Explained: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act

Section 6A, which was incorporated in the Citizenship Act 1955 following the signing of the 1985 Assam Accord, was upheld by the Supreme Court. The following explains the special provision of the......

SC judge flags abuse of Section 6A in dissenting judgment

Dissenting from the majority judgment, Supreme Court's Justice J B Pardiwala on Thursday held that Section 6A of the Citizenship Act of 1955, which grants Indian citizenship to immigrants who......

SC upholds law granting citizenship to Assam immigrants

In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act which grants Indian citizenship to immigrants who came to Assam between......

Marathi, Bengali among 5 languages to get classical tag

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved conferring classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

'My state Manipur is burning', Mary Kom cries for help

IMAGE: Violence broke out in Manipur durig a tribal agitation on Wednesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy MC Mary Kom/Twitter Boxing great MC Mary Kom on Thursday urged the Centre to help control the......