Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today tried to assuage the apprehensions relating to the Citizenship Amendment Act. Speaking to media, Naveen said that the Act only deals with foreigners and there should not be any worry.…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it will hold a hearing on the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, held in Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University and Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University on December 17.…

New Delhi: The anti-Citizenship Act Protests in the north eastern states and West Bengal continue to cripple normal life even as the government is saying the situation is normal. The death toll in Assam has risen to 6 in the protests…

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, late on Thursday night, approving it become an Act. The Act allows Indian citizenship to non-Muslim minority communities - Hindu, Sikh,…

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) that gives Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Bill has been passed in the Upper House with 125 votes…

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019. The Bill seeks to grant Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have migrated to India after…

Bhubaneswar: The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 (CAB) should not be linked with the National Register of Citizens (NRC), said Biju Janata Dal Lok Sabha MP Sarmistha Sethi. She said that the NRC is a different subject and calls for a…

New Delhi: Even as the Modi Government is determined to pass the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in the parliament amidst opposition from various quarters, it has raised eyebrows in the US as the Commission for International…

Bhubaneswar: The contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday should not be looked in a religious or communal point of view, rather it should be looked in a much bigger context for the…

New Delhi: In a significant development, Home Minister Amit Shah has introduced Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha today despite protests from Opposition which labelled the legislation “regressive”. The bill was introduced with…