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VP Venkaiah Naidu calls for making justice accessible, affordable

Naidu stressed that faculties of law universities have to play a key role in training students to become change agents and bring about a transformation in the administration of the justice system.

What Cairn, Vodafone and Devas episodes tell us about India's arbitrariness

The Indian state's arbitrariness may have come to be accepted with resignation within the country, but when it behaves in the same manner with external players, it gets a push-back, writes T N Ninan

CAA will be implemented after Covid-19 vaccination ends: Shah

Amit Shah said the process of granting Indian citizenship to refugees under the CAA will begin once the process of Covid vaccination has ended

Over 676,000 Indians gave up Indian citizenship in five years

The Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday

Centre, states can't have indefinite right over properties of citizens: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Centre and state governments cannot have an indefinite or overriding right to continue occupying citizens' properties after acquiring them

Citizenship granted to 2,120 Pakistanis, 188 Afghans in last 4 yrs: Govt

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a total of 2,729 people of 44 nationalities were granted Indian citizenship from 2017 till September 17, 2020

Over 70,000 returned to India, 17k flew out on Vande Mission flights: Puri

'Vande Bharat' mission is a Government of India's initiative to bring home Indian nationals stranded in various parts of the world due to restrictions over air travel to contain Covid-19 spread

Over 13,000 people returned to India under Vande Bharat: Hardeep Singh Puri

Vande Bharat Mission, which started on May 7 to bring back stranded Indian nationals back home from other countries, initiated its second phase of the operation from Saturday

Not testing samples of girl who died of Covid-19 a mistake: Assam minister

In Delhi, a teacher of a civic body-run school, who was involved in distributing ration during the lockdown, has tested positive for the coronavirus

Vande Bharat Mission: Indians to arrive from Bangladesh, Gulf, UK today

India had on Monday announced it would begin a phased repatriation of its citizens stranded abroad starting May 7

Covid-19: Registration forms released to repatriate Indians from the US

This registration exercise would help the Government of India to obtain relevant information in respect of Indian nationals wishing to travel to India for "compelling" reasons

Letter to BS: All citizens should participate in nation building

Even if 10 per cent don't pay, the collection works out to nearly Rs 1 billion per day translating to almost Rs 360 billion a year

Budget 2020: NRIs not paying tax in other countries will be taxed in India

This means if an Indian citizen is not a resident of any country, they will now be deemed an Indian resident and their income will be taxed here

431 Afghani, 2,307 Pakistani migrants granted citizenship since 2016: Govt

He also said in 2019, 40 Afghani and 712 Pakistani migrants were given citizenship till December 6.

Canadian passport row: Have applied for Indian documents, says Akshay Kumar

The 52-year-old actor, who was in the headlines for his interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April, was the subject of intense speculation about his citizenship recently

Will provide legal support to Indian citizens left out of NRC: Assam govt

The state and the central governments had appealed the top court twice for sample re-verification to find out wrongful inclusions

Instant citizenship, competitive price: Caribbean islands anyone?

Many Indians are increasingly looking at Caribbean countries' citizenship by investment programme, which offer ease of travel to key business destinations

How to define an Indian

Categories such as pro-army, pro-India are puerile, divisive and ultimately engender violence