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Reach out to Muslims without expecting votes in return: PM Modi to BJP wor
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
At the National Executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon party leaders to reach out to the minorities, including Muslims, without expecting votes.
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Alarm raised over religious conversions of underage girls in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Noting Pakistan's previous attempts to pass legislation prohibiting forced conversions and protecting religious minorities, the UN experts deplored the lack of access to justice for victims and their families.
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Pakistan: UN experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, forced
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"We urge the Pakistan Government to take immediate steps to prevent and thoroughly investigate these acts objectively and in line with domestic legislation and international human rights commitments. Perpetrators must be held fully accountable," the experts said over the spike in the number
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Pak: Human Rights body condemns murder of Christian minor girl, urged aut
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Human Right Focus Pakistan condemned the murder of a Christian girl, who was kidnapped on December 25 while she was coming back from the hospital with her father.
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Japanese illustrator produces booklet depicting experience of Uzbek woman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Shimizu has portrayed the experiences of female survivors of Xinjiang's detention camps. The vast network of detention camps are believed to have held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities.
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Chinese policy in Xinjiang doesn't allow 'anyone' to cross borders, says
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In an interview with the US state broadcaster, he explained that "the first priority of the Chinese policy on passports in Xinjiang is to not let anyone cross borders and to keep everyone intact inside the region."
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2022 an alarming year for Pakistan's religious minorities: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The year 2022 has been alarming for Pakistan's religious minorities. The year started with a Sri Lankan national being lynched and his body set on fire by a mob in Sialkot.
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"BJP is benefitted when innocent people are killed in Kashmir", alleges Me
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Days after six civilians were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused the BJP of running a "narrative against minorities" in the country, and claimed that the party is "benefitted" when innocent lives are lost i
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Telangana govt sanctions additional Rs 70 cr for welfare, upliftment of mi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Recently the government has allocated a total of Rs.120 crore, Rs 50 crore earlier and Rs 70 crore now, to the minority finance commission for the development of minorities in all fields.
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India calls on Pakistan to protect minorities after killing of Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India on Thursday called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province.
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Women from minorities live in fear as forced conversion, marriages continu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Recently, a minor Hindu girl, aged 13, was abducted from her home by a man named Arshad Ali from Karachi, Sindh.
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Telangana govt sanctions additional Rs 70 cr for business loans to minorit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Government of Telangana is providing additional loans to minorities for setting up and developing businesses.
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