Discussion On Citizenship

Nepal's Parliament on Wednesday passed the country's first Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was under discussion for more than two years as political parties failed to forge a consensus on it.

The Lok Sabha will form a committee to look into ruckus in the house that prevented routine business in the last three days over the opposition's demand for a discussion on the recent violence in Delhi over the controversial citizenship law. The chairman of the committee will be the Speaker himself, Om Birla, who has stayed away from the house for ...

Amid growing international scrutiny over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and allegations of Muslims being persecuted in India, parliamentarians from India and Europe held discussions on the subject on the sidelines of the ongoing 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The new citizenship law did not come up for discussion between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday, noting that the two leaders talked about religious harmony in a "positive way".

US President Donald Trump, asked on Tuesday about the violence in parts of Delhi over citizenship law protests and religious freedom, said he discussed it with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "he wants people to have religious freedom".

US President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to India next week, the White House said on Friday, noting that the US has great respect for India's democratic traditions and institutions.

The central government has promised that there will not be a nationwide exercise to make people prove their citizenship through a National Register of Citizens or NRC and so there is no need to be concerned about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday following a meeting with Prime Minister N...

The Shiv Sena's support for the contentious citizenship law CAA and the National Population Register NPR was confirmed today as a key point of difference in Maharashtra's ruling coalition. But Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar, who had a crucial role in bringing together the ideologically disparate Sena and the Congress, played it down, sayin...

A section of protesters at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, the epicenter of anti-citizenship law protests in the national capital, have said they will march to Home Minister Amit Shah's home at 2 pm on Sunday to discuss the contentious law with him, two days after Mr Shah said anyone could seek time with him to debate the merits of the Citizenship Amendment ...

A group of research scholars of IIT Kharagpur today claimed that a discussion on the issue of citizenship on the campus had to be called off, after permission for holding the programme was withdrawn.

The Central government should ponder over why India's internal matters are being discussed in the European Parliament, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Thursday, referring to the six resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) tabled by the Members of European Parliament.

Tejashwi Yadav, in his latest attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, sought to embarrass his former boss with a throwback to what he called the times they sat together and discussed how "dangerous" is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. The RJD leader was speaking in the Bihar assembly against the controversia...

The Punjab government will go by the will of the state assembly on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR), it said in a statement on Tuesday. This was decided by ministers of the state government during a discussion after a cabinet meeting, the statement said.

Leaders from 15 political parties are attending a meeting of the opposition in parliament to discuss the contentious citizenship law, National Register of Citizens and the countrywide student protests that are gathering momentum.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati have decided to skip the meeting of opposition parties being organised today to discuss the current political situation in the backdrop of the student protests and the contentious citizenship law and the citizenship list NRC. The meeting is expected to signal oppo...

Nepal's Parliament on Wednesday passed the country's first Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was under discussion for more than two years as political parties failed to forge a consensus on it.

The Lok Sabha will form a committee to look into ruckus in the house that prevented routine business in the last three days over the opposition's demand for a discussion on the recent violence in Delhi over the controversial citizenship law. The chairman of the committee will be the Speaker himself, Om Birla, who has stayed away from the house for ...

Amid growing international scrutiny over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and allegations of Muslims being persecuted in India, parliamentarians from India and Europe held discussions on the subject on the sidelines of the ongoing 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The new citizenship law did not come up for discussion between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday, noting that the two leaders talked about religious harmony in a "positive way".

US President Donald Trump, asked on Tuesday about the violence in parts of Delhi over citizenship law protests and religious freedom, said he discussed it with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "he wants people to have religious freedom".

US President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to India next week, the White House said on Friday, noting that the US has great respect for India's democratic traditions and institutions.

The central government has promised that there will not be a nationwide exercise to make people prove their citizenship through a National Register of Citizens or NRC and so there is no need to be concerned about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday following a meeting with Prime Minister N...

The Shiv Sena's support for the contentious citizenship law CAA and the National Population Register NPR was confirmed today as a key point of difference in Maharashtra's ruling coalition. But Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar, who had a crucial role in bringing together the ideologically disparate Sena and the Congress, played it down, sayin...

A section of protesters at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, the epicenter of anti-citizenship law protests in the national capital, have said they will march to Home Minister Amit Shah's home at 2 pm on Sunday to discuss the contentious law with him, two days after Mr Shah said anyone could seek time with him to debate the merits of the Citizenship Amendment ...

A group of research scholars of IIT Kharagpur today claimed that a discussion on the issue of citizenship on the campus had to be called off, after permission for holding the programme was withdrawn.

The Central government should ponder over why India's internal matters are being discussed in the European Parliament, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Thursday, referring to the six resolutions against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) tabled by the Members of European Parliament.

Tejashwi Yadav, in his latest attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, sought to embarrass his former boss with a throwback to what he called the times they sat together and discussed how "dangerous" is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. The RJD leader was speaking in the Bihar assembly against the controversia...

The Punjab government will go by the will of the state assembly on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR), it said in a statement on Tuesday. This was decided by ministers of the state government during a discussion after a cabinet meeting, the statement said.

Leaders from 15 political parties are attending a meeting of the opposition in parliament to discuss the contentious citizenship law, National Register of Citizens and the countrywide student protests that are gathering momentum.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati have decided to skip the meeting of opposition parties being organised today to discuss the current political situation in the backdrop of the student protests and the contentious citizenship law and the citizenship list NRC. The meeting is expected to signal oppo...