Hindu refugee family in Delhi names their daughter 'Nagrikta'
5 years ago

Hindu refugee family in Delhi names their daughter 'Nagrikta'

Op India  

The passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha has given hope and a lifeline to persecuted Hindus of Pakistan, who are currently living in the country as refugees. While several Pakistani Hindu refugees staying across India have been cheering for the Citizenship Bill and thanking PM Modi and Amit Shah, the Pakistani Hindus living in Majnu Ka Tila, a refugee camp in Delhi, have particularly been ecstatic with the news. These Hindu refugees from Pakistan were so happy that a Hindu refugee family living there for the past 7 years, on Tuesday named the daughter born to them as ‘Nagrikta ’. These Hindus from Pakistan hope that they will soon get Indian citizenship and their refugee identity will end.

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Pakistani refugees hail citizenship rights
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistani refugees hail citizenship rights

The Hindu  

The granting of citizenship to over 300 people by the Centre under the Citizenship Act, 2019, has ignited the hope of a better future among Pakistani Hindu refugees living in north Delhi’s Majnu ka Tila. Yashoda, 29, who came to Delhi in 2013 from Pakistan and got citizenship, said she would now be able to send her children to a …

Gujarat: 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan conferred Indian citizenship at camp in Ahmedabad
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat: 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan conferred Indian citizenship at camp in Ahmedabad

India TV News  

CAA implementation: As many as 18 Hindu refugees from Pakistan residing in Ahmedabad were conferred Indian citizenship on Saturday at a camp which was attended by Gujarat minister of state for Home Harsh Sanghavi. With this, a total of 1167 Hindu refugees from Pakistan residing in Ahmedabad district have so far been granted Indian citizenship. Gazette notifications of 2016 and …

Hindu refugee in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tilla recall horrific days in Pakistan, others thank Modi for notifying CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hindu refugee in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tilla recall horrific days in Pakistan, others thank Modi for notifying CAA

Op India  

On Tuesday, March 12, the Delhi High Court instructed the Delhi Development Authority to not take any coercive action against the Pakistani Hindu refugee camp at the city’s Majnu Ka Tilla area until the next date of hearing. pic.twitter.com/ZbrqB1XCGd — Swati Goel Sharma March 14, 2024 With the Centre notifying the rules for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, …

Pakistani Hindu refugees in Delhi celebrate after implementation of CAA
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistani Hindu refugees in Delhi celebrate after implementation of CAA

India Today  

Holi came early for around 1,000 Pakistani Hindu refugees staying in a camp in the Majnu Ka Tila area in Delhi. The reason for this celebration was the hope that the 200 families would become official citizens of India after the notification of the Citizenship Amendment Act. One of the refugees, Dayal Prasad, left Sindh in 2011 and came to …

‘Very Much Indian’: 25 Hindu Refugees from Pakistan Living in Rajkot to Cast Vote for First Time in Guj Polls
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Very Much Indian’: 25 Hindu Refugees from Pakistan Living in Rajkot to Cast Vote for First Time in Guj Polls

News 18  

Sunil Dev Maheshwari, a 37-year-old refugee from Pakistan, received a prized possession in August – Indian citizenship. Sunil and 24 other Pakistani Hindu refugees will vote in an Indian election for the first time after being granted citizenship in Rajkot. On August 12, 25 Pakistani Hindu refugees were granted Indian citizenship in Rajkot and it was the happiest moment in …

Women's panel launches study on plight of Hindu women refugees living in Delhi's Majnu ka Tila
2 years, 4 months ago

Women's panel launches study on plight of Hindu women refugees living in Delhi's Majnu ka Tila

India Today  

The Delhi Commission for Women has launched a study into the plight of women and child Hindu refugees who have escaped from Pakistan and have been residing in Majnu Ka Tila, Delhi for the past several years. PLIGHT OF HINDU REFUGEES Secluded within a confined zone in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila, Hindu refugees continue to live in deplorable conditions where …

‘If we convert to Islam, will you give us houses?’: Pakistani Hindu refugees ask Centre
2 years, 4 months ago

‘If we convert to Islam, will you give us houses?’: Pakistani Hindu refugees ask Centre

Firstpost  

A Pakistani Hindu who migrated to India in 2014 from Karachi and now lives in Jodhpur awaiting Indian citizenship told how 35,000 refugees such as him have been living in deplorable conditions New Delhi: “If the Hindu refugees from Pakistan, who have been languishing across several cities in India, convert to Islam, will Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri provide them …

