The law grants citizenship to persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, including Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Christian, Buddhist, and Parsi communities, who migrated to India before December 31, 2014.
It is worth mentioning China gives staple visas to Indian residents of Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir as it claims the areas as part of Tibet and therefore its own.
The official names of the 11 places were released on Sunday by the ministry, which also gave precise coordinates, including two land areas, two residential areas, five mountain peaks and two rivers.
India-China troops clash: Amid a massive uproar over the recent clash between Indian and Chinese troops, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to make a statement in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 1,000 crores in the Namsai district.
Asserting that efforts are underway to make Northeast insurgency-free, he claimed 9,000 militants from the region have surrendered during the last eight years of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
The BJP on Saturday wrested the Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC) from the Congress by winning six of the eight seats of the civic body in Arunachal Pradesh, while the JD(U), in its maiden contest in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation polls, bagged nine wards.
The soon of RJD chief Lalu Prasad said on Saturday: "The decline of JD (U) is now certain. It has begun in Arunachal Pradesh and soon it will disintegrate in Bihar as well. It is breaking into smaller units and its future in Bihar doesn't look bright either."
A man was booked in Arunachal Pradesh''s East Siang District for posting misleading information on social media regarding coronavirus, officials said on Sunday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki for alleged corruption in a government project worth Rs 3.20 crore.
The wreckage of the missing AN-32 was located by a Mi-17 helicopter on June 11, following which a team of 15 mountaineers was dropped near the crash site the next day.
An indefinite curfew was clamped in Itanagar and Naharlagun on Saturday and internet services suspended as protesters resorted to stone pelting in which 35 people, including 24 police personnel, were injured.
"The situation is tense and protesters are still indulging in stone pelting. We are making efforts to restore the law and order," police said, adding more than 40 protesters have been arrested.
A scientist who works in Botanical Survey of India (BSI), discovered the wild flower, which is white at the base and violet on the top, at a forest in Zemithang area of Tawang
Chinese road building teams had recently entered about one kilometre inside Indian territory in Tuting.
Over 68.5 per cent electors had cast their votes in the December 21 bypolls, with Pakke-Kessang recording an 86-per cent voter turnout and Likabali 51 per cent.
Itanagar: There will be little cheer for gamblers rolling dice in the high stakes game of ‘jhandi munda' this Diwali in Arunachal Pradesh, which has been legal till last year, but banned this time around.
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