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600 artisans to participate in 26th edition of 'Hunar Haat'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that more than 600 artisans and craftsmen from almost every state are participating in the 26th 'Hunar Haat' organised by Union Ministry of Minority Affairs from February 20 to March
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Rajnath Singh to inaugurate 'Hunar Haat' in Delhi on February 21
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): The 26th 'Hunar Haat' of indigenous artisans and craftsmen from across the country at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi will be formally inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on February 21.
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Speak to relatives of Baloch missing persons: Maryam Nawaz asks Pak PM
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Amid the growing atrocities against the minority communities of Pakistan, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to speak to the relatives of the Baloch missing persons who are protesting in Islamabad against the various
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Baloch rights group holds march in Islamabad against abduction, torture by
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a rights group -- Baloch Voice of Missing Persons (BVMP) has been holding demonstrations in Islamabad over the issue of forced abduction, torture, and harassment of the people of
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Congress, Left hold meeting with Indian Secular Front over seat-sharing fo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 18 (ANI): Congress and the Left on Wednesday held their first meeting the Indian Secular Front (ISF), recently floated by influential minority leader Abbas Siddique over seat-sharing for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls.
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Trump slams former ally McConnell, calls him 'dour, sullen and unsmiling
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): After being acquitted in the second impeachment trial, US former President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) called his former ally and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell "a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack".
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offers 'Chadar' on behalf of PM at Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], February 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offered 'Chadar' on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the dargah of Sufi Saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti on 807th Urs at Ajmer Sharif.
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Human rights group from Kashmir asks UN to probe mass graves in Gilgit, Ba
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 16 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a human rights group from Kashmir has issued a memorandum calling on United Nations to look into the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and probe the m
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PM hands over 'chadar' for Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over a 'chadar' to Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi that would be offered at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on the 809th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.
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Congress should explain its opposition to CAA: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday challenged the Congress party to explain its opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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SC adjourns hearing on Shillong Times journalist's plea to quash FIR again
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for February 16 plea filed by Editor of Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim, challenging the Meghalaya High Court order which had dismissed her plea to quash an FIR against her for a Facebook post condemning violence aga
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The saga of China's crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 14 (ANI): China's sweeping crackdown on Muslim ethnic minority, Uyghurs in Xinjiang since 2017 in the name of counterterrorism has drawn global ire, particularly US State Department, that has classified it as 'genocide', reported The Washington Post.
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