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Assam minister: India must save Hindu refugees

On: September 29, 2016

Guwahati: In what has triggered a fresh debate on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, BJP leader and Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that he supported the Amendment in Citizenship Act 1955, proposing to make Hindus and other minority communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan eligible for IndianContinue Reading

90-year-old priest becomes finally Indian

By: Matters India

On: April 22, 2016

In: National

He had to wait 38 yearsContinue Reading

Nonagenarian Spanish Jesuit granted Indian citizenship

By: Matters India

On: March 18, 2016

In: Top Story

Father Sopena had first applied for citizenship in 1978Continue Reading

Goans give up Indian citizenship for Portuguese passports

By: Matters India

On: December 28, 2015

In: National

Under Portuguese law, those born in Portuguese colonies before their liberation – in Goa, that would be 1961 – continue to be PortuguesContinue Reading