Das had applied for Indian citizenship in April after the CAA rules were notified over four years after the law’s passage in 2019.
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The Ministry of Home Affairs issued citizenship certificates to 14 individuals under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). This marks the first set of certificates handed out since the BJP-led Central government notified the CAA rules in March this year.
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Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the move, stating it fulfills the promise to minorities persecuted on religious grounds in the specified countries. The CAA, coupled with the government’s plan for a National Register of Citizens (NRC), had sparked nationwide protests over concerns about exclusion of Muslims.
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GUWAHATI: After a three-year-long legal battle, the 73-year-old daughter of freedom fighter Seje Bala Ghosh, a resident of Bongaigaon district of Assam, has finally been…
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