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Haj subsidy: Ahmed Patel urges Centre to share expenditure details of fund
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 17 (ANI): A day after the withdrawal of Haj subsidy, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel hoped that the central government would spend the funds for the development of minorities, as mandated by the Supreme Court in its 2012 order.
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Not opposing Centre gives some people stomach ache: Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday condemned the Opposition's criticism of the Centre's move to end the Haj subsidy, saying that it's their habit to find fault in every decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
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'Saudi increases India's Haj quota'
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota.
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Women to now travel for Haj without 'mehram', confirms Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 8 (ANI): The Muslim women of India have been allowed to travel for Haj without a 'Mehram', or a male guardian, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi tweeted, on Monday.
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UP Minority Affairs Minister Mohsin Raza bats for MSP I-Day notice
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (UttarPradesh) [India], August 11 (ANI): Lauding the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Shiksha Parishad's (MSP) directive, where all madarsas affiliated to it are asked to unfurl the national flag and recite the national anthem on August 15, state minister for minority affairs Mohsin Raza s
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Naqvi says Lalu wrongly depicting his scams as 'his' struggle fo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 10 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is depicting his corruption cases as "his" struggle for freedom.
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UP minister demands CBI probe of Waqf affairs
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] June 16 (ANI): With the Uttar Pradesh Government giving its nod for the dissolution of Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in the wake of corruption charges against them, Waqf and Minority Affairs Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary on Friday said there is a need for a Ce
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Najma Heptulla appointed Jamia Milia Islamia's new Chancellor
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Manipur Governor and former minority affairs minister Najma Heptulla has been given the additional charge of being the chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University.
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Jaipur: Gujjar community back under OBC category
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 20 (ANI): With the Gujjar community set to be included under the OBC category, Rajasthan Social Justice & Empowerment, Minority Affairs Minister Arun Chaturvedi on Saturday assured that the main motive of the Rajasthan government is to protect the jobs of
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Pakistan is not Pak, it is Na-pak , says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today described Pakistan as "Na-Pak" and also dubbed it as a "factory of terrorism" which had become a threat to the world.
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Zakir Naik's activities against nation's interest, says Naqvi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 11 (ANI): With the Mumbai Police probe revealing that a total of Rs. 60 crore was deposited in Zakir Naik's bank account in the last three years from three different countries, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said the controversial Islamic preac
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'Timing' not right: MEA on KT Jaleel passport row
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 5 (ANI): Responding to allegations made by Kerala Local Administration and Minority Affairs Minister K T Jaleel that it was unfair to not grant him a diplomatic passport for a visit Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday that the 'timing'
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