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CAA is for giving citizenship: Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Reiterating the Centre's stance, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Wednesday the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is for giving citizenship to the persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, and not taking away anyone's cit
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Rights group HRFP demands justice for 10 Hindu girls missing, abducted in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): After at least 10 cases of girls from the minority Hindu community in Pakistan reported missing since last year in the Islamic country, either abducted and religiously converted or forcibly married, a nongovernmental human rights organisation here has u
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Opposition free to protest, CAA won't be rolled back: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that the opposition is free to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but the law will not be rolled back.
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SC issues notice to Centre over schemes for minorities
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre regarding schemes for minorities.
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Pakistan Foreign Office summons Indian diplomat
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 18 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission to reject, what it called, the "mischevious portrayal" by New Delhi of "isolated, fabricated, incidents involving Pakistani citizens as minorities rights issues"
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India summons Pak offical, lodges strong protest over abduction of Hindu g
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): India has summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the recent cases of abduction of minor girls from the minority Hindu community in Pakistan, and urged for the safe return of them to their families, governme
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Kerala govt moves SC against CAA, says act violates Constitution
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which grants Indian citizenship to minorities from three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
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Oscar 2020 nominations remain mostly white
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 13(ANI): A year after minorities and women made historic strides at the Oscars, the nominations for this year's Annual Academy Awards remained largely non-inclusive, reported Hollywood reporter.
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UP govt distributing pamphlets to clear doubts and apprehensions over CAA
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government, acting on CM Yogi Adityanath's directions, is distributing pamphlets in Urdu and Devanagri scripts to spread awareness and clear the doubts about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in various areas in UP.
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SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal to meet Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah today along with a delegation of Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and his party leaders.
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PM accuses Oppn of playing 'political games' over CAA, says law not to sna
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Opposition of playing political games over the amended Citizenship law and said Pakistan will now have to answer why it committed atrocities on minorities.
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Tukde-tukde gang includes Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal, says Giriraj Singh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday alleged that the Jawaharlal Nehru has become a hub of 'tukde-tukde' gang, which includes Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Left and Communists.
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