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Pakistan continues to violate Universal Declaration of Human Rights' right
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Every year a large number of Christian and Hindu girls, mostly minors, across Pakistan are abducted and forcibly converted to Islam to get married to Muslims.
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Water scarcity forces Pakhnachua villagers to consume contaminated water
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 13 (ANI): With summer at its peak and amid the COVID-19 crisis, villagers of Pakhnachua, Dantewada, faced with an acute water crisis are forced to drink contaminated water from the underground water source.
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Over 40,000 students benefiting from online classes in Baramulla amid COVI
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 13 (ANI): Schools in Baramulla with the assistance of the District Administration are conducting online classes for its students, who are now forced to remain at home with schools closed due to COVIE-19 pandemic.
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Order violated constitutional rights: LG Baijal on overturning Kejriwal go
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Tuesday said that he was forced to strike down the order of the Arvind Kejriwal government, reserving hospitals in the national capital for city residents, as it violated constitutional right to equality and right
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With no money, Bhopal woman forced to mortgage mangalsutra amid COVID-19 l
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): With no money, a woman who used to sell prasad outside a temple in Bhopal claims she was forced to mortgage her mangalsutra in order to feed her family amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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CII outlines 10-point roadmap to target inclusive and sustainable growth
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has laid out a 10-point roadmap to revive growth and navigate the challenges of loss of lives and livelihoods posed by the global pandemic COVID-19 that has forced countries across the world to reset their growth pat
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World Sindhi Congress urges UN group to inquiry into enforced disappearanc
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), a UK-based prominent group of the Sindhi diaspora, has requested the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) to initiate an inquiry into the secret abduction and forced imprisonment by the state of Pakista
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Persecution, forced conversion of Hindu girls on rise in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mirpur Khas [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan, especially Hindus, continue to face persecution in the hands of state and non-state actors as incidents of violence and forced conversions are on the rise.
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Hyderabad University Students' Union to protest against 'forced eviction'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 2 (ANI): University of Hyderabad Students' Union called a protest to gather at the administration block to protest against the "autocratic anti-student" administration, and resist "forced eviction" of students from hostels.
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Mayhem, widespread looting in New York for second night in a row, ahead of
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): Looters targeted several shops and ransacked luxury stores from Manhattan to Soho and Midtown in New York City for the second night in a row, which forced mayor Bill de Blasio to announce to prepone a citywide curfew that went into effect from Monday at 8 p.m. r
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Villagers forced to use contaminated water from nullah in J-K's Kathua
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 2 (ANI): Facing acute water crisis, villagers of Draman panchayat in the Bashohli block of Kathua district complained of being forced to use contaminated water for all purposes.
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Pastor, his family attacked in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): A pastor and his family were brutally beaten and forced to leave the area in Rahim Yar Khan city of Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday.
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