citizenship

Lucknow, March 9 The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the central government to produce records in connection with a complaint against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, alleging dual citizenship.The Lucknow bench of Justice Rajeev Singh posted the matter for hearing on March 19 after receiving...

New Delhi, March 9 External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar, on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that 67,000 Indian nationals have returned to India from conflict-affected countries in West Asia as of March 8, as the government continues efforts to assist citizens amid the ongoing crisis in...

Panaji, March 8 A woman has been booked for allegedly concealing her Portuguese nationality and fraudulently enrolling her name in the voter list of the Vasco assembly constituency in Goa, a police official said on Sunday.The case was registered at the Vasco police station on a complaint filed...

In Haridwar, Uttarakhand, on March 7, Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a large public gathering during the "Jan-Jan Ki Sarkar: Char Saal Bemisaal" program, marking four years of the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led government in the state.Speaking at the event, Home Minister Shah stated that...

Kolkata, March 5 On the death anniversary of Binapani Devi, the former head of Matua Mahasangha in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and the ECI over the "deliberate exclusion" of Matua voters from the electoral rolls.Matuas are...

Kolkata, March 5 The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s voter list has created a major challenge for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), particularly in areas with a Muslim-majority population and the crucial 24 Parganas districts, ahead of the assembly elections. The ruling party is...

Kolkata, March 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into "uncertainty and confusion" in the name of granting citizenship.Remembering Matua matriarch Binapani Devi, popularly known...

Kolkata, March 4 As the West Bengal assembly elections approach, an unlikely political alignment is taking shape, with the ruling TMC, the opposition CPI(M) and Congress raising similar concerns about the post-electoral roll revision process.The key issue is the Election Commission's roll...

Guwahati, March 3 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged on Tuesday that the Congress party has strategically focused its electoral strategy on Assembly constituencies largely populated by "Muslims of alleged Bangladeshi origin" in preparation for the upcoming state elections...

Mathurapur (WB), March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah intensified the BJP's campaign on infiltration in West Bengal on Monday, stating that while "only names are being deleted" from the state's electoral rolls under the SIR, infiltrators would be "removed from the state" once the party comes to...

In a coordinated political offensive launched a day after the publication of West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls, the BJP on Sunday sought to use the deletion of names as a central political platform, alleging that "over 50 lakh infiltrators" had been removed and declaring that "the time has...

Navi Mumbai, March 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the central government is working with full commitment to uphold the honour and justice of the Sikh community.Modi virtually addressed the 'Hind-Di-Chadar' commemoration event held in Kharghar here to mark the 350th...

Kolkata, February 28 Disappointment gripped the newly-minted citizens of India, residents of the former enclaves of the Cooch Behar district, after an overwhelming majority allegedly found themselves in the ‘under adjudication’ category following the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls...

Singapore, February 26 Singapore's total fertility rate dropped to a new low of 0.87 in 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Thursday, adding that the island nation needs to carefully manage immigration to boost its low birth rate.The country's fertility rate fell below 1.0 for the...

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Golay has condemned the recent incident involving racial discrimination against women from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi. In a social media post, Mr. Golay described the incident as unfortunate, stating that such instances highlight the importance of...

Shillong, February 23 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma strongly condemned the alleged racial abuse of three women from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi's Malviya Nagar area on Monday, describing the incident as "deeply unfortunate" and "completely unacceptable".Reacting to the incident...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 The Left government in Kerala introduced the Nativity Card Bill in the state Assembly on Monday, hailing it as a "historic and unprecedented piece of legislation".Revenue Minister K Rajan presented the Bill in the House in the absence of opposition UDF members...

New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will commence the final hearing on May 5 regarding over 200 petitions, including the main one filed by the Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML) challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 19 – With the assembly elections approaching, veteran Congress leader and former Minister K.C. Joseph called on Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of the proposed Nativity Card Bill, introduced by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, warning that it could have...

Meerut (UP), February 17 A woman has been arrested and her daughter has been booked for allegedly spying for Pakistan's ISI and residing in the country without valid citizenship, the Meerut police said.According to the police, Ruksana, a resident of the Delhi Gate police station area...