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Externed for protests, home after 7 months: The SDPI leader behind Bombay HC's free speech ruling
July 04, 2026 1:23 pm
Saeed Choudhary's challenge to his externment ended with the High Court holding that opposing government decisions cannot by itself justify such action.
From Kabul assault to Faridabad: An Afghan refugee’s journey to Indian citizenship under CAA
May 26, 2026 2:20 pm
Lal Chand is among the 355 people from Afghanistan and Pakistan who have been granted Indian citizenship under the CAA in Haryana over the last two years.
Police report that put her in detention camp just gave this 60-year-old Assam woman Indian citizenship
March 07, 2026 1:35 am
Depali Das received a certificate of naturalisation on Friday after applying for citizenship under CAA. 7 years ago, she had been declared a foreigner
Centre forms Empowered Committee for CAA implementation in West Bengal
February 21, 2026 3:37 am
The development comes amid the ongoing political friction in West Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress government is at odds with the Centre over a number of issues and has been opposing the CAA, calling it discriminatory.
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.
BJP plans over 1,000 CAA camps across West Bengal, to focus on Bangladesh-bordering districts ahead of SIR and polls
October 24, 2025 5:35 am
The Bengal unit of the party held a workshop to train party workers, leaders, and representatives of “apolitical” organisations, who are expected to help Hindu refugees apply for citizenship in their localities.
A new immigration law reflects India’s rising paranoia over the ‘undesirable outsider’
May 23, 2025 1:17 pm
The Supreme Court, too, has indirectly supported the systematic and incremental erosion of refugee rights
2020 Delhi riots: Devangana Kalita seeks clarification on preservation of case records, HC tells prosecution to ‘show fairness’
April 07, 2025 3:26 pm
Devangana Kalita and fellow student activist Natasha Narwal are named as accused in an FIR registered for being among those who organised an anti-CAA protest and road blockade under Delhi’s Jafrabad metro station on February 22-23, 2020.
‘Happy I’m an Indian now’: Pakistan-born Christian man becomes 2nd Goan resident to get citizenship under CAA
December 11, 2024 9:32 am
Shane Sebastian Pereira, whose family is from Demello Vaddo in North Goa’s Anjuna, was born in Pakistan’s Karachi on August 4, 1981.
UPSC Issue at a Glance | Section 6A and Citizenship
November 01, 2024 9:50 am
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. What is Section 6A? How is it 'legislative corollary' to the Assam Accord? Moreover, how can Indian citizenship be acquired? Take a look.
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From Belur Math to Kolkata Port Trust, how PM Modi spent his second day in the city
January 12, 2020 5:28 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his second day in Kolkata, paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary at the Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission.
Banners, placards, black flags: Day 1 of PM Modi in Kolkata
January 11, 2020 11:24 pm
Modi on his arrival was greeted at the NSC Bose International Airport by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, city Mayor and state Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh and other senior BJP leaders.
Art, graffiti give voice to Jamia students' protest against CAA
January 02, 2020 9:12 pm
The university has been at the centre of protests since December 15, the day when police lobbed teargas shells inside the campus, forced their way in, and allegedly dragged students out of the library and mosque.
In Pictures: Rallies for and against Citizenship Act in Mumbai and Pune
December 27, 2019 8:22 pm
On Friday evening, a huge crowd gathered outside Old Delhi’s Jama Masjid after the Friday prayers to protest against the new citizenship law, including Congress leader Alka Lamba and former Delhi MLA Shoaib Iqbal. Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh, security has been beefed up and patrolling intensified even as internet services continued to remain suspended in 21 districts in the wake of widespread protests against the citizenship law.
As CAA protests continue to create stir nationwide, Cong holds dharna at Rajghat
December 24, 2019 9:06 am
Party chief MK Stalin, Congress leader P Chidambaram and MDMK’s Vaiko are leading the march.
This is how protests against CAA unfolded in Jama Masjid, other parts of India on Friday
December 20, 2019 9:00 pm
From Delhi's Jama Masjid to Mumbai's Kurla and beyond, the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) continued Friday with crowds marching in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Thane, and Vadodara.
Charred vehicles, vandalised police station: Pictures that tell the story of violence in Lucknow
December 22, 2019 7:24 am
Protesters pelted stones and torched vehicles parked outside a police post in Lucknow. Police fire teargas shells to control the situation in Madeyganj area. About 20 people have been taken into custody.
Protests rage across India against Citizenship Act; Yechury, Ramachandra Guha among scores detained
December 19, 2019 7:25 pm
As protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act continue, thousands defied the lockdown declared across Uttar Pradesh, parts of Karnataka as people hit streets across at least 10 states.
Violence over CAA spreads to Delhi's Seelampur: Buses vandalised, stones pelted at police
December 17, 2019 5:31 pm
Protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act continued Tuesday as a protest march against the new citizenship law turned violent in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area on Tuesday when demonstrators clashed with police personnel and damaged several buses.
Jamia students take to the streets in anger over CAB
December 14, 2019 9:58 am
While a protest gathering had been called by the Jamia Teachers’ Association at 2 pm, a march, by the university students, was to begin at 3 pm. The plan was to walk from Jamia’s gate 7 to Parliament, roughly 11 km away.
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