-Scroll.in Most of the prominent faces of the December 2019 protests battle police cases. These days, 24-year-old Sharjeel Usmani spends most of his time travelling from one Aligarh court to another for hazri, attendance. There are four cases against the Aligarh Muslim University student, all of them connected to protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019. As the law was passed, protests erupted across the country and...
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‘CAA Is Flawed, Goes Against The Tenets Of The Constitution’: Justice (Retd) AK Ganguly
-IndiaTomorrow.net NEW DELHI— Justice (retd) A K Ganguly has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by the BJP government in 2019 is flawed and goes against the fundamental tenets of the Constitution. Justice Ganguly made his comments while speaking at a webinar organized by the Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity (FDCA) on “Equality, Non-Discrimination, and Citizenship in Indian Constitution”. “In the Constitution, you will not find even a whisper of...
More »More than 6 lakh Indians gave up citizenship over last 5 years: Govt
-PTI/ IndiaToday.in More than six lakh Indians have given up their citizenship over the last five years, the Lok Sabha was informed by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday. Over six lakh Indians have given up their citizenship in the last five years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as per the information available with the Ministry...
More »Updated NPR form appears to retain contentious questions -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu 14 parameters include mother tongue, place of birth of parents and last place of residence. The latest form of the National Population Register (NPR) appears to have retained contentious questions such as “mother tongue, place of birth of father and mother and last place of residence”, according to a document compiled by a committee under the Registrar General of India and shared with District Census officers. Though NPR was first compiled...
More »Bengal government confirms Indian Citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik -Snehamoy Chakraborty
-The Telegraph The migrant worker was kept for over three years in a detention centre in Assam after he was declared a 'foreigner' Bolpur (Birbhum): A team of Bengal government officials visited Radhanagar village in Bankura on Friday and confirmed the Indian Citizenship of Gangadhar Pramanik, who was kept for over three years in a detention centre in Assam after he was declared a “foreigner”. “We have checked the land documents and details...
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