A participant holds a placard during a protest in Bengaluru on March 13, 2024 against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On March 11, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024. The notification enabled the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) … Read more
Police trying to remove DYFI activists who blocked a train in Alappuzha in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. File photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A total of 835 cases were registered against those who participated in protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, while addressing the media here on Thursday. … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citizens of India. “There are a lot of people, there is … Read more
The AG’s office march by LDF against the implimentation of CAA ,in Thiruvananthapuram on March 12, 2024 | Photo Credit: S. Manhisha The notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 by the Union government on Monday that would enable the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) triggered protests across Kerala on March 12. Youth … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a meeting with booth level presidents held at LB. Stadium, Hyderabad on March 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday has accused the Opposition of spreading falsehoods about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and asserted that it is only meant to give … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri, on Jan. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lambasted the BJP for raising the CAA issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, asserting that she will never allow its implementation in the state during her lifetime. Speaking at a … Read more
Ajay Kumar Mishra at an event of the Matua community in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Sunday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said that the final draft of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is expected to be ready by March 30 next year. The BJP … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought yet another extension to frame the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought yet another extension to frame the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). The legislation that fast-tracks citizenship … Read more
Affidavit says the Act fast-tracks citizenship-by-naturalisation process for ‘illegal migrants’ from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan Affidavit says the Act fast-tracks citizenship-by-naturalisation process for ‘illegal migrants’ from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan The Citizenship Amendment … Read more
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is likely to be implemented by December and the rollout process will soon, West Bengal BJP Haringhata MLA Asim Sarkar said on Friday. It is learnt that BJP national President J P Nadda held a virtual meeting on Friday with the West Bengal BJP unit, including LoP Suvendu Adhikari and … Read more