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Daily brief: Over 1.6 million Indians renounced citizenship since 2011
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1.6 million Indians renounced citizenship since 2011; 183,000 this year: Govt
Minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan’s answer came in response to a question by Congress lawmaker Abdul Khaleque who sought details of the number of Indians who renounced their citizenship since January 2015.

News updates from HT: Over 8.5 lakh Indians gave up citizenship in last 7 years
Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

391 Afghani, 1595 Pak migrants granted Indian citizenship in last 3 years
Responding to a question by member of Parliament Kirodi Lal Meena, Rai informed the Rajya Sabha that the data related to Hindus and Sikh refugees who came from Afghanistan and Pakistan was not centrally maintained.

In Assam, uncertainty over citizenship status grips Bengali colonies
This year, Bikash Saha and Dilip Kumar Basak were planning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their neighbourhood puja with a ₹10 lakh replica of Gujarat’s imposing Somnath temple as the pandal.
