KOLKATA: Trinamool Wednesday dared home minister Amit Shah to come clean on the process of applying for CAA and counter all apprehensions raised by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh and state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said that the first declaration an applicant had to make while applying under CAA was that “she/he…
KOLKATA/MATHABHANGA/MALBAZAR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stirred the CAA pot in twin pockets of north Bengal bordering Bangladesh on Thursday, warning those thinking of registering under the new law that this could result in them losing the rights they already enjoy such as access to the Trinamool govt’s flagship welfare schemes.“The moment you register under CAA,…
Arvind Kejriwal arrest | After India summons envoy, U.S. stresses it encourages fair, transparent legal proceedings After India summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to lodge a protest over remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Washington on Wednesday stressed that it encourages fair, transparent, timely legal processes and “we don’t think anyone should object to…
Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will not impact the indigenous people of Assam, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on March 20 said the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win at least 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the State in the upcoming general elections. In an interview to PTI, the Union…
India has slammed Pakistan over its references to Ayodhya and CAA at the United Nations United Nations: India shred Pakistan to bits and described it as a “broken record” that remains stagnant while the world progresses after Islamabad’s envoy made references to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Citizenship Amendment Act during remarks to the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured persecuted refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to have faith in the Narendra Modi government and said that under the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), everyone will be given equal rights as they will now become citizens of India. “There are a lot of people, there is…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act would never be taken back dismissing the claim that “CAA is unconstitutional“. He further dismissed any provision on detention camps in the Act.In an interview to ANI, Shah said, “This is our sovereign right to ensure Indian citizenship in our…
New Delhi: The amendments to the citizenship law – passed by Parliament in 2019 and notified by the government Monday evening, to come into effect weeks before the general election – have triggered a back-and-forth with the opposition accusing the ruling BJP of polarising voters, and the government, hitting back. Amidst this opposition pushback, the…
The Centre on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. New Delhi: The government today reiterated that the newly-implemented Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA doesn’t curtail the freedom and opportunity of Indian Muslims amid sharp criticism from the opposition, which terms the move as discriminatory and motivated by the approaching Lok Sabha elections….
The government on Monday evening issued a notification for the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, which comes into effect today weeks before the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The CAA was cleared by Parliament in December 2019 amid protests by activists and opposition politicians. Now that the notification has been issued, the central government can…
