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Pakistan on Thursday termed India's new Citizenship (Amendment) Act "discriminatory in nature", claiming that it differentiated between people based on their faith. The Indian government implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 on Monday, paving the way for the grant of citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. The government also came out with a press statement to say that Indian Muslims need not worry as the CAA will not impact their citizenship and has nothing to do with the community which enjoys equal rights as their Hindu counterparts.

Mallikarjun Kharge are yet to comment on the notification of implementation of CAA. Despite the lack of support from Congress on the CAA issue, the CM contended that the Kerala government will “neither bend nor keep silent".

India's sovereignty. We can't compromise with India's right to take its own decisions," Amit Shah said in a podcast with Smita Prakash. He was also addressing the international backlash on laws like CAA.

Pakistan has a long history of supporting anti-India militant groups, and under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocations," the report says. “Each side’s perception of heightened tensions raises the risk of conflict, with violent unrest in Kashmir or a militant attack in India being potential flashpoints," it adds.

Arvind Kejriwal are indulging in 'jhooth ki rajneeti' (politics of lies) over CAA. ‘CAA does not violate constitutional provisions’, Amit Shah on citizenship law He said CAA was one of the poll promises by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 manifesto which they have fulfilled. "BJP has made it clear in its 2019 manifesto that it will bring CAA and provide Indian citizenship to refugees (from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan).

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CAA. The remarks came after the Centre notified the rules for implementing the act. Speaking to ANI, Amit Shah said, “This is our sovereign right to ensure Indian citizenship in our country, we will never compromise on it and CAA will never be taken back.

India’s Agni-5 test of a multiple-warhead ballistic missile places the country in a league of powers with only the US, UK, Russia, China and France as other members. Importantly, its success steps up India’s deterrence at a time China has openly begun to pursue a policy of power projection beyond its borders. Though not strictly an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) of the order possessed by the Big Five that can hit targets as far as 15,000km, its 5,000km-plus range brings the farthest parts of China and even some of Europe within our strike radius.

Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India before December 31, 2014. Sharing Abhinav's viral video on CAA, Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said, "Do listen to Abhinav Chandrachud on not just CAA but also the constitutional gaps over the years on citizenship." Abhinav has argued that those not falling under the CAA, have to wait for 11 years to become an Indian citizen by naturalisation constitutionally, while those covered under the CAA get to be a citizen in 5 years. "This does not make any sense to me." "The residence requirement in India has been reduced by the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Mamata Banerjee of «spreading falsehood» on the issue of notification of CAA, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that bonafide citizens need not worry as they will continue to live without any fear. Addressing a public meeting at Ranaghat in Nadia district, the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly asserted that Muslims living in the country for centuries are bonafide citizens and urged them not to be «misled by false claims of Banerjee» as «they will continue to live without any fear or hassle». Claiming that the CAA was a precursor to implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had on Tuesday said, «I apprehend that existing citizens would automatically be first designated as illegal immigrants and then left at the mercy of the committee to grant them citizenship afresh.» Adhikari also asserted that the law would enable three crore Bengali Hindus, who were forced to emigrate from erstwhile East Pakistan, to get their citizenship rights affirmed once and for all.

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protests in Kerala against implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Wednesday decided to pursue legal measures aligned with the state government's stance against the contentious law. According to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the Advocate General has been tasked with initiating legal proceedings in the matter, further to the original suit that is before the Supreme court. «The state government has already filed an original suit before the Supreme Court under Article 131 of the Constitution. As the central government has proceeded with the notification of rules under the CAA, the state is preparing for additional legal action through the Supreme Court,» it said.

ALSO READ: CAA rules notified: Here is what the 2019 Bill on Citizenship Amendment Act proposed The law will pave the way for Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, and Parsi refugees, who came to India before December 31, 2014, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to acquire Indian citizenship without having a valid passport of these countries or an Indian visa. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed in Parliament in December 2019.

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PTI. Owaisi suggested that CAA should not be seen alone but together with NPR (National Population Register) and NRC (National Register of Citizens). He said, “This government is making rules after four years.

Pakistan Peoples Party said he decided to encourage prudent financial management and not burden the national exchequer. It is pertinent to note that Zardari is one of the richest politicians in Pakistan. “The President considered it essential not to burden the national exchequer and preferred to forgo his salary," President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release on Tuesday as quoted by PTI. Former president Arif Alvi was drawing ₹8,46,550 per month, which was fixed by Parliament in 2018.

empowered committee on citizenship will consider a report by security agencies on the application made by refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before granting them citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019. «The empowered committee may make such inquiry as it considers necessary for ascertaining the suitability of the applicant, including obtaining a report from the security agency, to be uploaded online by the agency and accessible to the committee,» stated the detailed order. The committees at the state and Union Territory level are required to maintain an «online register containing the details of persons so registered or naturalised as a citizen of India, which shall be accessible to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the security agency,» the CAA rules noted. The CAA 2019 seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees who had sought shelter in India before December 31, 2014, due to religious persecution in three neighbouring countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

IUML), a Kerala-based political party, has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. The Centre on Monday notified the rules which effectively brought into force the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 (CAA). The IUML was one of the petitioners which, in 2019, had challenged the CAA in the top court.

United Arab Emirates — China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials said Tuesday. Footage aired by Chinese state television and a video released by the Russian navy showed the ongoing drill, known as «Marine Security Belt 2024.» China sent the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi and the guided-missile frigate Linyi to the exercise. Russia's forces are being led by the Varyag, a Slava-class cruiser.

Also Read: Hyderabad's Chaithanya Madhagani murdered in Australia by spouse; body dumped in bin, details here Even after India's independence on August 15, 1947, Hyderabad did not get independence and continued to remain under the rule of the Nizams for 13 months, the Union Home Ministry said in a notification on Tuesday. The city was liberated from Nizam's rule on September 17, 1948, after a police action namely 'Operation Polo'. Also Read: ‘Owaisi represents 140 crore Indians, not just minorities’, says Telangana CM Revanth Reddy "Now to remember the martyrs who liberated Hyderabad and to infuse the flame of patriotism in the minds of youth, the Government of India decided to celebrate the 17th day of September every year as 'Hyderabad Liberation Day'," the notification read.

₹480 crore and arrested its six Pakistani crew members on Tuesday, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said in a release. Based on specific intelligence, a joint team of the Indian Coast Guard, Narcotics Control Bureau and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) conducted an operation under codename “SAGAR-MANTHAN -2" in the Arabian Sea near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) on March 8.