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3,117 religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan granted citizenship in the past four years: Home Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
3,117 Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Christian minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan were granted Indian citizenship from 2018 to 2021
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Ahmedabad: District Collector grants Indian Citizenship to 11 Pakistani Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
District Collector of Ahmedabad, Sandeep Sangle, has granted Indian citizenship to 11 Pakistani Hindus.
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Muslim League moves to SC against Modi govt’s order for citizenship to persecuted minorities in 13 districts, calls it ‘back-door CAA’

OpIndia Staff -
The petition further claimed that if the applicants are granted citizenship and the Supreme Court strikes down CAA, it would be a "herculean task" and "near impossible: to take back the citizenships given.
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Claims of TN Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan being a US citizen go viral, here is what we know

OpIndia Staff -
Saravanaprasad Balasubramanian, Editorial Member of News Portal Mediyaan, alleged in a Twitter post that on scanning American Citizenship Records, it was found Thiagarajan is a US citizen.
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Modi govt invites applications from non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh to grant Indian citizenship: Details

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Modi govt issued a notification asking people belonging to six persecuted communities to apply for a certificate of naturalisation
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UK top court rejects ‘ISIS bride’ Shamima Begum’s bid to return to Britain to join the court case for her British citizenship

OpIndia Staff -
Shamima Begum, 21, who joined the ISIS when she was 15, had sought to return to the United Kingdom, to contest the UK government's decision to revoke her British citizenship.
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Mamata Banerjee lies to the Bengal Matua community, says they don’t need CAA since they are ‘already citizens’: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
While Matua community is classified as illegal immigrants according to NRC rules, Mamata Banerjee said they are Indian citizens
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Algerian-born Muslim cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika stripped of his citizenship by Australia after convicted of terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
Benbrika was convicted of directing a terrorist group, and possessing material associated with planning of a terrorist attack in Australia
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Muslim doctor denied German Citizenship because he refused to shake hand with a woman as she ‘posed a threat of seduction’

OpIndia Staff -
The German court described the Muslim doctor as "fundamentalist" for his denial to shake hand
Opinions

Dear Aatish Taseer, where is the spirit of Kaagaz Nahin Dikhayenge?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Did Aatish Taseer dare to hide any background info on his US citizenship application? My guess would be no.
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