Wednesday, March 22, 2023

CAA

BJP ‘using’ CAA with eye on Gujarat polls: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was “using” Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) with an eye on the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections.The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo asserted that...

Centre to grant citizenship under Citizenship Act, 1955

The Centre on Monday decided to grant Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and currently living in two districts of Gujarat under the Citizenship Act, 1955.The move to grant...

NIA searches PFI offices in Mnp, Assam

10 arrested in Assam Ten activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested in Assam for allegedly fomenting communal strife and posing a threat to internal security as part of a country-wide multi-agency operation spearheaded by the NIA...

SC to hear on Oct 31 pleas challenging constitutional validity of CAA

The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear on October 31 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan,...

Meghalaya awaits Centre’s response on ILP

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma told the assembly on Monday that the state government was awaiting the response of the Central Government on the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state.Replying to a Zero Hour notice...

SC to hear pleas challenging CAA on Sep 12

The Supreme Court would hear on September 12 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants who came here from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on...

CAA does not trample on the rights of any citizen: MoS Home

Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra on Saturday said that the Citizen’s Amendment Act (CAA) does not trample on the rights of any citizen, but a mere amendment to provide citizenship rights to minorities residing in neighbouring...

NESO organizes protests againt CAA across NE

Various apex students’ bodies in different state of the Northeast spearheaded the protest to repeal CAA. Here is a report from different NE states.AASU hits the streets in AssamAfter a gap of over two years, protests against the controversial...

NSF joins NESO protest against CAA, AFSPA

Activists of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) under the aegis of North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) staged a three-hour sit-in dharna outside its office premises here on Wednesday against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and Armed Force Special Powers Act (AFSPA)...

NESO to hold protests against CAA today

North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) will be holding protests across the North Eastern states on Wednesday against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).In Nagaland, a sit-in the protest will be organized by the Naga Students Federation (NSF) under the banner...