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Under the law of estoppel, the government cannot deny citizenship to those to whom it had issued a passport or voter ID card, unless the same were obtained fraudulently.

Government says passport is not proof of citizenship. What is?

June 27, 2026 6:04 am

Since passports and voter ID cards can be issued only to citizens, why is there no presumption of citizenship? Is this not an official act?

Centre forms 2 more panels to fast-track CAA applications in WB

MHA forms 2 more panels to fast-track CAA applications in Bengal

March 03, 2026 3:46 am

The fresh notification was issued within 10 days after the Centre operationalised the process of granting citizenship under the CAA through a gazetted notification, notifying the constitution of an Empowered Committee in the state to process applications under the Act.

Supreme Court sets May 5 for hearing over 240 petitions challenging CAA, to hear Assam and Tripura separately

February 19, 2026 5:32 pm

The Supreme Court issued the first set of notices in the matter on December 18, 2019, but refused to stay the CAA amendment.

No ‘legacy’ needed: How CAA certificates are bridging voter registration gap for Matuas in West Bengal

December 28, 2025 4:05 pm

The BJP supports this move, saying it is a victory for refugee rights, while the TMC raises questions about the necessity of this measure.

‘They will send us back’: Fear of deportation spurs rush to BJP MLA’s ‘CAA enlisting camp’ in Nadia

October 27, 2025 5:00 am

Applicants must provide documents proving origin in Bangladesh and residence in India, and a character certificate from a neighbour

The recent moves by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the guise of the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar suggest that a backdoor effort is underway to prepare the NRC.

M A Baby writes: CAA, NRC and now SIR — Government is following a path that leads to disenfranchisement, exclusion

July 10, 2025 5:42 pm

Those who lament that progressive values of secularism and socialism are foreign concepts are in fact using regressive foreign ideas and methods to carry forward their divisive communal agenda

Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal write: Our friend, Gulfisha Fatima

May 01, 2025 12:53 pm

In jail, five years on, Gul’s life is marked from one date to another.

‘We can’t be from nowhere’: The 63 in Assam with ‘no addresses’

March 08, 2025 9:58 am

With the state telling the Supreme Court that the 63 inmates at the camp are Bangladeshis without an address, Bilal, who was declared an "illegal foreigner" says: "What address can I tell them… when I was born here, my grandparents were here?"

Don’t fall prey to rumours, warns JMI as AISA calls for boycott of classes over suspensions

February 16, 2025 4:14 am

The suspension notice, issued by JMI’s proctorial department to several students on February 12, read: “...on 10.02.2025, you were identified as leading an unruly and rowdy group of individuals to vandalise and deface university property"

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‘Feel like Indians today’: Pak Hindu immigrants vote for first time after being granted citizenship under CAA

February 06, 2025 12:15 pm

On Wednesday, more than 150 Pakistani immigrants from Majnu Ka Tila voted in the Delhi Assembly elections after receiving Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act last year.

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A week on, anti-CAA protests at Kolkata's 'Shaheen Bagh' continues to gather steam

January 15, 2020 5:26 pm

While at each of these places there were about 500 protesters,at Park Circus seven point crossing the protesters numbered around 2,000 at 3 pm,their strength only increased with time,said a senior traffic official,adding that traffic had to be rerouted at different places.