Pakistani Hindu refugees at Delhi's Majnu ka Tila remain devoid of basic facilities
2 years, 5 months ago

Pakistani Hindu refugees at Delhi's Majnu ka Tila remain devoid of basic facilities

The Hindu  

Secluded within a confined zone in Delhi's Majnu-Ka-Tila, Pakistani Hindu refugees who moved to India with hopes of securing their lives have been surviving in tents and semi-kutcha houses with no access to basic facilities like water and electricity. Fifty-two-year-old refugee Radha Solanki, who moved to India from Pakistan nine years ago, said their hopes and dreams were shattered after …

Afghan Sikh refugees happy over invitation for Indian citizenship
3 years, 7 months ago

Afghan Sikh refugees happy over invitation for Indian citizenship

Op India  

Hours after the Modi government invited applications from non-Muslim refugees for granting them Indian citizenship, Sikh refugees from Afghanistan have expressed their happiness over the decision. Punjab: Sikh refugees in Ludhiana express happiness over Central govt’s decision to invite them to apply for Indian citizenship. The Union Home Ministry issued a notification asking people belonging to six persecuted communities to …

A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship
4 years ago

A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship

Al Jazeera  

Hindu and Sikh refugees in India still wait for nationality a year after a controversial citizenship law was passed. Last December, India’s Hindu nationalist government amended the country’s citizenship law to expedite nationality for persecuted immigrants – except Muslims – from three neighbouring countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. A Sikh refugee, Surbeer, 33, is among some 31,313 eligible refugees in …

100 Pakistan Hindu families cross Attari-Wagah border fearing persecution, say want to settle in India
4 years, 11 months ago

100 Pakistan Hindu families cross Attari-Wagah border fearing persecution, say want to settle in India

India Today  

Amid the controversy over the Citizenship Act, minority Pakistani Hindu families continue to flee the Islamic country saying that they are being persecuted on the basis of their religion. Nearly 100 Pakistani Hindu families crossed Attari-Wagah border and reached Amritsar on Monday. The 100 Hindu families, who crossed the border on Monday, said: "Humanity has died in Pakistan and they …

Citizenship Amendment Act will help us: Pakistani Hindu refugee thanks PM Modi
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act will help us: Pakistani Hindu refugee thanks PM Modi

India TV News  

Amid various protests taking place in the country on Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, Pakistani Hindu refugees in Jaisalmer held a march in support of CAA on Monday. Speaking in the favour of CAA, a refugee said, "we have been staying here since last 5-7 years and we are yet to get citizenship. A woman refugee thanked Prime Minister Narendra …

Hindu refugees in Delhi force anti-CAA activist Medha Patkar to leave
5 years ago

Hindu refugees in Delhi force anti-CAA activist Medha Patkar to leave

Op India  

On Thursday, controversial ‘activist’ Medha Patkar suffered a huge embarrassment after Hindu refugees from Pakistan staying in Delhi confronted her yesterday. Delhi: Refugees from Pakistan living in Delhi compel anti Citizenship Amendment Bill activist Medha Patkar to leave, video clip goes viralpic.twitter.com/Xg6dBO0qrC — DeshGujarat December 19, 2019 The angry crowd then urged Patkar to go and live in Pakistan to …

Residents of Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila camp express joy over CAB
5 years ago

Residents of Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila camp express joy over CAB

Op India  

Following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill by both the Houses of Parliament which grants citizenship to persecuted religious minorities of three neighbouring countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, there is a sense of jubilation and newfound freedom among minorities especially Pakistani Hindus who are currently residing in the country. On Thursday, speaking to OpIndia team, Pakistani Hindus living in …

Citizenship Amendment Act: Hindu refugees from Pakistan hail PM Modi, Amit Shah
5 years ago

Citizenship Amendment Act: Hindu refugees from Pakistan hail PM Modi, Amit Shah

India Today  

Hindu refugees from Pakistan across the national capital were seen dancing to dhols and celebrating with sweets after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Thanking Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, Kumar said he'd never thought he would see this day. Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel and Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari reached the …

Why can’t Pakistani Hindus go to Europe or America as refugees if Syrians and Rohingyas can?
5 years, 9 months ago

Why can’t Pakistani Hindus go to Europe or America as refugees if Syrians and Rohingyas can?

Op India  

A tragic picture of a Syrian child lying lifeless at the sea shore as his family tried to escape his war-torn country had sent the entire Western world in collective guilt, because they thought they were not doing enough to help people who are persecuted in their own land. Because with an unfavourable government at Delhi and a global Hindu …

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