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'Nothing left to hold me back now': Doctor who came from Pakistan in 2009 granted Indian citizenship
August 08, 2025 7:18 am
Presently living in Sardar Nagar, Ahmedabad, Dr Mukhi, who hailed from Hyderabad of Sindh province in Pakistan, arrived to India on a visitor visa 16 years ago. He said he used to face discrimination in Pakistan since he was a Sindhi Hindu minority there.
Bihar electoral rolls revision: Elections are for a democratic nation, not an exclusive club
July 08, 2025 8:01 pm
In stark opposition to the progressive electoral policies and inclusive vision of Ambedkar and Sukumar Sen, the Special Intensive Revision under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar represents a regressive turn. It undermines decades of democratic institution-building
Bengal man in Thane pushed into Bangladesh even as family, govt submit proof of his citizenship
June 16, 2025 7:59 am
The Maharashtra Police and the BSF, according to the West Bengal government, pushed Mehbub Sheikh into Bangladesh despite intervention from the West Bengal Police, state Migrant Welfare Board and submission of necessary documents to prove his Indian citizenship.
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.
From Layyah in Pakistan to Haryana: Pak Hindus apply for citizenship
August 06, 2024 8:18 am
Under the act, citizenship is granted to individuals who entered India on or before December 31, 2014, and belong to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, or Christian communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
12 years after Assam man was declared a foreigner, Supreme Court restores citizenship: 'A miscarriage of justice'
July 13, 2024 6:23 am
Court says Foreigners Act does not empower authorities to “pick a person at random, knock at his door and tell him, ‘We suspect you of being a foreigner’, and then rest easy”
‘Day one of new life’: Family celebrates as 5 members get citizenship papers
May 16, 2024 7:50 am
“It’s the day one of our new life,” says Madho’s daughter Bhawana, 18, who studies in Class 11 at a government school and is looking forward to visiting her relatives in Gujarat.
18 Pakistanis settled in Ahmedabad get Indian citizenship
March 17, 2024 8:40 am
So far, 1,167 refugee Hindus who were staying in Gujarat have been awarded citizenship by the Ahmedabad District Collectorate.
Name ‘missing’ in voter list, Assam woman’s 6 year ordeal: Labelled foreigner, sent to detention camp
October 14, 2023 3:44 pm
It was in 2017 that Bibi was declared a “foreigner” by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam because of inconsistencies in her name in the voter lists, and sent to a detention camp where she spent two years.
Seema Haider writes to President for Indian citizenship; invokes celebrities, legendary love stories, govt slogans
July 22, 2023 11:26 am
Seeking long-term visa for Seema, the petition said her marriage should be considered valid under the Special Marriage Act.
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