India tightens citizenship rules for CAA applicants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and BangladeshNew rules require applicants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh seeking Indian citizenship to declare their passport status. Those ...
19 May, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma brings back BJP for third consecutive term in AssamHimanta Biswa Sarma led the BJP to a historic victory in Assam, winning 82 seats. His aggressive campaign, focusing on welfare schemes like...
04 May, 2026, 08.24 PM IST
Persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Jains from Afghanistan, B'desh, Pak who entered India up to 2024 to be allowed to stay: MHAIndia's Home Ministry makes a significant announcement. Minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan can stay without travel docum...
03 Sep, 2025, 05.21 PM IST
Protests in Assam on August 8 against state govt's Hindu Bangladeshi decisionThe All-Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has announced a protest on August 8 against the Assam government's directive to withdraw cases against...
07 Aug, 2025, 07.03 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
31 DMs empowered to grant citizenship to minorities of Pak, Afghanistan, Bangladesh: GovtThe delegation of this power is aimed at speedy disposal of the citizenship applications of such foreigners as decisions can now be taken a...
07 Feb, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Congress opposes Assam government's decision to provide minority certificate to six communitiesThe Assam government has decided to provide minority certificates to these communities in a cabinet meeting held on Sunday last. Assam’s mi...
01 Jun, 2022, 01.51 AM IST
Assam govt to provide certificates to 6 minority communitiesAssam health minister and government spokesperson Keshab Mahanta said, “The cabinet meeting has decided that there is scheduled caste certi...
30 May, 2022, 08.14 AM IST
CAA a limited, narrowly tailored law for specific reasons: MHA"The CAA is a limited and narrowly tailored legislation which seeks to provide a relaxation to aforesaid specific communities from the spec...
26 Apr, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: What it holds for IndiaAccording to the Bill, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsi communities who have come from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh ...
23 Dec, 2019, 05.54 PM IST
TMC MP Mahua Moitra moves SC challenging Citizenship (Amendment) ActTMC leader Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court challenging the amended Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which got Presidential assent on Thurs...
13 Dec, 2019, 12.58 PM IST
Over 1,000 scientists, scholars sign petition demanding withdrawal of citizenship billAccording to the proposed legislation, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan...
10 Dec, 2019, 02.09 PM IST
Group from Assam voices opposition to Citizenship Amendment BillThey opposed a proposed bill to amend the six-decade-old Citizenship Act, seeking to grant citizenship to people from minority communities ...
07 Aug, 2018, 08.36 PM IST
Centre not to accord minority tag to Siddi communityThere are six notified communities in the country, namely: Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains.
07 Feb, 2018, 10.59 PM IST
No plan to accord minority status to more communitiesThe government has no plan to accord minority status to more communities at present, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
23 Dec, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
'Aberrations' do not alter India's history of tolerance: GovernmentArun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh underlined that India was a multi-religious and multi-cultural country where all communities were present.
06 Feb, 2015, 06.17 PM IST
Maharashtra polls: In a first, Parsi high priest Khurshed Dastur asks Parsis to vote for BJPIndustrialist and civic activist Cyrus Guzder slammed the appeal as "an attempt to curry favour with the Gujarat government".
15 Oct, 2014, 11.55 AM IST