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Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan launches Santvana scheme for helping
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"The minister said this scheme was aimed at giving a loan of Rs 5 lakh to victims of natural calamities and communal clashes to re-build homes and shops. Of the total loan amount of Rs 5 lakh, 50 per cent will be the loan, and the rest will be the subsidy. The rate of interest will be 3 per
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Telangana assembly polls: BJP leader Bandi Sanjay dares AIMIM to contest o
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"If you (AIMIM) work for the development of minorities, if you work for the development of the old city, if you are human, and if you have guts, contest across Telangana. Why are you not coming outside Hyderabad?" Bandi Sanjay said while speaking to the media on Wednesday.
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2024 polls: BJP's massive outreach plan for minorities; PM Modi, Nadda to
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Keen to win over the minority community ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, the BJP will start a minority outreach programme -- 'Alpsankhyak Sneh Samvad' -- once the dust settles on the Assembly polls in five states, sources said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Hindu girl murdered after gang rape
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In yet another case of atrocity against minorities in Pakistan, a Hindu girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered at Qasim Wala Bangla in the Cholistan desert.
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"An electoral stunt": Digvijaya Singh on PM Modi speaking about minoritie
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"PM Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat have started talking about Muslims these days and are also trying to visit mosques. If they have so much sympathy, then provide relief to all those minorities who have been subjected to atrocities and injustice," Singh said.
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UN member states should "not vote for China" for seat at UNHRC: Human Righ
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Human Rights Watch China director, Sophie Richardson has urged the United Nations(UN) Member countries to make a choice and "note vote for China" for a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) amid its growing human rights violations against Uyghur minorities and a crackdo
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"New thinking of Congress is grave injustice to South India": PM Modi amid
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the Congress is pressing for a nationwide caste-based survey with its 'Jitni Abadi Utna Haq' chorus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that this "new thinking" of the grand old party will prove as a grave injustice to the entire southern region of the country which stabs the mi
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London: "China’s dictators" condemned by UK parliamentarians, human rights
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
“Nothing to celebrate” was the central theme of the protest, organised by China’s persecuted communities, including Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians, Tibetans and Uyghurs, according to Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, a UK-based rights group.
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Pakistan: Rights body welcomes post-arrest bail of pastor facing blasphemy
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The post-arrest bail of Pastor Eliezer aka Vicky with Johnson Masih and Gulfam Masih is welcomed by Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP).
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"I defy you to show me discrimination..." Jaishankar on minorities in Indi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Weighing in on the state of minorities in India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday dismissed concerns around discrimination on grounds of religion saying everything had become fairer.
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Pakistan creating hostile environment for minorities by promoting extremis
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A research analyst lambasted Pakistan on Friday, accusing the country of creating a hostile environment for religious minorities by promoting Sunni Islamist extremism.
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At UN Human Rights Council, India flags atrocities against minorities in P
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
At the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council, India came down hard on Pakistan for using the forum for their baseless allegations against New Delhi and also highlighted the prevailing atrocities against the minorities in the neighbouring country.
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