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Kanpur shelter home case: NHRC sends notice to UP Chief Secy, DGP
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights (NHRC), India has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh over reports of 57 minor girls found COVID positive, five of them pregnant and one HIV positive at a State run
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India condemns abduction of Sikh community leader by terrorists in Afghani
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India on Monday strongly condemned the abduction of Nedan Singh, a Sikh community leader in Afghanistan, by terrorists, and said that targeting and persecution of the minority community members by terror groups at the behest of their external supporters is a
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HC extends interim protection granted to Delhi minorities panel head Zafar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday extended till July 31 the interim protection granted to Delhi Minorities Commission chairperson Zafarul Islam in connection with the FIR registered over his alleged "seditious" statements on social media.
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Akhilesh Yadav demands probe into abuse of minor girls at Kanpur shelter h
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that the Uttar Pradesh government should immediately investigate who was involved in alleged physical abuse of minor girls at a government-run shelter home in Kanpur after a few of them were fo
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Uighur 'Imams' most vulnerable to persecution in mainland China
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): The 'Imams' belonging to the Uighur Muslim community from Xinjiang province of northwest China have become most vulnerable to persecution owing to Beijing's crackdown on the minority Muslims.
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Two women injured after house collapses in Mumbai's Jogeshwari
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): Two women sustained minor injuries after a portion of a house collapsed in the Meghwadi area of Jogeshwari (East) in Mumbai on Thursday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said.
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Trump signs bill to sanction Chinese officials over treatment of Uighur
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) signed legislation that calls for him to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for Beijing's crackdown on the minority Muslim Uighur ethnic group.
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Omar Abdullah refers to plight of Uighur Muslims in China
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 18 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday referred to plight of Uighur Muslims and said those Kashmiris tempted to look towards China as some sort of saviour need only to google about the treatment of the ethnic mi
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China targeting Uyghur religious leaders, say families of victims
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The Chinese government is targeting minority Muslims in Xinjiang which is taking a toll on the community's religious staff, according to families of the Uyghur victims, who said that their imams are the most vulnerable to persecution.
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Pak should practice tolerance towards their minorities, good neighbourline
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): India on Tuesday hit out at Pakistan over its gross human rights violation, promoting terrorism and treatment of minorities, saying that Islamabad should practice tolerance towards their minorities and "good neighbourliness" so that the South Asian region
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Delhi Minorities panel chief Zafarul Islam Khan appears before police for
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Delhi Minorities Commission chairperson Zafarul Islam Khan on Monday arrived at the office of Delhi Police Special Cell for questioning in connection with his controversial statement on social media.
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India slams Pak for raising Kashmir at UNHRC, asks it to 'introspect' its
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): India on Monday ripped into Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here and expressed "serious concern" over Pakistan's audacity to accuse others of "effecting a state-sponsored genocide."
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