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Bullet has no place in democracy, says BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said that a bullet has no place in a democracy while responding to a question on two separate firing incidents that took place in Jamia and Sh
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Nawab Malik opposes Padma Shri to Adnan Sami, says it is 'insult to people
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Monday slammed the BJP led Central government over Padma Shri being awarded to Singer Adnan Sami and said that it is a damage control exercise of the BJP and an insult to the people of India.
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Naqvi interacts with locals in Srinagar, says there's positive environment
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi met and interacted with the locals at Lal Chowk here on Wednesday, as part of the central government's outreach programme in the region post-abrogation of Article 370 in August last yea
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States bound to implement laws pertaining to citizenship: Naqvi on CAA
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): In view of some states resisting the recently enacted Citizenship Act, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that they are "bound to implement any law pertaining to citizenship".
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If RSS chief wants to implement vasectomy, PM Modi should enact law: Nawab
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Saturday took a dig at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's view on two-child policy and said that if the latter wants to implement vasectomy 'forcefully' then Prime Minist
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Our federal structure is a guarantee to India's unity in diversity, says U
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that India's federal structure is a guarantee to its 'unity in diversity' and emphasised that the country not only has emerged as the largest democracy but has 'flourished an
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Faith in democracy increases with every general election, says Om Birla
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday that "increasing vote percentages in every general election is a testimony of people's increasing faith in Indian democracy".
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Mamata Banerjee should understand her constitutional duties says, Mukhtar
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not participating in Central government's upcoming meeting on National Population Register (NPR) and said she should understand her constitutio
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Ramdev doesn't understand what a university is, says Nawab Malik
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Wednesday launched an attack on Yoga guru Ramdev over his comments against the varsities in the country for their role in anti-CAA protests amongst others, saying that 'people who have never been
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Maharashtra minister calls upon IGP to take back his resignation
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik on Tuesday talked to the Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdur Rahman and urged him to take back his resignation which was made in the wake of the passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill in
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi meets Oman Sultan, conveyed condolences on demise of Q
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Muscat [Oman], Jan 14 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here on Tuesday met Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said and conveyed condolences on the demise of Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said on behalf of India.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to lead delegation to Oman to condole demise of Sultan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will lead a delegation of Indian government officials to Muscat on Tuesday to pay India's condolences over the demise of Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Mon
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