Citizenship
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Seriously looking to end birthright citizenship: Donald Trump
World | Aug 22, 2019, 06:23 AM IST"We are looking at birthright citizenship very seriously. It's frankly ridiculous,” Trump said responding to a question on the birthright citizenship, which grants automatic citizenship to those born in the US.
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Donald Trump abandons adding citizenship question to 2020 Census
World | Jul 12, 2019, 09:31 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump has abandoned his bid to have a question about citizenship added to the 2020 Census, instead deciding to obtain the information via other means.
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US President Donald Trump vows to pursue citizenship census question
World | Jul 06, 2019, 07:33 AM ISTThe Donald Trump administration will continue to pursue a way of adding a citizenship question to the census, lawyers said in court filings. But administration lawyers failed to provide any legal justification for the census question by a court deadline, the BBC reported.
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Anupam Kher defends Akshay Kumar over citizenship controversy, here's what he said
Celebrities | May 05, 2019, 05:10 PM ISTAkshay Kumar, who was roped in as the brand ambassador for Canadian tourism in India in 2010, on May 3 had released a statement about his Canadian citizenship and had said that he did not understand the negativity and "unwarranted interest" around the subject.
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Honorary citizenship of Aung San Suu Kyi revoked by Canada
World | Oct 03, 2018, 11:02 AM ISTAung San Suu Kyi is the first person to be removed from her honorary Canadian citizenship.
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Retired Army man branded as 'Bangladeshi' by Assam police, asked to prove citizenship
India | Oct 01, 2017, 01:31 PM ISTA retired Army officer, after giving 30 years of his life to the nation’s security, has been accused of being an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh, and a case has been registered against him by the Assam police
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Pakistan grants nationality to 298 Indians in last five years: Ministry
World | Aug 20, 2017, 03:41 PM ISTPakistan has granted nationality to at least 298 Indian emigrants in the last five years, according to the interior ministry
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Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik seeking Malaysian citizenship
India | May 30, 2017, 08:49 PM ISTControversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on terror charges, has applied for Malaysian citizenship, according to agency sources
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After scrapping visa program popular with Indians, Aus unveils tougher citizenship laws
World | Apr 20, 2017, 10:09 AM ISTAnnouncing sweeping changes to Australia's citizenship laws, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today unveiled tighter requirements for new applicants, a move that follows the scrapping of the 457 visa program for foreign workers.
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Pakistani Hindus can now avail Indian citizenship at Rs 100
India | Dec 25, 2016, 12:02 AM ISTPeople belonging to Hindu and other minority communities of three neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, as Indian citizens have been drastically reduced to as low as Rs 100 from Rs 15,000. In a gazette notification,
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US mistakenly grants citizenship to 858 immigrants
World | Sep 20, 2016, 07:34 AM ISTThe US government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders
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We will seek dual citizenship for Sri Lankan Tamils: Jayalalithaa
National | Apr 23, 2016, 11:34 PM ISTTiruchirappalli (TN): AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asserted her party would take “continuous steps” to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual
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Taslima Nasreen fans take to Twitter, demand Indian citizenship
India | Jan 01, 2016, 09:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: On a day when Pakistani singer Adnan Sami was granted Indian citizenship by the Home Ministry, a large number of fans of Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen took to social media and requested Prime
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Bobby Jindal joins Donald Trump in opposing birthright citizenship
World | Aug 22, 2015, 12:28 PM ISTWashington: Indian-American US presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal has joined fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump in calling for an end to birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants."We need to end birthright citizenship for illegal
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Natalie Imbruglia needed tutor to pass British citizenship test
Hollywood | Aug 08, 2015, 10:35 AM ISTLondon: Singer Natalie Imbruglia has revealed that she needed a tutor to pass her British citizenship test after failing it the first time around.The “Torn” hitmaker has revealed she passed the exam, but had to
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Ordinance to amend Citizenship Act promulgated
India | Jan 06, 2015, 08:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of the three-day meet of Indian diaspora in Gujarat, government today promulgated an ordinance that seeks to merge Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes, by which
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No special provision for citizenship to Hindus from Pakistan
India | Aug 13, 2014, 01:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hindus who have migrated to India from Pakistan will have to go through the usual process to get Indian citizenship and no special provisions are being made for this, the government said Wednesday.Responding
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Global citizenship catching fancy of super-rich in India, China: Report
May 04, 2014, 04:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Global citizenship is becoming popular among the world's ultra wealthy and an increasing number of super-rich from Asia's two giants China and India are likely to trend this path in the coming years,
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Aussies cricketer Fawad Ahmed citizenship questioned
Cricket | Jan 30, 2014, 05:01 PM ISTThe rushed process in giving Australian citizenship to promising cricketer Fawad Ahmed has been questioned with a media report revealing that the Immigration Department thought the Pakistani's case for asylum was "borderline".Leg-spinner Ahmed was granted
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Most Americans back citizenship for illegal immigrants: Poll
World | Apr 12, 2013, 12:15 PM ISTWashington, Apr 12: Most Americans support creating a pathway to citizenship for America's over 11 million immigrants, including some 260,000 Indians, with a shorter timeline than that contemplated by Congress, according to a new poll.With