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Sunday, December 14, 2025
TopicCitizenship

Topic: Citizenship

MP-MLA court considers plea questioning Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship, sets hearing on 5 Dec

Court takes note of a Bengaluru-based BJP worker's petition accusing Rahul of providing information to enemy countries and obtaining a fake passport.

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

‘Don’t care if I am trolled’—BJP leader stands with Diljit Dosanjh as FWICE demands his ouster

FWICE is targeting Diljit Dosanjh over Sardaar Ji 3 featuring Pakistani actor Hania Aamir. It has written to PM Modi to strip him of citizenship and called for industry-wide boycott.

With emphasis on diversity & representation, collegium recommends 2 HC judges for elevation to SC

SC has recommended Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC N Kotiswar Singh, who is from Manipur & Acting Chief Justice of Madras HC R. Mahadevan, who is from backward community.

In Jodhpur, Pakistani Hindus ‘grateful’ to PM Modi but want CAA cut-off date scrapped

Pakistani Hindus, who want to become Indian nationals, also seek basics like schools & toilets in their settlements in Jodhpur — city that shelters bulk of their population in Rajasthan.

SubscriberWrites: Importance of good governance in schools

The Governing Body (Trust / Society) should be an independent body that ensures the vision of the not-for-profit schooling organisation is not compromised.

Canada second top pick for Indians seeking foreign citizenship

In 2022, over 71,000 Indians in US gave up their citizenship followed by Canada (60,139), Australia (40,377) and UK (21,457), according to MEA data. The figure for Canada is 18,000 for first 6 months of 2023.

Over 5 lakh Indians have renounced citizenship since 2020, govt tells Lok Sabha. Top reason is work

According to MEA, 2.25 lakh Indians renounced citizenship in 2022, the highest since 2011. Those who renounced their citizenship went to 135 other countries.

Citizenship took a back seat to the Partition, ‘Indianess’ was never fully defined

Book launch of ‘Where the Madness Lies: Citizen Accounts of Identity and Nationalism’ by Kishalaya Bhattacharjee sparked conversations on citizenship, marginalisation, caste.

SubscriberWrites: Citizens must have access to more ways of influencing what happens in parliament

From stripping MPs of the ability to vote independently to propagating opaque, close-doors Delhi-centric ways of working, we’ve limited the influence people have, writes Anirudh Dinesh.

On Camera

I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.