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Decision to notify minorities will be taken after discussion with states,
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Minority Affairs on Monday told the Supreme Court that the power to notify minorities is vested with the Union government and any decision in this regard will be taken after discussion with state governments and other stakeholders.
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Congress panel on 'Nav Sankalp Shivir' suggests 'one family one ticket,' f
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): A committee formed by the Congress as part of preparations for 'Nav Sankalp Shivir' to be held in Udaipur has talked of 'one family one ticket' norm and suggested giving 50 per cent representation to SCs, STs, minorities, OBC and women in party panels.
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NCM seeks report within seven days over Tajinder Bagga 'not allowed' turba
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): National Commission for Minorities Chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura on Saturday said that the commission has sought report from Punjab chief secretary "within seven days" on allegations that BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga was not allowed to wear turban w
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Minorities Commission seeks report from Punjab govt for not allowing Bagga
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Saturday took suo-moto cognizance of the reports that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tajinder Singh Bagga was allegedly not allowed to wear his turban during his arrest by Punjab police.
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Congress Chintan Shivir may witness demand for 50 per cent reservation for
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): As Congress is grappling with a series of defeats, leaders of OBC, SC, ST and minorities are pondering over demanding fifty per cent reservation in party during party's Chintan Shivir.
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Taliban forces prohibit Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Taliban regime in Afghanistan prohibited dozens of Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers on Tuesday, local media said.
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Minorities prisoners inside China's detention camps tortured, monitored co
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): Minorities like Kazakhs, Tajiks, and Uyghurs inside China's detention camps are constantly subjected to violence and constantly monitored.
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Turkey imposes systematic religious discrimination on minorities: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 4 (ANI): After more than a hundred years of its supposed secular foundations, the institutionalised religious intolerance and racism in Turkey has continued to persist and has even accelerated in recent times, a report said.
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China enlists foreign vloggers to show happy Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): In order to negate charges of Uyghur genocide, China has enlisted vloggers - travel videos recorded by video bloggers- to whitewash Uyghur minorities' situation in Xinjiang.
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UP govt to hold 'Qaumi Chaupal' to advertise welfare schemes for minoritie
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minority Welfare Minister Danish Azad Ansari on Monday said that the state government is organising 'Qaumi Chaupal' to reach out to the minority communities and make them aware of the welfare schemes being run by the state governmen
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BJP-RSS' purpose behind bringing uniform civil code is to target minoritie
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Hannan Mollah on Sunday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remark on Muslims over Uniform Civil Code (UCC), saying that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party's pu
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US-based Human Rights Commission expresses concerns over escalating attack
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Expressing concerns over escalating attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom (ICHRRF) in its latest report highlights the historical context of violence on the life and property of Bangladesh's Hi
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