Citizenship Act News

Section 6A was introduced in 1985 as part of the Assam Accord, an agreement between the Indian government and leaders of the Assam movement. 

CAA Controversy: Amit Shah visited Kolkata. This is said to be his first tour for 2024. Amit Shah addressed a public meeting here. During the address, he attacked Mamata Banerjee regarding CAA.

The court said whether the information sought by a non-citizen deserves to be disclosed has to be left to the discretion of the authority concerned who would decide the same based on the facts, situation.

The district magistrates of these districts and the home secretaries of nine states have been given powers to grant Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Act, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan can get the citizenship A total of 1,414 foreigners belonging to these minority communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan were given Indian citizenship by registration or naturalisation

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Mufti tweeted, "Discriminatory CAB & repressive measures in Kashmir are India’s internal matter only when EU parliamentarians/ international community condemn such actions."

Three states - Kerala, Rajasthan and Punjab - have already passed resolutions against the new citizenship law.

Forming human chains has become the latest form of protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Population Register and the proposed National Register of Citizens.

Nadella in his statement pointed out that he hoped that every single immigrant who is provided with the status of being a citizen of the country under the Citizenship Amendment Act, which has caused a lot of furore across India, may aspire for a prosperous future and equally, benefit the society and economy.

This is a special segment of Zee News that allows you to voice concern on one of the concurrent issue in the country. Watch this video to know more. #ZeeNews #KyaKehtaHaiIndia #CAA

Kavi Yudh: कवि युद्ध में आप मिलते हैं दिग्गज कवियों से, जो कविताओं के जरिए अपने मन की बात करते हैं। कवि युद्ध में आज, 'तेरा भगवा, मेरा भगवा?'। #ZeeNews #KaviYudh #CAA

These people were living illegally in the Seemapuri area and those who have been identified will be arrested soon. The SIT of the Crime Branch, which is investigating the case since December 30, will go to Tihar Jail and interrogate about 55 accused arrested in the Delhi riots case.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote letters to his counterparts in 11 states including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asking them to consider passing a resolution against the amended Citizenship Act. This came days after the Kerala Assembly recently passed a resolution seeking withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA).

This segment of DNA brings to you important stories of the day. Watch this video for more information. #DNA #SudhirChaudhary #DNAVideo

This is a special segment for hearing impaired which brings to you latest updates of the afternoon. To know more watch the video. #BadhirNews

Prakash Javadekar ने Citizenship Act के ख़िलाफ़ दिया बयान. कहा Citizenship Act के ख़िलाफ़ हिंसा के लिए Congress, AAP जिम्मेदार. #ZeeNews #PrakashJavadekar

According to Kishor, the basis of seat-sharing between JD(U) and BJP for next year Bihar election would be that of 2004 and 2009 elections.

The Union Minister said that Rahul Gandhi is opposing the CAA and NRC but wants Pakistani Muslims and Rohingyas to come to India.

Dheeraj Gurjar, who is a Congress Secretary, has been issued a challan of Rs 6,300 for riding the two-wheeler without a helmet.

Protestor Aslam said this action of bandaging one eye is in solidarity with Mohammad Minhajudin who has lost an eye but still no action has been taken against the police officers responsible and the force which created havoc in the campus.