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Citizenship law not against Muslims, protests not needed: Minority Commiss
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): National Commission for Minorities Chairman Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi on Monday said that the new citizenship law is not against Muslims in the country and therefore there is no need for protests against the same.
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All institutions should get equal rights like those run by minorities, dem
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has decided to seek equal rights for non-minority educational institutions from the Narendra Modi government and solicit amendments to Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution to bring
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BJP to organise series of workshops on Citizenship (Amendment) Act across
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 13 (ANI): After its big push that helped Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 sail through Parliament and subsequently turning into an Act with the Presidential assent, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now decided to organise a series of zonal workshops across cou
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Post CAB nod, BJP to reach out to refugees, explain benefits
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): After its big push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that helped it sailed through Parliament, making way for the grant of Indian citizenship to the persecuted non-Muslim minority refugees from the three neighbouring countries, the Bharatiya Janata Part
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams IUML for filing plea in SC against CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday slammed Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) for filing a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which was passed by both the Houses of Parliament.
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Aung San Suu Kyi rejects genocide charges against Myanmar
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], Dec 11 (ANI): Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday categorically rejected charges of the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority, which have been placed against Myanmar's military by West African nation of Gambia.
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China chides 'super liar' US over remarks on Uighurs
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 11 (ANI): Calling the US a "super liar", China lambasted Washington over the latter's remarks on human rights abuse of the minority Uighurs in the Asian country.
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Pak says India's 'discriminatory' Citizenship Bill violates bilateral agre
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 10 (ANI): Pakistan has decried the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha terming it a "discriminatory legislation", which is in complete contravention of various bilateral agreements between the two neighbours, particularly the one concerning se
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Citizenship (Amendment) Bill targets minority: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 9 (ANI): Soon after the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 was tabled and introduced in the lower house of parliament, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said that it is targeted against minorities of the Country.
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'Hunar Haat' preserving, promoting artisans and craftsmen work: Mukhtar Ab
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said that 'Hunar Haat' has proved to be an effective and successful mission to preserve and promote India's indigenous traditional legacy of master artisans and craftsmen which was on the verge of extincti
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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi leaves for ICJ hearing on Rohingya genocide
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], Dec 8 (ANI): Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday departed for a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to defend her country against Gambia's charges of the genocide of minority Muslim community in the South Asian country.
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Pak social media goes berserk, dubs 26/11 attacker Ajmal Kasab as 'Sikh, R
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 7 (ANI): Ajmal Amir Kasab, one of the terrorists who carried out the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, was untowardly called a Sikh by social media in Pakistan, something which exposes the country's true attitude towards the minority community.
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