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Ex-MLA from Imran Khan's party seeks political asylum in India
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 10 (ANI): Pakistan's record of using unfair means of treatment against the minority communities was exposed once again after a former legislator of Prime Minister Imran Khan's party sought political asylum in India in one of the latest reports of atrocities across the
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Pak: Christian girl forcibly converted to Islam
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 8 (ANI): In yet another incident of forced conversion of girls from minority communities in Pakistan, a 15-year-old Christian student was allegedly forcibly converted to Islam by her school teacher in Punjab province.
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BJP rejects US report on religious freedom, attack on minorities in India
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 22 (ANI): BJP on Saturday rejected a US report on religious freedom which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of failing to tackle "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" and said the assaults were a result of "local
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Mob attacks by extremist Hindu groups against minorities continued in Indi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, especially Muslims continued throughout the year (2018) amid rumors that victims had traded or killed cows for beef, says a State Department's report.
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Najma Heptulla hails Centre's decision to give scholarships to 5 cr minori
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Governor of Manipur Najma Heptulla on Wednesday lauded the BJP-led Central government for its decision to provide scholarships to 5 crore students belonging to the minority communities in the next five years saying "such moves will
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Minorities with PM Modi: Shahnawaz Hussain ahead of LS polls
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 5 (ANI): Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, former Union Minister and BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Thursday said that the minority communities are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and they "fully support" the BJP.
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Muslims, minorities being subjected to abuse, injustice in J&K, alleges PD
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged that Muslim and minority communities in Jammu and Kashmir are being subjected to abuse and injustice.
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Muslims aren't the only minorities, says Rajasthan Home Minister
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): With demands for reservations for the minority communities growing in a number of states, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has come up with a fresh theory to counter that. Kataria said that Muslims cannot be considered as minority in the c
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TRS is brewing fear in minority communities against BJP: Rajnath
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Wanaparthy (Telangana) , Nov 29 (ANI) : Union Home Minister Rajnath on Thursday said that Caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) are brewing fear among the minority communities against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Cong, TRS two sides of same coin: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Nizamabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while taking a jibe at the Congress and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), on Tuesday said that both the parties are "two sides of the same coin" when it comes to dynastic politics. He also claimed that Congress and
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Naxals will shun violence if BSP gains power: Mayawati in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Akaltara (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): In the run-up to the polls in Chhattisgarh, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday asserted that if her party emerges victorious, minority communities, the poor and Muslims residing i
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China failed to implement UN recommendations on human rights, say activist
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 3 (ANI): Human rights activists, academicians and politicians have raised serious concerns over Beijing's failure to protect human rights of indigenous and minority communities in the country, especially Xinjiang and Tibet.
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