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Delhi Minorities Commission asks Health Department to drop mention of Tabl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9(ANI): The Delhi Minorities Commission has asked the Health Department to drop any mention of Tablighi Jamaat event in its daily bulletins on COVID-19 cases in Delhi.
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Deeply concerned about safety of Sikh community in Afghanistan: Alice Well
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 9 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the safety of the Sikh community in Afghanistan and said that Afghans must come together now to ensure the security of religious minorities.
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Coronavirus brings double trouble of Pak's beleaguered religious minoritie
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Apr 08 (ANI): At a time when the entire world is uniting to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan is using the opportunity as another way to discriminate against religious minorities living in the country.
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Discrimination amid pandemic, Pakistan refuses to give food to Hindus as C
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 1 (ANI): The world is united in fighting against Covid-19 pandemic but for Pakistan, religious discrimination remains a top priority amidst this global crisis. The country's Hindus and Christian minorities are not being given food supplies by authorities, saying the
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Sikh separatist leader condemns Kabul gurdwara attack, requests India to s
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 28 (ANI): Jaswant Singh Thekedar, the founder of Dal Khalsa - a Sikh separatist organisation, has condemned the barbaric attack on a historic gurdwara in Kabul and requested the Indian government to shelter the remaining families of Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan.
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COVID-19: This is how Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi keeps himself engaged during loc
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Following the order of lockdown in view of COVID-19, most of the ministers in the Narendra Modi-led BJP government confined themselves in their bungalows and are using different methods to exercise their duties as public representatives.
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25,782 long term visas granted to minorities from Bangladesh, Afghanistan,
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said that 26,786 long term visas (LTV) were granted to foreigners including 25,782 to the people belonging to minority communities in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in last five years.
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World Sindhi Congress urges UNHRC to hold Pakistan accountable for human r
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 13 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan over enforced disappearances and persecution of minorities in Sindh, World Sindhi Congress on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Pakistan government accountable for the violation of human rights o
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Hazara minority facing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8(ANI): A human rights activist, belonging to the Hazara ethnic group, has demanded an urgent intervention by the international community to protect the minorities facing persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Baloch, Sindhi, Pashtun activists lambast Pak Army for human rights violat
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Activists from Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan have lambasted the Pakistani Army for carrying out human rights violations against the minorities in the country.
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CAA an attempt to give identity to persecuted minority from Pakistan: NGOs
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): A non-government organisation has said that the minorities facing systematic persecution in Pakistan can be given a new lease of life with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) recently passed by the Indian Parliament.
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India lambasts Pak for raking up Kashmir issue at UNHRC, raises worsening
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 4 (ANI): India on Wednesday lambasted Pakistan for raking up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and asked the country to rather work constructively and devote equal attention to protection and promotion of human rights of its own m
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