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."
In the notice, Kamil Siedczynski is alleged to have engaged in anti government activities and thus committed visa norms violation, which the student denied.
There are at least 143 petitions before the court against the citizenship law including that from the United Nations Human Rights chief.
A total of six states have passed the resolution against NPR amid rising opposition to the contentious CAA.
He said the electoral campaign of the Prime Minister, Home Minister Amit Shah and other central ministers was aimed at creating a rift in the society and hurting religious harmony.
The Delhi police have come under fire from the judiciary, opposition parties and people and it has been accused of complicity with the politicians. Institutions have failed the public.