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Shahnawaz Hussain slams Opposition for supporting Anti-CAA protests
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday criticised the Opposition for raising their voices against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and added that the new Act is not discriminatory to Muslims in
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Citizenship Amendment Act discriminatory, NRC will hit poor: Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused BJP-led government of "brute repression" against students, youth and citizens protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and said the legislation was "discriminatory" and the proposed nationwide NRC w
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Bhubaneswar students hold anti-CAA protest, term the law discriminatory
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Over a hundred students staged a demonstration against the new citizenship law here on Thursday, alleging that the legislation is discriminatory to the citizens of different religions.
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Religious freedom in Pakistan continues to 'deteriorate': UK-based human r
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 16 (ANI): Asserting that religious freedom in Pakistan continues to "deteriorate" under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights organisation, has said that discriminatory legislation by the Pakistan Tehree
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UN refuses to comment on India's Citizenship Bill
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): The United Nations on Tuesday (local time) refused to comment on the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, stating that the only concern of the watchdog is to ensure that all governments peruse non-discriminatory laws.
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Pak says India's 'discriminatory' Citizenship Bill violates bilateral agre
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 10 (ANI): Pakistan has decried the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha terming it a "discriminatory legislation", which is in complete contravention of various bilateral agreements between the two neighbours, particularly the one concerning se
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Disney looking to pull out of lawsuit which alleges discriminatory pay to
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 22 (ANI): Walt Disney Company which has given some female-centric films like 'Moana' and 'Snow White', is now looking to pull itself out of a lawsuit alleging that it is creating gender bias by paying women less than men.
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Punjab CM welcomes Centre's decision on 'black list'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday welcomed the Centre's decision to virtually scrap the controversial 'black list', which he said was totally discriminatory towards the Sikh community.
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NRC a statutory, transparent process monitored by Supreme Court: India at
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 10 (ANI): India on Tuesday asserted that the National Register of Citizens in Assam is a "statutory, transparent and non-discriminatory legal process" monitored by its Supreme court and that its implementation would comply with Indian laws and is consistent with it
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No room for 'biasness', 'injustice' in NRC, says MEA
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Allaying concerns raised on the status of those excluded from National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the government on Sunday said that NRC is a non-discriminatory process with no room for "biasness and injustice".
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Harsh Vardhan seeks amendment in discriminatory laws against persons affec
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has written to Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot, seeking amendment of the "existing discriminatory laws against persons affected
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Art 370, 35(A) have become insidious, discriminatory: Govt sources
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Art 370 and 35(A) of the Constitution, which were supposed to be temporary and transient, turned out to be an elephant in the room and discriminatory and insidious in character that had to be done away with, government sources said.
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