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Congress leader Deora says CAA a political gimmick as rules not yet framed
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI): Congress leader Milind Deora has said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was a political gimmick to win elections in India and was not intended to safeguard religious minority rights in the subcontinent as the government has not yet not
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Sapio Analytics acquires public company, targets 1 billion USD valuation
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Government advisory firm Sapio Analytics, headquartered in Mumbai, has taken controlling minority stakes in a public company, with an aim to expand its depth of reach to citizens of India.
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Attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh: 3,721 houses, temples vanda
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] October 19 (ANI): A rights group informed that around 3,721 attacks were reported on the Hindu community in Bangladesh in the last nine years.
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Bangladesh communal violence: ISKCON calls upon Hasina govt to ensure mino
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], October 18 (ANI): Expressing shock over the recent series of violent attacks at Hindu minority in Bangladesh, the ISKCON called upon the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government to take swift action to bring an end to the violence and demanded that perpetrators of the attacks s
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Ensuring prosperity in life of every needy is PM "Modi Mission": Naqvi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], October 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that ensuring happiness in eyes and prosperity in the life of every needy is the "Modi Mission".
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Maharashtra govt announces special monthly allowance for students of minor
Updated : 4 years, 7 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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PM Modi extends birthday greetings to Union Minister Naqvi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on his birthday and said that he is working hard towards fulfilling the government's vision of all-round and inclusive development.
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Pakistan: Parliamentary panel rejects anti-forced conversion bill
Updated : 4 years, 7 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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Jailed Uyghur not released by China even after completion of sentence
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China] October 14 (ANI): A person from the Uyghur minority community was not been released by the Chinese authorities even after the end of his 'sentence' and his family has no knowledge of his whereabouts.
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Taliban isolated, silenced female population in Afghanistan and left them
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): With the Taliban back at the helm in Afghanistan and the country's humanitarian and economic crises deepening, many Afghans are living in fear, especially women and minority groups. Despite the group's claim to be more moderate, reports of violence by Taliban f
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Group of pseudo-secular syndicate presenting Savarkar as 'villain' exposed
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said that a group of pseudo-secular syndicates, which presented Savarkar as a “villain”, has been exposed.
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Advocate seeks NHRC indulgence in 'killings of minority' in J-K
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): An advocate practising in the Supreme Court has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on violation of human rights of minority Hindus and Sikhs in Kashmir and sought the indulgence of the commission towards the "heart-wrenchin
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