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‘Passport never a citizenship document, no rule change,’ says govt amid row

Passport-citizenship debate: Govt says no policy change, cites Passports Act
india news
Published on Jun 26, 2026 09:23 am IST

If not from BJP, not Indian: Oppn slams govt over passport-citizenship remark

Oppn asks ‘what proves citizenship?’ after govt's passport clarification
india news
Updated on Jun 26, 2026 08:04 am IST

‘Not decided yesterday’: Govt clarifies MEA's passport-citizenship remarks

Under Section 5 of the Passports Act, 1967, a passport authority may issue a passport only after considering the application and making such inquiry as it deems necessary.
india news
Updated on Jun 25, 2026 08:59 pm IST

Amid MEA passport row, what constitutes proof of citizenship in India?

The ministry’s position appears to draw a distinction between a passport being evidence of citizenship and being conclusive proof of citizenship.
india news
Updated on Jun 26, 2026 02:59 pm IST

US court blocks Trump's order on proof of citizenship requirement to vote

US President Donald Trump's order would have required people to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote, prevented mail ballots from being counted if they arrive after Election Day, and punished states that failed to comply by withholding certain federal money.
us news
Updated on Jun 24, 2026 10:30 pm IST

Bengal SIR hearings: News clips among citizenship proofs

Newspaper cuttings, blank papers and Class 8 admit cards are some of the documents, which were submitted by people as proof
india news
Updated on Feb 14, 2026 08:20 am IST

Multiple documents allowed in Bihar SIR voter friendly: SC

The court is seized of a bunch of petitions challenging the ECI’s June 24 directive ordering an SIR ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.
india news
Updated on Aug 14, 2025 05:25 am IST

SC asks why Aadhaar not enough for Bihar voter update: ‘I myself can’t show...'

Election officials handing over enumeration forms to voters ahead of the Bihar assembly elections 2025 due in October-November.
india news
Updated on Jul 10, 2025 02:45 pm IST

Donald Trump orders US election revamp, mandates citizenship proof for voting

US President Donald Trump during a US ambassadors meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
us news
Updated on Mar 26, 2025 12:28 pm IST

Judge orders Arizona to release names of voters affected by glitch

Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. October 31, 2024.
us news
Published on Nov 01, 2024 06:49 am IST

House Republicans push to link government funding to a citizenship check for new voters

House Republicans push to link government funding to a citizenship check for new voters
india news
Updated on Sept 08, 2024 05:04 pm IST

House Republican unveil bill to avoid shutdown. Senate Democrats say they're wasting precious time

House Republican unveil bill to avoid shutdown. Senate Democrats say they're wasting precious time
us news
Updated on Sept 07, 2024 07:55 pm IST

Uncertainty over voter ID as valid proof of citizenship

People take part in an anti-CAA rally, in Chennai on Wednesday
india news
Updated on Feb 20, 2020 12:55 am IST

Does a voter ID mean you are a citizen? It’s unclear

Voters with voter id cards at a polling station in Nimapara, Odisha.
india news
Updated on Feb 19, 2020 11:04 am IST

UP RTI activist told to give citizenship proof

Lucknow University (LU) has asked a city-based RTI activist to submit proof of citizenship to get information under the Right to Information Act. (Representative Image)
india news
Updated on Feb 05, 2020 05:33 am IST

Those saying ‘we won’t show papers’, will soon won’t be able to show their faces: Dilip Ghosh

President of West Bengal, BJP Dilip Ghosh
india news
Published on Jan 19, 2020 03:17 am IST

‘Aadhar, voter’s ID not proof of citizenship,’ says Dilip Ghosh in Bengal

BJP Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh on Friday said that the Aadhar card and Voter Id were not proof of citizenship.
india news
Updated on Jan 18, 2020 04:30 am IST

Remaking the idea of an Indian citizen

Bureaucratic failure and corruption have resulted in the government viewing its own documents with suspicion
columns
Updated on Sept 03, 2019 06:39 pm IST

How NRC is legitimising exclusion

People queue at the office to verify and check their names in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), at Morigoan on Saturday, Aug 4, 2018
columns
Updated on Aug 15, 2018 11:49 am IST
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