Morning Digest: Centre’s citizenship scrutiny power is ‘limited’, ECI tells Supreme Court; Cyclone Ditwah weakens into deep depression, moves along T.N. coast, and more

Centre’s citizenship scrutiny power is ‘limited’, Election Commission tells Supreme Court

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has dismissed arguments raised in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) case by Opposition parties that only the Union government has exclusive authority to scrutinise citizenship, saying the Centre’s power is “limited” to inquiring into the circumstances in which Indian citizens voluntarily acquired foreign citizenship.

Cyclone Ditwah weakens into a deep depression, moves slowly along T.N. coast

Cyclone Ditwah weakened into a deep depression, and the weather system would be centred over the southwest Bay of Bengal within a minimum distance of 20 km from the coasts of North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by the morning of December 1, the Regional Meteorological Centre said.

Bangladeshi nationals leave India via Hakimpur border checkpost amid rising SIR fears