Tag: Citizenship Amendment Act

Two districts of Gujarat get right to grant citizenship to minorities

Under the new rule by the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the District Collectors have the right to investigate people and give them citizenship, informed officials.

November 2, 2022

Principles of CAA applicable to SL Hindu Tamils, says Madras HC

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed that the principles of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 could be applied to the Sri Lankan Hindu Tamils.

October 18, 2022

Citizenship Amendment Act will not be implemented in Kerala, says CM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that his government would not implement the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). 

June 3, 2022

Demand to repeal CAA gains ground in UP

He said that the decision to withdraw the farm laws has shown that democracy and the power of the people are paramount.

November 21, 2021

Renewing Debate

The recent release of a book in Guwahati has again brought the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens issues into sharp focus.

July 26, 2021

Kapil Gujjar, who fired gun at demonstration in Shaheen Bagh, expelled from BJP hours after joining

The BJP unit in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad said they did not know of his antecedents when he joined the party.

December 31, 2020

Allahabad High Court orders ‘immediate release’ of Dr Kafeel Khan; drops NSA charges

'A complete reading of the speech prima facie does not disclose any effort to promote hatred or violence. It also nowhere threatens peace and tranquillity of the city of Aligarh,' court said.

September 1, 2020

Delhi Police arrests another Jamia student for alleged anti-CAA violence

Asif's arrest comes after Delhi Police arrested 27-year-old Jamia Scholar Safoora Zargar last month, who is now in the second trimester of her pregnancy.

May 18, 2020

Parliamentary law and the states

Unless judicially annulled, a Central law has binding force on states, says NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT

May 7, 2020

‘Difficult to distinguish between trapped students, rioters’: Delhi Police to court on Jamia incident

Police's response came during the hearing of a petition in a Delhi court by the Jamia Millia Islamia administration seeking the court's order for registration of an FIR against the cops for using excessive against the students.

March 16, 2020

Passage to Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina has deferred the programme in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus, which has claimed at least one life in her country.

March 13, 2020

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar to announce new political party on Sunday: Report

The name of the new party to be formed by the leader is not certain yet, but as per the reports, some likely name are -- Azad Bahujan Party, Bahujan Awam Party and Azad Samaj Party.

March 12, 2020

Amit Shah in LS praises Delhi Police for containing violence within ’36 hours’, says will not spare culprits

He told the House that over 700 FIRs have been filed and over 2600 people have either been detained or arrested in connection with the violence.

March 11, 2020

UP government moves SC seeking freeze on HC’s ‘name and shame’ hoardings removal order

Allahabad High Court had on Monday ordered the immediate removal of the hoardings, which the UP government had not complied with.    

March 11, 2020

Kashmiri couple in Jamia Nagar having alleged links with ISIS, was inciting anti-CAA protests: Delhi Police

As per the sources, the couple was planning a suicide attack in Delhi and inciting young Muslim men to conduct terror strikes.  

March 8, 2020

690 cases registered, nearly 2,200 arrested in Delhi riots case

2,193 people have been either detained or arrested in connection with the riots.

March 8, 2020

Tribal Vs Non-Tribal

As a matter of fact, CAA does not apply to the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura as included in the Sixth Schedule, and the area covered under the inner line notified under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873.

March 6, 2020