishan Reddy

  India | February 09, 2020 17:15 IST

  Half of Bangladesh's population will leave that country if Indian citizenship was promised to them, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday. 

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  EC, police officials encourage Shaheen Bagh protesters to vote for Delhi Elections 2020

  India | February 06, 2020 7:55 IST

  Shaheen Bagh, Khureji Khas and Hauz Rani are some of the sites in the city where protesters are opposing the amended citizenship law. The protesters said they will help the authorities in conducting peaceful polls in the national capital, police said.

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  Anti-CAA protests in Lucknow: Man held for threatening to shoot at crowd

  India | February 04, 2020 9:46 IST

  According to police reports, the accused Shravan Sharma, a resident of Unnao district, has completed a diploma course in civil engineering from a private institute in Sitapur. SHO Thakurganj Pramod Kumar Mishra said Shravan had gone to a friend's home in Thakurganj from where he was arrested.

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  We have not been provoked, we know why we are sitting here, says women protesters at Shaheen Bagh

  News | February 03, 2020 15:11 IST

  We have not been provoked, we know why we are sitting here, says women protesters at Shaheen Bagh

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  4 PFI members held for inciting violence in Muzaffarnagar during anti-CAA protest

  News | February 03, 2020 14:07 IST

  4 PFI members held for inciting violence in Muzaffarnagar during anti-CAA protest

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  JNU Students Union President Aishi Ghosh joins protests against CAA and NRC in Nagpada, Mumbai

  News | February 02, 2020 12:25 IST

  The police did not allow Aishi Ghosh to speak due to lack of permission. People involved in the protest repeatedly kept advocating to let Aishi Ghosh speak but the police stopped the loudspeaker.

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  CAA protest: Kafeel Khan remanded to judicial custody, transferred to Mathura jail

  India | February 01, 2020 10:51 IST

  Child specialist Kafeel Khan who was accused of making an inflammatory speech at AMU was remanded to judicial custody and later transferred to Mathura jail, officials said on Saturday.

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  PM Modi asks NDA leaders to back CAA strongly, says has no reason to feel defensive

  India | January 31, 2020 22:01 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that his government has no reason to feel defensive about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and asked NDA leaders to back the measure strongly in Parliament.

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  Nathuram Godse and Narendra Modi believe in same ideology: Rahul Gandhi

  India | January 30, 2020 12:56 IST

  Addressing a rally in Kerala's Kalpetta, Rahul Gandhi said, "Nathuram Godse shot Mahatma Gandhi because he did not believe in himself, he loved no one, he cared for nobody, he believed in nobody and that is the same with our Prime Minister, he only loves himself, only believes in himself.