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India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here's what to know
India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here's what to know
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 12:06 PM IST
AP |
Germany to ease citizenship rules for children of foreign parents: Report
The interior ministry also plans to relax some language requirements for elderly immigrants and make it easier for people to hold multiple nationalities.
Published on Nov 25, 2022 10:15 PM IST
AFP |
More than 1.6 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2021: Govt data
The data was released by Union minister of state (MoS) of home affairs Nityanand Rai as a reply to Haji Fazlur Rehman, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP in Lok Sabha.
Updated on Jul 19, 2022 03:55 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
UAE amends citizenship law for expatriates. All you need to know.
The changes to the law on nationality and passports will allow expatriates to become dual citizens for the first time. Dual citizenship was earlier banned in the Emirates.
Published on Jan 30, 2021 06:41 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Gauhati High Court rejects anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea
The decision by a division bench of the court has dashed hopes of his supporters across Assam who had been hoping that he would get released soon to take part in the upcoming assembly polls in the state.
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 12:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | Utpal Parashar
‘All students passed except…’: Jamia teacher tweets a row on CAA, suspended
AP Siddiqui, registrar of the university, issued the suspension order for the teacher. It said the faculty member had tweeted that all students “except 15 non-Muslims have been passed as they did not support” the Citizenship Amendment Act protests.
Updated on Mar 26, 2020 04:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Amandeep Shukla
UP seeks time to file report on CAA hoardings in HC
Additional advocate general Neeraj Tripathi said the state government’s main thrust of the argument in its plea was that its special leave petition (SLP) against the High Court’s March 9 order was pending before the Supreme Court (SC) and the apex court had referred it to a larger bench.
Updated on Mar 17, 2020 05:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Prayagraj | Jitendra Sarin
Centre must talk to states to clear CAA, NPR doubts: RSS
The CAA’s passage in December to fast-track the citizenship process for non-Muslims, who have entered India from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, triggered protests across the country.
Updated on Mar 17, 2020 05:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Shaheen Bagh protesters will have to follow ban on gathering over coronavirus: Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal announced the new steps during a press conference after reviewing the city government’s efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Updated on Mar 16, 2020 04:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Guv promulgates ordinance to recover damages in UP
The state cabinet had approved the Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damage to Public and Private Property Ordinance — 2020 last Friday.
Published on Mar 16, 2020 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Pankaj Jaiswal
India rejects global criticism of CAA, Delhi violence; calls comments ‘irresponsible’
Leaders of countries such as Turkey, Iran and Malaysia too have reiterated their criticism of these issues even though India had described their past remarks on these matters as interference in the country’s internal matters.
Updated on Mar 05, 2020 07:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Not acceptable’: India rejects Iranian minister’s criticism of north-east Delhi violence
External affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Chegeni was summoned and a “strong protest was lodged against the unwarranted remarks made by the Iranian foreign minister”.
Updated on Mar 03, 2020 08:34 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Police fired in air but missed aim, 3 anti-CAA protesters killed: Assam govt
To a query by Congress MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed, Patowary said 573 people were arrested so far in 430 cases relating to protests against the amended citizenship law.
Updated on Mar 03, 2020 07:27 AM IST
Guwahati | Press Trust of India
At Naveen Patnaik’s lunch, Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah on same table
Mamata Banerjee has been one of the fiercest critics of the new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December last year.
Updated on Feb 28, 2020 06:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent