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Policies not enough, awareness needed to control population in minority co
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Just policies would not control growing population and there is a need to create awareness about the issue among the minority community, said Assam BJP General Secretary Dilip Saikia regarding a meeting between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and 150
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Two-child policy only way to eradicate poverty, illiteracy in Muslim minor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 29 (ANI): In view of the new 'population norms' in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy in the Muslim community in the state and there is no resistance from the m
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MHA invites applications for Indian citizenship from 'minority community'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday invited applications from the immigrants belonging to minority communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian
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Jailed Uyghur businessman dies in Xinjiang under mysterious conditions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): A jailed businessman in China's Xinjiang province, belonging to the Uyghur minority community, has been confirmed to have died in a prison hospital under mysterious circumstances.
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Ahmadis residing in Germany fear deportation to Pak
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 15 (ANI): As the persecution against the minority community of Ahmadis continues to mount in Pakistan and overseas, Ahmadi Muslims are threatened with deportation from Germany.
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US lawmakers introduce bill to prioritise refugee status to Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): US Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation wherein people of China's Uyghur minority community facing government repression would become eligible for prioritised US refugee status.
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RSS chief's book translated in Urdu, effort to reach out to minority commu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) appears keen to reach out to the main minority community through a book written by its chief Mohan Bhagwat which speaks about the role of Muslims in the country's progress.
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37 pc of those killed in UP encounters from 2017 to 2020 were Muslims: Asa
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 15 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government has been targeting Muslims as 37 per cent of the encounters in Uttar Pradesh in three years had been d
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Goa CM reaches out to minorities ahead of state assembly elections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 9 (ANI): Gearing up for the 2022 Assembly polls, Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Tuesday expressed confidence in regaining the trust of the minority community in the state.
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Hindu holy sites in Pakistan presents 'picture of decay, obliteration': Re
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 8 (ANI): A recent report by a minorities' rights commission in Pakistan has revealed a "dismal" picture of most revered Hindu sites in the country and slammed the statutory board responsible to maintain the ancient sites of the minority community.
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Rejection of British National Overseas passports leaves ethnic minority co
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Thousands of members of ethnic minority communities in Hong Kong - Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese - who only have a British National Overseas BN (O) passport are facing fresh hurdle in going abroad after the government said it no longer recognised the document
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Religious minorities face atrocities from majority community, govt in Paki
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], December 10 (ANI): In another instance of violence against minority communities in Pakistan, residents of a majority community neighborhood in Joglar village, Tharparker in Sindh province attacked homes of a minority community.
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