Aadhaar Card update 2025: Check UIDAI's list of documents for enrolment, update; know how Indian nationals, OCI, children above 5 years, Long Term Visa holders, foreign nationals can applyThe Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI, provides a detailed list of documents. Residents can use these documents for Aadhaar u...
04 Jul, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
Rights of OCI cardholder can't be curtailed arbitrarily: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that the rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder cannot be curtailed arbitrarily and that due pr...
01 Apr, 2025, 07.37 PM IST
Centre extends validity of FCRA registration of NGOs till September 30The FCRA registration extension benefits NGOs with pending renewal applications. Scrutiny affected prominent NGOs, leading to new FCRA lice...
01 Jul, 2024, 12.21 AM IST
What is Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)? All you need to knowAhead of the General Elections 2024, the Centre has notified the rules for implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019. The act...
11 Mar, 2024, 09.32 PM IST
Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019: What's CAA, NRC? How it will impact and why is it seen as a problem?The CAA seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrants for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants from Pakistan, Afghan...
28 Feb, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
Can Indians have dual citizenship? Here's the fine printYou may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign countr...
22 May, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
Kannada actor Chetan Kumar Ahimsa's OCI cancelledChetan Kumar Ahimsa's Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) status was canecelled, a month after he was arrested by Bengaluru police.
15 Apr, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
Foreigners married to Indians cannot enjoy OCI status after divorce, Centre tells HCThe woman has challenged in the high court a provision of the Citizenship Act - section 7D(f) - under which a foreign spouse of an Indian n...
09 Apr, 2021, 01.16 PM IST
NRC must to identify non-citizens: Govt to SCPreparation of a NRC was a necessary exercise for any sovereign country for mere identification of citizens from non-citizens, it contended...
17 Mar, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Lok SabhaThe bill also exempts certain areas in the North-East from this provision. The Bill also makes amendments to provisions related to OCI card...
11 Dec, 2019, 06.00 PM IST
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha for passage on MondayIn the afternoon, the home minister will introduce the Bill to amend the six-decade-old Citizenship Act and later in the day, it will be ta...
08 Dec, 2019, 03.59 PM IST
CAB ready to be tabled next week; non-Muslim refugees from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan to get citizenshipAccording to the bill, "... any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh ...
06 Dec, 2019, 04.18 PM IST
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protects Sixth Schedule, Inner Line areasThe bill is likely to be introduced in the ongoing session of Parliament. CAB has provisions to protect tribal areas, notified under the Si...
04 Dec, 2019, 11.31 PM IST
MHA prescribes visa care for foreign patientsRelaxation in visa procedures for travellers requiring treatment to reduce inconvenience, likely to give boost to medical tourism.
22 Oct, 2018, 07.50 AM IST
OCI card holders appear to enjoy freedom of speech, equality like other Indians: HCDr Christo Thomas Philip had challenged the cancellation of his OCI registration for alleged missionary activities in Bihar.
12 Aug, 2018, 12.56 PM IST
No visas to foreigners wanting to visit India for surrogacyGovernment today directed all its missions not to issue visas to those intending to visit India for commissioning surrogacy.
10 Nov, 2015, 10.25 PM IST
Bill in Lok Sabha to merge Person of Indian Origin, Overseas Citizenship of India schemesCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to remove certain lacunae noticed during implementation of 1955 Act & review of provisions relating...
23 Dec, 2014, 06.43 PM IST