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Sikh delegation urges MHA for UP-like anti-conversion law in J-K
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A Sikh delegation met Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy and submitted a memorandum over the alleged forced conversion and marriage of Sikh girls in Kashmir and demanded UP-like anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Why are J-K regional parties silent on 'abduction' of Sikh girls in Srinag
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 28 (ANI): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Manjinder Singh Sirsa has questioned the silence of Jammu and Kashmir's regional parties on the issue of the alleged abduction and forcible conversion of two Sikh girls in Srinagar
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UP ATS arrests three more in forced conversion case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested three more persons in the forced religious conversion case following arrests of two persons earlier.
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Muslim cleric condemns forced interfaith marriage of Sikh girls in J-K, ur
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jamu and Kashmir) [India], June 28 (ANI): A day after Sikh community leaders alleged that two Sikh girls were abducted on gunpoint, forced to marry elderly men from a different religion and convert their religion in Srinagar, the Imam, Markazi Jamia Masjid, Jammu has called for an
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Wimbledon: Johanna Konta forced to withdraw because of COVID-19 contact
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 28 (ANI): Britain's Johanna Konta has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon after being identified as a close contact of a member of her team who tested positive for COVID-19, the All England Club has announced.
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Fighting all odds, Kerala woman who once sold lemonade, ice cream to survi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 27 (ANI): From her cocoon of anonymity, when life forced Anie Siva, then an 18-year-old woman to sell lemonade and ice cream to tourists at Varkala, she never thought to come off with flying colours to be a police inspector at the same place.
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Nike 'a brand of China, for China': CEO after facing boycott call over rem
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Nike CEO John Donahoe has said the sportswear apparel giant is a "brand of China and for China" after it faced a backlash earlier this year for voicing concerns about the communist government using Uyghur forced labour in the production of cotton.
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US bans imports of material from Chinese company linked to forced labour c
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): The United States banned imports of solar panels and other goods made with materials produced by a Chinese company Hoshine Silicon Industry Co after the company's plants were linked to forced labour camps in China's Xinjiang region targeting Uyghurs and other
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US takes steps to ensure accountability for forced labour in China's Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): The United States announced a series of actions aimed against forced labour in China's Xinjiang, which is said to have detained more than a million members of ethnic minorities, including Uyghur Muslims.
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Pak's limited response to COVID-19 marred by lack of transparency, enforce
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2020 claimed that the government's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic was marred by a lack of transparency and enforcement.
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US announces measures to address forced labour in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): US on Thursday (local time) announced measures to address the People's Republic of China's (PRC) ongoing human rights abuses and use of forced labour in Xinjiang.
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UP forced conversion racket: Noida Deaf Society cooperating with ATS, says
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 24 (ANI): After reports of religious conversion of deaf kids at the Noida Deaf Society, its founder Ruma Roka on Wednesday said that they were cooperating with Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and have provided them with details of all the students.
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