Indian Citizenship

More than six lakh Indians gave up citizenship since 2017, Centre tells Parliament

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as per the information available with the Ministry of External Affairs, a total number of 1,33,83,718 Indian nationals are living in foreign countries

Conflicting judgments, absence of guidelines, litany of documents: India's citizenship conundrum is a mess

Multiple conflicting judgments have only deepened the confusion rather than solving it.

Stormy Winter Session ahead in Parliament as BJP set to push Citizenship (Amendment) Bill despite protests from several quarters

The Narendra Modi government is set to push for the passage of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament's Winter Session starting from Monday

Divisive politics won't work in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee hours after Amit Shah's speech on NRC at Kolkata

Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday cautioned the people of West Bengal against divisive politics and said it will not work in the state.

Captain Amarinder writes to S Jaishankar for Centre's help in securing Punjab youth's release from Malaysian jail

Captain Amarinder Singh has written a letter to External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, seeking the Centre's help for the release of a Punjabi youth from a Malaysian jail.

Around 200 Sri Lankan refugees submit petitions to district collector’s office seeking Indian citizenship in Madurai

More than 200 Sri Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district for 29 years submitted petitions to collector's office on Monday to seek the Indian citizenship. 457 Sri Lankan refugees have been living in Madurai ever since they fled their worn-torn nation in 1990 in the refugee camps provided by the Tamil Nadu government. The lack of Indian citizenship makes it difficult for these refugees to apply for a secured job.

'Stand to protect India, but seen as doubtful citizen': Army soldier who served at Siachen fighting to prove citizenship in Assam

Shahidul Islam, hailing from Assam’s Barpeta district, has served in Baramulla in north Kashmir, and at the Siachen Glacier. "I have been posted in Kashmir, Kargil, and Siachen. I love my country and stand to protect it. But back home (in Assam), I am (seen as) a doubtful citizen," he said.

Citizenship bill protests: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur CMs urge Rajnath Singh to ensure Rajya Sabha doesn't pass law today

Political parties have been protesting against the citizenship bill, which will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today, on the grounds that the bill seeks to grant nationality to non-Muslims who came to India till 31 December, 2014, a greater deadline from 1971 as per the Assam Accord.

Mehul Choksi is still Indian citizen, says govt official; reiterates efforts for fugitive jeweller's extradition from Antigua

Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, a main defendant in India’s largest bank fraud case, is still an Indian citizen despite holding an Antigua and Barbuda passport, an Indian official told Reuters, adding that the government is pushing for his extradition.

PNB fraud: Mehul Choksi gives up Indian citizenship, surrenders passport to Antiguan govt in a bid to avoid extradition

Mehul Choksi is wanted in India by the CBI and ED probing the $2 billion PNB fraud