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Muslims got their share during partition, says Maharashtra BJP leader
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 2 (ANI): Maharashtra BJP leader Madhav Bhandari on Sunday said that Muslims were given their share in 1947, a reference to the partition of the country and formation of Pakistan.
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Citizenship bill will help children of 'Maa Bharti' living in Pak, Afghani
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijaypur (Jammu and Kashmir) Feb 3 (ANI): Batting for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government would stand with the children of "Maa Bharti" who were separated from their motherland during 1947's partition.
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'Kartarpur Corridor between India, Pak can promote people to people contac
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while participating in the Gurpurab celebrations on Friday, said that Kartarpur Corridor could be a reason to connect people, adding that the incidents of 1947 should be left behind.
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India united due to Sardar Patel’s statesmanship, acumen: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 28 (ANI): Recalling the contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in India’s Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that due to Patel’s statesmanship and acumen, the princely states came together in 1947 to form united India.
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Pak turns into nightmare for minorities: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi (VOK) and South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat has said that relentless suppression of ethnic and religious minorities in certain parts of South Asia, Pakistan in particular, continued to raise ser
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UIDAI slams vested interests for spreading 'rumours' against Aadhaar
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Days after Google owned up to the default inclusion of old Aadhaar helpline number in mobile phones, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday condemned the vested interests for misusing Google's "inadvertent" act as an opportunity to sprea
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UIDAI clarifies on invalid toll-free number
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) August 3: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Friday clarified on the issue of default inclusion of its outdated and invalid toll-free number in users' phone.
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Altaf Hussain demands UN commission on genocide of Mohajirs in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 30 (ANI): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) founder and exiled leader Altaf Hussain has demanded the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to constitute a commission to look into the massacre of the Mohajirs in Pakistan since 1947.
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Pak-based Hindu man humiliated by Police
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Pakistan-based Human Rights Activist and Blogger Kapil Dev, in a tweet claimed that Shikarpur Police in Pakistan shaved off head, moustache and eyebrows of a Hindu trader Chunilal for lending money on interest to his customers.
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Intolerant Pakistan finding new ways to torment its minorities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.20 (ANI): Pakistan was essentially created to protect the religious and economic rights of Muslims who were a minority before the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. But since the country's inception, new minorities have been created and Islamabad keeps f
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Independence Day: Experience true sense of freedom at these destinations
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): August, 1947 was the month that changed every Indian's destiny forever - it was the month of glory, the month of courage; the month when India won its independence.
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Independence Day 2017: Blending patriotism and fashion
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Putting on his signature cream dhoti, Mahatma Gandhi marched his way to getting Independence for India in 1947.
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