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Kuwait to deport expats who took part in Fahaheel demonstration
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 13 (ANI): Kuwait will be deporting expats who took part in the Fahaheel demonstration after Friday prayers in support of Prophet Muhammad despite the instructions of the Kuwaiti government.
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Gehlot hails Cong's win in RS polls, says BJP dividing people on basis of
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for 'dividing people on the basis of religion', amid the ongoing row over the suspended BJP spokesperson's remarks against religious minorities.
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College student arrested after violent protest in WB's Murshidabad
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], June 12 (ANI): A college student has been arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district allegedly for a social media post that supported the inflammatory comment made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma against religious minorities, police said on S
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WB clashes: Bengal BJP submits memorandum to Governor, seeks armed forces
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 12 (ANI): The West Bengal BJP submitted a memorandum to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday seeking the deployment of paramilitary forces in the state over the violent protests in Howrah and Murshidabad against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhamm
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Howrah clashes: West Bengal Governor expresses concerns over worsening law
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 11 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday expressed concerns over the worsening law and order situation in the state, days after protests erupted in parts of West Bengal over remarks by BJP leaders against religious minorities.
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'Grim situation in Bengal': Saumitra Khan urges Amit Shah to deploy centra
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and party's West Bengal vice president Saumitra Khan on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urged him to deploy central forces in the state in the wake of recent developments that led to the suspens
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UN experts urge China for 'full access' amid human rights concerns
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): Ahead of the Human Rights Council meeting, a group of UN experts have urged the Chinese government to cooperate fully with the UN human rights system and grant unhindered access to independent experts to report on the treatment being meted out to the ethn
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Prophet row: Internet services in West Bengal's Howrah suspended till June
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): Internet services were suspended till 6 am on June 13 in Howrah district in wake of protests on Friday and the current situation here.
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Protests held without permission, legal action will be taken: Delhi Police
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Assuring legal action against the protestors who took to the streets to mark their protest over the controversial remarks of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal, Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central district, Shweta Ch
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Protests against Nupur Sharma erupt in parts of West Bengal, Governor Dhan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 10 (ANI): Amid the series of outrageous protests against the inflammatory statements against minorities, a huge crowd on Friday gathered at Howrah in West Bengal to protest against the controversial remarks of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nupur
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Indian Govt's welfare schemes changed lives of minorities for better
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Shujaat Ali Quadri, Chairman of the Muslim Students Organisation of India said that several welfare schemes run by the Minority Affairs Ministry have changed the lives of minorities in the country for the better.
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India conveys protest to Pakistan over vandalisation of temple in Karachi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): India has lodged protest with Pakistan over the recent vandalisation of a Hindu temple in Karachi and said it's "another act of systemic persecution of religious minorities" in the neighbouring country.
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