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Abhijeet Sen September 3, 2025 10:38 PM IST
Members of minority communities including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who entered India on or before 31 December 2024 will be allowed to stay in India.
Gazi Abbas Shahid August 6, 2025 4:37 PM IST
According to the Home Ministry, the Citizenship Act 1955 empowers the Central government to register all citizens and issue national identity cards, adding that the process to issue this document as Indian citizenship proof was decided when the BJP-led NDA came to power in 2014.
PTI November 19, 2024 12:39 PM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted the BJP government under the leadership of PM Modi has fulfilled its promises such as abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), abolition of instant triple talaq and construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Vikas Mehta October 3, 2024 7:52 PM IST
The MEA also urged USCIRF to desist from such "agenda driven efforts" and utilise time more productively on addressing human rights issues in the US.
Victor Dasgupta May 15, 2024 4:29 PM IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs handed over citizenship certificates to 14 people under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Wednesday.
Ananya Srivastava May 4, 2024 2:33 PM IST
US President Joe Biden recently called India 'Xenophobic' for not welcoming immigrants in the country. Now, S Jaishankar, the Minister of External Affairs has responded to this remark and has also highlighted the importance of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)..
India.com News Desk May 2, 2024 10:41 PM IST
The Modi government, in March, had notified the rules under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, and said they will allow minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire Indian citizenship.
Ananya Srivastava April 21, 2024 10:13 PM IST
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, while Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt has said that CAA will not be implemented, Rajnath Singh has now said that 'no state has the power to abolish it'. Here's the tussle between BJP and TMC over CAA Implementation...
India.com News Desk April 11, 2024 3:48 PM IST
"A uniform civil code is not acceptable. I want harmony among all religions," West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.
India.com News Desk April 5, 2024 5:30 PM IST
The Act is not taking away any rights of Indian Muslims, contrary to the propaganda being peddled.
Ananya Srivastava March 19, 2024 3:07 PM IST
On the pleas filed in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, the apex court has now asked the Centre to file a response by April 8. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for April 9...
Gazi Abbas Shahid March 19, 2024 2:01 PM IST
Terming the CAA as "controversial", Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was "deeply concerned" about the legislation's ramifications on Indian Muslims, especially when the law is being pushed during the holy month of Ramadan.
India.com News Desk March 19, 2024 7:37 AM IST
Apart from IUML, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Leader of Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saika, and Congress MP from Assam, Abdul Khaleque, and others also filed applications seeking stay on CAA Rules.
Gazi Abbas Shahid March 17, 2024 6:22 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as a part of BJP's "divisive politics" designed to trigger communal disharmony in the country.
Video Desk March 16, 2024 1:02 PM IST
It was the first time since, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before a court in Delhi, in in connection ...
Tahir Qureshi March 15, 2024 5:07 PM IST
Matthew Miller said that the USA government is 'closely monitoring' the act's implementation.
Gazi Abbas Shahid March 15, 2024 4:57 PM IST
The Centre on Monday implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, (CAA) notifying the rules four years after the law was passed by Parliament to fast-track citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014.
India.com News Desk March 15, 2024 11:16 AM IST
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed there has been no application from from Assam so far on the CAA portal since it opened on Tuesday.
Ananya Srivastava March 14, 2024 6:32 PM IST
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan has announced that CAA will not be implemented in the state.
India.com News Desk March 14, 2024 11:40 AM IST
Amit Shah reassured the Muslim community that, contrary to what the opposition said, the CAA does not in any way violate their rights as citizens of India.
Analiza Pathak March 14, 2024 10:09 AM IST
Amit Shah has alleged that Arvind Kejriwal has lost his calm while responding to the Delhi chief minister's criticism on CAA implementation.
India.com News Desk March 14, 2024 9:32 AM IST
Asked if the CAA will change the composition of the tribal areas, Shah said, "Not even a bit. CAA will not change or dilute the composition and the rights of the tribal areas."
Gazi Abbas Shahid March 13, 2024 6:04 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) aims to create communal division among the people of the country as she criticised the exclusion of Muslims from the ambit of the new legislation.
Ananya Srivastava March 13, 2024 10:45 AM IST
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has launched a sharp attack on the Centre with respect to the implementation of CAA. Here's what the AAP Supremo said...
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