Centre constitutes empowered committee for citizenship applications in West Bengal

Feb 21, 2026

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted an empowered committee for West Bengal for processing and grant of citizenship applications under specified provisions...

MHA notifies Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026; OCI applications to go online

May 01, 2026

According to the Ministry, OCI applications will now be required to be filed online, with provisions for both physical OCI cards and e-OCI documentation....

MHA constitutes two state-level empowered committees in West Bengal to process citizenship applications

Mar 02, 2026

The Central government on Monday strengthened the institutional mechanism for processing citizenship applications in West Bengal by constituting two state-level empowered committees under the...

Plea in SC against MHA's notification for citizenship applications from non-Muslim refugees

Jun 10, 2021

New Delhi [India], June 10 : A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification inviting Indian...

Asaduddin Owaisi approaches SC seeking stay on implementation of CAA

Mar 17, 2024

In his petition, Owaisi sought directions to the central government not to entertain or process the applications seeking grant of citizenship status under Section...

16 Chinese nationals granted Indian citizenship since 2007, 10 applications in pending: Home Ministry

Mar 16, 2022

New Delhi [India], March 16 : Union Minister for state Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday in a written reply to Rajya Sabha informed...