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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicCitizenship Act

Topic: Citizenship Act

Why Supreme Court of India won’t strike down Modi govt’s Citizenship Amendment Act

The primary ground on which the CAA is being challenged is its ostensible violation and abuse of the ‘right to equality’ enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

In Lucknow, man killed in violence leaves behind a converted wife & their Hindu-Muslim love

Mohammad Wakeel was killed in the anti-CAA protests in Lucknow last week. His wife Shabeena and family members said he had gone out to buy ration.

Decoding National Population Register: What it is & its link to NRC

The Union Cabinet has approved funds worth Rs 8,500 crore to update the National Population Register.

All-India NRC will certainly fail. Here’s what Modi govt should do for its citizenship plan

To believe Modi govt can put 130 crore people through a process like NRC on such a shaky documentary foundation is to ask for more trouble.

Drones, medical care, shame, shame!: How high courts are dealing with CAA protest pleas

While Delhi High Court refused interim protection to Jamia students, the Madras High Court asserted that protests cannot be stopped in a democracy.

UP Police arrest state head of Islamic outfit PFI, 2 aides for ‘inciting’ CAA violence

Authorities held Popular Front of India (PFI) and Students Islamic Movement of India responsible for 'masterminding' violence in Lucknow during the anti-citizenship law protests that claimed 18 lives.

Gujarat BJP MP hands out citizenship certificates to 3 Hindus from Pakistan

Lok Sabha MP Mohan Kundariya gave certificates to three members of a Hindu family, who came to India from Pakistan seeking refuge over a decade ago.

Mobile internet services resume in Meghalaya 8 days after anti-citizenship law protests

The ban on mobile internet and mass messaging services, imposed on 12 December, was lifted on Friday night due to improvement in law and order situation, said an official.

BJP calls out ‘lungi terrorists’, Ram Guha labelled ‘urban naxal’, Mevani warns of storm

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.