President Ram Nath Kovind, on Friday, signed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 into law after both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the bill, earlier this week, amending the existing Citizenship Act of India.
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The ministry of home affairs laid out specific guidelines to detect, detain and deport foreign nationals staying illegally across India, with Assam’s National Register of Citizens as the backdrop.
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With protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 showing no signs of dying down in the northeast, the Centre is now seeking to allay public’s fears by saying that foreigners would not be granted Indian citizenship without the consent of state governments concerned.
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Artists from various cultural spheres in Assam have joined hands to strong protest against the Indian Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led NDA government is pushing for.
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The Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha has criticized the government over its notification on allowing some district collectors of seven states to grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries, including Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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