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Online applications for Haj 2023 closes on March 10
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Saudi Arabia in January announced that there will be no limit on the number of pilgrims for this year's Haj.
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Hajj to cost lesser this year: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hajj pilgrims from India will have to pay less as compared to the previous year as the central government is considering to reduce the cost of the pilgrimage by Rs 50,000 per person, sources in the Ministry of Minority Affairs said on Monday.
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Union MoS Minority Affairs to visit Ramban for public outreach programme
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 10 (ANI): Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mussarat Islam on Monday finalized the arrangements for the visit of the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs to the district, here at a meeting of the officers of district administration.
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Indians take tremendous pride in Central-Vista project; the Congress party
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Central-Vista avenue after months of delay was ultimately made available for the public on Thursday night. The Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned dreams into reality with the Centr
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SC gives 6 weeks to Centre for consultations on granting minority status t
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted six more weeks' time to the Central government to hold consultations with various State governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in states where other communities outnumber them.
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Smriti Irani meets President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital. Irani was accompanied by MoS for Women and Child Development Dr Mahendra Munjpara and MoS for Minority Affairs John Barla.
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Population explosion problem of entire country, not any religion: Naqvi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): BJP leader and former Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that "population explosion" is not the problem of a particular religion but an issue plaguing the entire country.
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TMC's Jawahar Sircar objects to Irani's appointment as Minority Affairs Mi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Hitting back at Trinamool Congress MP Jawahar for raising questions over the appointment of Smriti Irani as the Minority Affairs Minister, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said he hopes one can free the mind from the shackles of "pseudo-secularism and ap
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Smriti Irani takes charge of Ministry of Minority Affairs
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday took additional charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
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President accepts resignation of Naqvi, RCP Singh; Smriti Irani, Scindia g
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Steel Minister RCP Singh from the Union Cabinet on Wednesday.
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Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigns
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigned from the Union Cabinet on Wednesday.
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Prophet comments row: BJP's action reflects party's priority of respecting
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing protest following controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad by suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, Uttar Pradesh Minister of Minority Affairs Danish Azad on Sunday said that the party's action clarified that respecting all religi
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