Bengal: BJP steps up Matua community outreach as Assembly polls nearThe BJP is actively engaging with the Matua community in West Bengal. Top leaders are addressing concerns about the CAA and SIR hearings. P...
07 Jan, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
West Bengal: Matua row between Trinamool, BJP intensifies over SIRMatua community members are staging an indefinite hunger strike in Bongaon over electoral roll revisions. This has escalated political tens...
11 Nov, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
Caught between SIR and CAA, West Bengal’s Matua community becomes flashpoint in TMC-BJP battleThe Matuas, known to be a vote bank of the BJP, have been queuing in large numbers at the CAA camps across the state over the last few mont...
07 Nov, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
About 2 lakh Matua cards issued for CAA facilitationIn West Bengal, the All India Matua Mahasangh has issued around two lakh 'religious cards' to Matua community members to support their appl...
25 Aug, 2025, 07.13 AM IST
Gadchiroli's Bangladeshi Hindu refugees ask for citizenship, appeal to centreAround 50,000 Hindu refugees from Bangladesh have settled in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, facing challenges in a naxal-affected area....
17 Sep, 2024, 10.25 AM IST
Govt starts granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, UttarakhandThe first set of citizenship certificates after the notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, granted by the Empowered Commi...
29 May, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
More than 350 people become Indian nationals under CAAOver 350 individuals were granted Indian citizenship through CAA, 2019, with Amit Shah acknowledging 25,000+ applications. The process invo...
16 May, 2024, 01.58 PM IST
MHA issues first set of citizenship certificates under CAAThe Ministry of Home Affairs issued the first batch of citizenship certificates to 14 individuals in Delhi following the notification of th...
15 May, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
Opposition expresses concerns over potential Chakma relocation to Assam, CM Sarma clarifiesChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has affirmed that the central government has not held any discussions regarding the resettlement of Chak...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.37 PM IST
CAA: MHA launches web portal for Indian citizenship seekers, mobile app 'CAA-2019' to be rolled out soonThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has introduced a website for individuals eligible to apply for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship ...
12 Mar, 2024, 05.35 PM IST
Centre notifies CAA rules, sets up application portalThe government implemented the CAA to grant citizenship to migrants from specific communities. The law faced protests for legal status conc...
12 Mar, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
CAA to be implemented in West Bengal soon, Matuas to Benefit: Suvendu AdhikariThe Trinamool leadership, including party supremo Mamata Banerjee, has been opposing the CAA. Trinamool Congress state spokesperson Kunal G...
02 Nov, 2022, 12.17 AM IST
Centre to grant citizenship to minorities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan under Citizenship Act, 1955The move to grant citizenship under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and not the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) bears signifi...
01 Nov, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Assam's CAA applicants to get only three monthsThose applying for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act are likely to be asked to swear allegiance to the Constitution and furni...
28 Jan, 2020, 09.21 AM IST
Govt stresses on IB reports, simple paperwork in CAAAmong the documents that are under consideration are marriage certificates issued by a gram panchayat or municipal corporation in Pakistan....
31 Dec, 2019, 08.37 AM IST
Govt to bring mechanism to give citizenship despite states' objectionsThe rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are under consultation and will be finalised before the January 22 Supreme Court hearin...
21 Dec, 2019, 08.55 AM IST
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Air travellers may have to pay a safety fee of Rs 12 per head to fly safely within and from India under the watchful eye of an effective av...
05 Aug, 2010, 04.31 AM IST