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Pak Supreme Court orders investigation agency to probe property units of m
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to conduct an inquiry on the Auditor General of Pakistan's (AGP) report about the protection of properties belonging to minority communities that were not being implemented.
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Maharashtra govt announces special monthly allowance for students of minor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Friday announced a special monthly allowance for students of minority communities staying in the minority development department's hostels in the state.
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Pakistan: Parliamentary panel rejects anti-forced conversion bill
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): After opposition from Pakistan's Ministry of Religious Affairs, a parliamentary committee on Wednesday rejected the anti-forced conversion bill amid protest from the lawmakers belonging to minority communities in the country.
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Supreme Sikh Council UK condemns killing of 5 civilians by terrorists in J
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 10 (ANI): Condemning the targeted killings of members of minority communities in Jammu and Kashmir, Supreme Sikh Council UK has urged the Pakistan Government to control terrorist groups operating from Pakistan targeting civilians in India.
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Attempts of communal polarisation won't succeed, Narcotic Mafia shouldn't
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 15 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that attempts by "some forces to create communal polarisation" would not succeed as most of the people in Kerala belonging to the majority and minority communities are secular.
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In minority schools, 62.50 pc of student population belongs to non-minorit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], August 11 (ANI): The apex child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in a report said that in minority schools, 62.50 per cent of the student population belongs to non-minority communities and only 37.50 per cent belongs to minority commu
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China, Cambodia ignored 'community concerns' during building dam, says hu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China] August 11 (ANI): After a rights group report revealed that Indigenous and ethnic minority communities of Cambodia were undermined during the construction of a dam project completed by a Chinese electricity firm and bankrolled by Chinese and Cambodian governments, the governme
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No proposal to amend CAA for inclusion of more minorities: MHA to RS
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that no proposal is under consideration to further amend the Citizenship Act (CAA) for granting Indian nationality to members of other minority communities.
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Hope J-K delimitation commission will include views of Buddhists, other mi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal on Sunday said he hopes the delimitation commission in Jammu and Kashmir will include the views of Buddhist and other minority communities in the draft proposals.
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Pakistan's minority communities overlooked by mainstream media
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Religious and ethnic minorities have been overlooked in Pakistan's mainstream media due to reporting priorities in the industry being dictated by commercial interests rather than human rights or public good.
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Amid human rights abuses by China, Australia's Uyghurs in despair over dis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], June 4 (ANI): As Beijing continues its human rights abuses against ethnic minority communities in Xinjiang, Uyghurs living in Australia are left in despair over the 'disappearance' of their relatives in China.
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Afghan Sikh refugees residing in Punjab for more than 5 years hope to beco
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 29 (ANI): As the Central Government invited applications from the immigrants belonging to minority communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh for Indian citizenship, several Sikh refugees from Afghanistan living in India for more than five years
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