Deferred Belonging
In the border districts of West Bengal, citizenship is not an abstract legal status; it is a lived uncertainty.
In the border districts of West Bengal, citizenship is not an abstract legal status; it is a lived uncertainty.
The Central Government has issued the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025, introducing key exemptions from requirements related to valid passports, travel documents, and visas for specific categories of individuals and carriers.
Assam government has granted Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act to two individuals out of the 39 applications so far.
The need to specify the date of entry to India in the application form, which they do not remember or have no proof in support of; filing an affidavit declaring citizenship at birth, etc., is worrying for them.
The TMC leader said that "we won't allow the BJP to run rollers on us with CAA."
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.
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.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that his government would not implement the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
He said that the decision to withdraw the farm laws has shown that democracy and the power of the people are paramount.
The recent release of a book in Guwahati has again brought the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens issues into sharp focus.
