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Khattar rejects Dalits' conversion claim
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 05 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday refuted claims of 120 Dalits in the state converting to Buddhism, saying no religious conversions have taken place in the state.
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Haryana Dalits convert to Buddhism over unfulfilled demands
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jind (Haryana) [India], Jun 4 (ANI): Up to 100 Dalits from Jind district recently converted to Buddhism after non-fulfilment of their demands, despite protesting for 115 days.
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Paswan bats for special status for Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 3 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday discussed the issue of granting special status to Bihar with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah.
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MQM announces conditional boycott of Pak general elections
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 30 (ANI): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced a conditional boycott of the forthcoming general elections in Pakistan and forwarded the consensus decision of the Coordination Committee to MQM founding leader Altaf Hussain.
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Anti-Sterlite: SC refuses to give urgent hearing
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to give an urgent hearing to the plea filed over alleged police atrocities during protests against the Anti-Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi.
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World Sindhi Congress celebrates Sindhi Heroes day
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 13 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) and Sindhi Sangat United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday celebrated Sindhi Heroes day at Sheffield, where people including children paid tributes to Sindhi heroes.
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Atrocities on Dalits didn't occur during Vajpayee's rule: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shimoga (Karnataka) [India] May 7 (ANI): Days ahead of the Karnataka Assembly Election, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that during former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's rule incidents of mob lynching and atrocities on Dalits did not happen.
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Myanmar Army killing Christians in Kachin
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kachin [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): Not long after Myanmar army carried out targeted killings of Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state, it has now been accused of committing atrocities against Christians in the northernmost state of the country, Kachin.
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SC/ST Act judgement puts filter on immediate arrest, says SC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Centre that its ruling on the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act of 1989, also known as (SC/ST) Act, is aimed at putting filter on immediate arrest.
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PTM agitators gather in Swat to protest atrocities
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 29 (ANI): Thousands of people gathered and participated in a public gathering called by Pashtun Tahaffuz (protection) Movement (PTM), a human rights movement in the Swat Valley of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday.
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Pastors manhandled: Tamil Maiya Organisation blames RSS for atrocities aga
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr. 28 (ANI): In the wake of two pastors being manhandled in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari, JG Raj of the Tamil Maiya Organisation, on Saturday, pinned the blame on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and other connected organisations for the atrocities agains
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Sindhi political party protests against Pak's atrocities
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi (Sindh) [Pakistan], Apr 25 (ANI): Pakistan's pro-freedom political party Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz based in Sindh province on Wednesday protested against atrocities of Pakistan demanding independence for Sindh, Balochistan, Pashtunistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK).
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