Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)

Union home minister Amit Shah/ HT Photo
South Asia

Will implement citizenship act after Covid subsides, Amit Shah says

Amit Shah accused Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "spreading rumours" that the new citizenship law would not be enforced

Hardeep Singh Puri. Picture: Collected
South Asia

Indian minister cites Afghan crisis and says citizenship law 'was necessary'

A view of Bangladeshi migrants. Photo used for representation purpose only. File Photo: Collected
South Asia

Push for citizenship to minority migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh

Demonstrators argue with police after they were removed from the anti-CAA protest site, amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi, on March 24. YAWAR NAZIR/GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

One year after mass protests, India’s Muslims still live in fear

Monowarul Haque. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Things Veena Sikri did not mention in her article

A protester holds a sign that reads “NO STATELESS PEOPLE” during a protest against the National Register of Citizens in Kolkata, India, in September 2019. Photo: Avijit Ghosh/Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images via Foreign Policy
Analysis

A year after rendering millions stateless, India has yet to hear a single appeal

According to the Manual on Parliamentary Work, rules for legislation should be framed within six months of the date of the President’s assent or the standing committee on subordinate legislation should be approached for extension of time/ HT
South Asia

Indian home ministry seeks additional 3 months to frame CAA rules

Work on the detention centre started in December. Besides the housing quarters, the facility, which is surrounded by 20-22 feet high boundary walls, will contain a staff quarters, hospital, school, an office complex, kitchen and dining and community space/ HT Photo
World+Biz

3 with Bangladesh address dies in Assam detention centres

UNHCR goes to India's Supreme Court over new citizenship law
South Asia

UNHCR goes to India's Supreme Court over new citizenship law

Photo: Collected
South Asia

Mamata terms Delhi violence 'a planned genocide'

A view of the Supreme Court of India while a hearing on the Babri Majid – Ram Janmabhoomi case was underway in New Delhi in October 2019./ Hindustan Times
South Asia

Delhi violence: Indian SC to hear plea on FIRs over hate speeches

A woman sitting with her husband and their child reacts next to damaged property after their house was burnt by a mob on Tuesday in a riot affected area after clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2020/ Reuters
Thoughts

'Riots happen because we tend to romanticize chaos'

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Reuters Photo
World+Biz

Canada advises citizens not to travel India