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."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will kick off the BJP's campaign for the municipal elections in April across West Bengal.
A bench led by Ajay Gautam has sought response from both the Centre and Delhi Police on the petition and listed the matter for April 30.
Hitting out at the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, he said, 'AAP should have worked for peace. Instead, Chief Minister Kejriwal identified riot victims by religion in Assembly.'
Drone cameras were installed last evening in Maujpur -- the pivotal spot of recent violence, and Kabir Nagar areas.
There have been continuous protests across the country since the Citizenship Act, passed in December, with Delhi being the epicentre of anti- CAA protests.
