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Afghanistan: US condemns ISIS-K attacks targeting Shiite minority in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Fears have intensified due to an increase in violence in Kabul during the final days of Muharram and amid this, US mission for Afghanistan strongly condemned the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)-claimed attacks during Ashura which targeted Hazara
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Parl panel wants 'illegitimate' child reference removed, law on guardiansh
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has raised strong objection to the term 'illegitimate' being used in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA) and suggested the government omit the word, "as no child is illegitimate, asserting that "the law should be the sam
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Xinjiang officials use Xi's anti-crime campaign to target Uyghurs across r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): The anti-crime campaign that China has been using to eradicate criminal forces and ensure political security and social control across the country is now also used by authorities in China's far-western Xinjiang region to target Uyghurs, continuing the crackdo
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Repressive policies impelled 'great exodus' in China since Xi's take over
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 5 (ANI): Since Xi Jinping became President of China in 2013, human rights activists or anyone who supports and echoes democracy has been constantly targeted by the government, while suppression of ethnic minorities has become the new normal.
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Odisha: 6 detained in a minor's rape case
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], August 4 (ANI): As many as six persons were detained for allegedly raping a minor in Sambalpur, said the officials on Tuesday.
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US lawmaker dies in car crash, Biden expresses grief
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US President Joe Biden expressed grief over the death of Indiana Republican representative Jackie Walorski along with two members of her staff in a car accident on Wednesday (local time) in Indiana.
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Tamil Nadu: Three held for illegally obtaining ova from minor girl
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 4 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with illegally harvesting (ova) eggs from a minor girl in Erode, Tamil Nadu.
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Pakistan: Punjab government radicalizing society against minorities
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly opposed the Punjab government's move to incorporate a mandatory declaration of belief in the finality of Prophethood in 'nikahnama' forms.
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30 more Afghan Sikhs set to arrive in India today
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): At least 30 Afghan Sikhs including children and infants, fleeing from the Taliban are scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Wednesday as religious persecution escalates in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
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RPF rescues 183 minors under month-long campaign against human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued total of 183 minors from human traffickers under 'Operation AAHT'.
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Two minors dead after house collapse in Dakshina Kannada district
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka) [India], August 2 (ANI): Two minors lost their lives after their house collapsed following a landslide in the Parvathamukhi village in Dakshina Kannada district.
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Pakistan: Sindhis protest against govt for converting them into minority i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Rallies by Sindhis were organized on Sunday against the Pakistani government for attempting to convert them into a minority in their own (Sindh) province demanding the expulsion of illegal Afghan immigrants after the killing of 35-year-old Bilal Kaka at a ho
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