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NIA chargesheets 25 militants in targeted killings of minorities in J-K
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against 25 accused in Jammu and Kashmir terrorism conspiracy case that pertains to targeted killings of minorities, civilians, migrants, government officials and unguarded security person
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Delhi Minorities Commission issues notice to three civic bodies over meat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Taking suo moto cognizance of the meat ban order during Navratri, Delhi Minorities Commission on Thursday sent notice to the Mayors and Commissioners of three municipal corporations of Delhi.
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Uyghur woman who fled forced abortion, dies in China prison
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 31 (ANI): An Uyghur woman who had escaped from a hospital in China after she was asked to terminate her pregnancy, as per China's family planning policy for ethnic minorities, has died in prison, according to a media report.
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Pakistan: Chinese workers trafficking minority community girls in garb of
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 30 (ANI): The increased inflow of Chinese workers into Pakistan for projects related to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has resulted in the country's girls, especially from the minority Christian community, increasingly becoming targets of human traffi
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Sindh minorities under constant fear of security, survival: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan's Sindh province are living in constant fear for their security and survival due to the psychological and socio-economic impact of hate speech.
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States can declare a community minority, Centre tells Supreme Court
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): The Central government has told the Supreme Court that certain States, where Hindus or other communities are less in number, can declare them as minorities within their own territories, to enable them to set up and administer their own institutions.
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Bigotry towards minorities defames Pakistan: SC on Lahore HC's blasphemy o
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 27 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court observed that the bigoted behaviour towards minorities has given the wrong impression of Pakistan, labelled the people of Pakistan as intolerant, dogmatic and rigid as it overturned a Lahore High Court order, which had endorsed the
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Minorities Commission urges Centre to clear salary dues of Madrasa teacher
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) will write to the Central government to clear salary dues of Madrasa teachers in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
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Lemkin Institute, Bangladeshi diaspora call for formal recognition of 1971
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): As Bangladesh remembers the victims of 'Operation Searchlight', Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) has urged the US and the international community to recognize the 1971 genocide of Bangladeshis by Pakistan and take immediate action again
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Issue of barring Muslim vendors near Temple in Karnataka to be resolved so
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], March 24 (ANI): Karnataka State Minorities Commission chairman Abdul Azeem on Wednesday said that talks are being held in connection with the Udupi temple's decision to not allow non-Hindus to put up shops in the temple's annual fair.
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US imposes travel bans on Chinese officials for repression of ethnic, reli
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials for their involvement in the repression of ethnic and religious minority groups inside and outside the border of China.
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RLD's Uttar Pradesh chief resigns, says tickets were 'sold,' issues of Dal
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Masood Ahmed on Saturday resigned from the party, alleging that tickets in UP Assembly elections were "sold" and issues of Dalits and minorities were neglected".
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