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[Harsh @imhvardhan]

@AmitShah Sir liberate POK now, they’re our people. No better time to do what is due since years.

[Riccha Dwivedi @RicchaDwivedi]

The accused in the NEET paper leak case are likely being investigated under:
- Public Examinations Act, 2024- Up to 10 years' imprisonment, min ₹1cr fine.
- Various provisions of BNS, 2023 and IT Act, 2000 (imprisonment + fine)

Parliament should seriously consider harsher penalties because this means nothing. I bat for capital punishment.

[Ranvir Shorey @RanvirShorey]

"Revolution is merely a dramatic device used by the ambitious to get the people to do the heavy lifting, so the ambitious can take the credit and the corner office."

Don’t get played.

[Harsh @imhvardhan]

Detaining Rahul Gandhi isn’t right. He’s the Leader of Opposition. The parliament is in session. The demise of BJP could be nearer than expected!
#RahulGandhi #INC #NewDelhi

[Swati Maliwal @SwatiJaiHind]

SHOCKING : पंजाब में pharmacy officer recruitment exam में बहुत बड़ा scam हुआ जिससे हज़ारों छात्रों का भविष्य ख़राब हुआ है ‼️

Exam में कई छात्र pen cameras और bluetooth device के सहारे चीटिंग करते पकड़े गए। लाखों रुपये लेकर बच्चों को exam पास करवाया जा रहा था।

अब तक केजरीवाल और भगवंत मान का एक भी बयान नहीं आया है, ना ही कोई एक्शन। इससे पहले जब छात्र नौकरी के लिए प्रोटेस्ट कर थे तब पंजाब में युवाओं पर बेरहमी से लाठीचार्ज हुआ था।

रोज़ भारत को नेपाल बनाने के भड़काऊ भाषण देने वाले अरविंद केजरीवाल को छात्रों से कोई मतलब नहीं है। सब छलावा और धोखा है…

[Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳 @NMenonRao]

The discussion sparked by a recent statement on Passport Seva Divas has generated more heat than light.

The Ministry of External Affairs stated that a passport is a travel document, not a document of citizenship. Legally, that is correct. A passport is issued under the Passports Act, while citizenship is governed by the Citizenship Act, 1955. One law regulates the document; the other regulates the legal status.

But law and public understanding are not always the same.

For most Indians, the passport is the most authoritative document the Republic issues. It bears the name of the Republic of India, carries the holder’s identity, and is accepted around the world because foreign governments trust that India has verified the bearer’s nationality before issuing it. It is therefore entirely understandable that many people asked: if a passport is not proof of citizenship, then what is?

The answer requires some nuance.

A passport does not create citizenship. Nor is it the legal instrument that finally determines citizenship if that status is challenged before a court. Like many democracies, India distinguishes between citizenship law and passport law. In rare cases involving fraud, disputed parentage or illegal acquisition, citizenship may have to be established through the provisions of the Citizenship Act and supporting evidence. That is why a passport is not regarded in law as conclusive proof in every conceivable circumstance.

But that should not be confused with its practical significance.

A passport is issued only after the Government has satisfied itself that the applicant is entitled to one. In everyday life, and in international travel, it is the strongest evidence of Indian nationality that most citizens will ever possess. Nothing said by the MEA changes that. No immigration officer abroad will suddenly regard an Indian passport with suspicion because of a legal clarification made in New Delhi.

The episode does, however, remind us of a larger challenge.

India’s systems of civil registration developed unevenly over many decades. Millions of older Indians were born when birth registration was incomplete. Names were recorded differently across school certificates, land records and electoral rolls. The painful experience of the Assam NRC showed how documentary inconsistencies can create profound hardship when citizenship itself becomes the subject of legal scrutiny.

The lesson, therefore, is not that passports have somehow lost their value. It is that India needs stronger and more comprehensive civil registration, universal birth registration and reliable archival records so that citizenship can never become hostage to missing or inconsistent paperwork.

