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Born in Mozambique, fled a flood as an 18-day-old, Rajkot woman remains without a nationality, here's why
May 15, 2026 9:46 am
A woman who was born just before Mozambique’s 2000 floods and reached Gujarat days later has been stateless for 26 years, despite holding Indian identity documents.
MHA updates citizenship rules, tightens norms on dual passports for minors
May 01, 2026 9:24 am
Minors holding Indian passports cannot simultaneously possess passports of other countries.
Investment banker says 2.2 lakh Indians give up citizenship every year: ‘Charm of clean air, water excites them’
December 17, 2025 10:28 am
In a LinkedIn post, Sarthak Ahuja, an investment banker and financial advisor, noted that approximately 2 million Indians have renounced their Indian citizenship over the past 15 years.
‘Unable to visit ailing mother’: After OCI row, Professor Ashok Swain now challenges blacklisting order in Delhi HC
November 14, 2025 4:21 pm
Justice Sachin Datta issued notice, seeking a response from the Centre through its ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs.
'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”
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