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BJP lawmaker's Zero Hour notice in RS over forced conversion of Hindus in
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): A BJP lawmaker on Tuesday gave a Zero Hour notice in the Rajya Sabha over the forced conversion of Hindus in Pakistan.
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India hands over 250 houses to Myanmar's Rakhine State
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): India on Tuesday handed over 250 houses to the displaced Muslim minorities, who are currently residing in Myanmar's Rakhine State, under the Rakhine State Development Programme (RSDP) for USD 25 million for a period of five years.
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Telangana Home Minister visits food poisoning victims in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 8 (ANI): Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali on Monday visited 40 students from the Telangana Minorities Education Residential School who were admitted in a hospital after they displayed symptoms of food poisoning here.
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40 students fall ill after consuming hostel food in Hyderabad
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 8 (ANI): As many as 40 students from the Telangana Minorities Education Residential School were admitted in a hospital on Monday after they displayed symptoms of food poisoning here.
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Nicki Minaj criticised by human rights activists ahead of concert in Saudi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): American rapper Nicki Minaj is facing criticism by human rights activists for scheduling performance in Saudi Arabia, a Middle East Country which treats women and minorities as second-class citizens.
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Now doctors may predict accurate treatment for patients: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): A recent research may enable doctors to use the genetic profiles of patients to predict with great accuracy which treatment and prevention protocols will work for them, but requires greater inclusion of ethnic minorities as well.
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Delhi govt increases annual family income criteria for vocational training
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved the Social Welfare Department's proposal to enhance the annual family income criteria by Rs 2 lakh under the scheme of imparting vocational training to SC, ST, OBC, minorities and physically handicapped persons.
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Delhi Minorities Commission constitutes a committee to look into illegal m
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 26 (ANI): Chairman of Delhi Minorities Commission Dr Zafarful Islam on Wednesday said that a five-member committee has been set up to look into the issue of "illegal mushrooming of mosques on government land" in the city.
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Pak authorities using enforced disappearances as tool to crush voices of o
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jun 25 (ANI): A Baloch activist has said that Pakistani state authorities have been using enforced disappearances as a tool to crush the voices of oppressed people like Balochs, Pashtuns, Muhajirs, Sindhis and religious minorities.
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BJP rejects US report on religious freedom, attack on minorities in India
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 22 (ANI): BJP on Saturday rejected a US report on religious freedom which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of failing to tackle "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" and said the assaults were a result of "local
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Mob attacks by extremist Hindu groups against minorities continued in Indi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, especially Muslims continued throughout the year (2018) amid rumors that victims had traded or killed cows for beef, says a State Department's report.
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Salman Khurshid downplays Centre's 'politically motivated' minority outrea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 14 (ANI): Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday sought to downplay the Centre's minority outreach programme which includes a scholarship to minorities and modernisation of Ismalic seminaries, terming the move as "politically motivated".
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