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Muslims among 4,000 granted citizenship in last 6 years: Home Ministry

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has been in public domain since 2016. It was cleared by a 30-member parliamentary committee consisting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.

CAA stir: PM accuses Cong of lies, dares to grant citizenship to Pakistanis

He said the law was enacted for religious minorities of three nations--Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan--who fled their countries because of religious persecution.

CAA: BJP used police to set buses afire during Delhi protest, says Sisodia

Sisodia also tweeted some photos from the protest site

CAA: Aligarh Muslim University closed till Jan 5 after student-police clash

The announcement came after hundreds of AMU students protesting against the amended legislation clashed with police which used batons and teargas to disperse them

ATMs begin to run dry as people stalk up daily essentials in Guwahati

According to an official, curfew was relaxed from 9 am to 6 pm in Guwahati

CAB protests: Will NESO chief join mainstream politics as Northeast boils?

One of the major concerns for the student body has been the influx of people from Bangladesh

Combinative vs exclusive preferences

'From a purely legal and constitutional point of view the new citizenship law is fine', says the author

Citizenship Bill: Sena accuses Centre of 'invisible Hindu-Muslim partition'

Sena pointed out that most of the states from the North East region have opposed the CAB along with Bihar where the BJP is sharing power with the JD(U), and West Bengal

Persecuted will get a better tomorrow: PM Modi defends Citizenship Bill

Referring to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, the prime minister said the decision might seem a politically difficult one, but it had raised a new hope of development

Citizenship Amendment Bill cleared by Cabinet today: All you need to know

The Union Cabinet today gave its nod to the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which will now be tabled in Parliament soon

After NRC, what next?

Children born in India should be citizens

My New Year's wish

I hope either Mr Modi or Mr Gandhi will rethink their party's narrow-minded position on dual citizenship

Indian citizen convicted of citizenship fraud in US

He had sexually abused a child & did not disclose his crime during the application process

Citizenship Bill Committee to visit Assam after by-elections

The Committee will announce fresh dates to visit Assam to take the views of organisations/stakeholders on the issue

Dual citizenship row: Rahul Gandhi files reply, attacks Subramaniam Swamy

He urged Swamy for placing on record any proof of Gandhi being a British citizen by disclosing his alleged British passport number and relevant documents

65 Pakistanis given Indian citizenship in 2016

Pakistan-born Adnan Sami was given Indian citizenship on January 1 this year.