Sometimes a legally precise statement can create unnecessary public anxiety if it is not accompanied by explanation. A better way of putting it might have been this:

A passport is issued only after the Government has verified that the applicant is an Indian citizen. While citizenship itself is governed by the Citizenship Act, the passport remains the Republic’s most trusted document for international travel and, in ordinary life, the clearest evidence of Indian nationality.

That is both legally accurate and reassuring. The law need not be diluted, but neither should public confidence in one of the Republic’s most important documents.

To distil the argument:

A passport is issued because the Government has satisfied itself that you are an Indian citizen. It is therefore powerful evidence of citizenship in ordinary life and in international travel. But in a legal dispute over citizenship itself, the governing law remains the Citizenship Act, and a passport is not conclusive proof that overrides all other evidence

[Harsh @imhvardhan]

Putin bonhomie and yet doesn’t get away from Zelenskyy anywhere, only India things!

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Зустрівся з Президентом Володимиром Зеленським в Евіані. Останнім часом Індія та Україна активно розвивають взаємодію, що знаходить відображення у різних напрямах нашої співпраці.
Під час сьогоднішніх переговорів ми розглянули різні аспекти нашого співробітництва. Ми обидва погоджуємося, що торговельні зв’язки необхідно відновити до рівня, який існував у довоєнний період. Також було підтверджено, що Індія завжди буде на боці миру, ставлячи цінності гуманності понад усе.

@ZelenskyyUa

@G7

[India First Post @ifpost47]

Indian worker Vipin Kumar has been awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Craiova, Romania, after he jumped into an icy lake and saved the life of a 5-year-old girl. 🇮🇳🇷🇴

For nearly 30 minutes, he held the child above freezing water until rescuers arrived.

This is the side of Indians the world rarely sees in headlines: courage, sacrifice, compassion and humanity.

Yet stories like this seldom receive the attention that anti-India narratives do. No coverage from Western media outlets.

As India's envoy noted, Vipin's actions embodied the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam "The World is One Family." ❤️

[NDTV @ndtv]

Sunil Gavaskar Pauses Speech Mid-Event To Answer Wife's Call https://t.co/G8jO6z2boE

Video Source: ANI

[Harsh @imhvardhan]

@RahulGandhi

[ANI @ANI]

St. Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin says, "India is one of the leading economies of the world that shows the highest rates of economic growth. This is not something that comes out of the blue. This is a result of the hard work that the government has been doing under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi..."

(Source: Host Broadcaster via Reuters)

[Harsh @imhvardhan]

@dpradhanbjp please take moral responsibility and resign!

[NDTV @ndtv]

'Don't Have Courage To Take Exam Again': NEET Aspirant Dies By Suicide https://t.co/G7AHcDydTh

[Aaraadhya Saxena 🇮🇳 @ihailmyindia]

Guys, it’s the Indian engineering, Mumbai-based Afcons company.

I love this headline.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

India has sent 96 people to America who started billion dollar companies. No one else is even close.

There's only about 5 million Indians in America. Almost one in 50,000 of them is a unicorn founder!

What a holy, special, beautiful people.

I will always fight for them.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇳🇮🇱 Netanyahu on India: While the world delegitimizes Israel, India has “absolutely crazy love for Israel, truly crazy.”

He even claims he’s got more followers from India than anywhere else, now that's a wild stat.

[Manchester City @ManCity]

Pep's Taxi: 10 years later! 🚖

Pep finally gets the chance to show Braydon where he kept all of those trophies... 🏆

[Manchester City @ManCity]

The definition of aura.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

It has been apparent to me for quite a while that Pakistan as a mediator is more than problematic. Their animosity towards Israel is long standing. 

It is undeniable that Iranian military aircraft are being housed on Pakistani air bases and past rhetoric from the highest Pakistani officials against Israel is disturbing. 

As to the defense minister’s comments about the Abraham Accords, saying that Pakistan would never join because they don’t trust Israel: The clip may be a year old, but I fear the sentiment is fresh. 

In that regard, it is imperative that Pakistan give an answer now to President Trump’s call to join the Abraham Accords.