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Increase in minority population is set back to communal harmony: Giriraj S
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 27 (ANI): Linking the demography of an area to communal harmony, Union Minister Giriraj Singh here on Friday said that communal harmony has suffered in those areas where the population of majority community has gone down and blamed the minority community for the "popu
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Activists expose Pak, Iran over human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 18 (ANI): Activists have urged the United Nations to take notice of the plight of millions of Baloch people, who are being victimised by Pakistan and Iran.
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How long atrocities on minorities in Pakistan will continue, asks PML-N MP
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 18 (ANI): The deplorable condition of minorities in Pakistan, including abductions, murder, rapes and forced conversions, finally topped the table for discussion for lawmakers at a session of the National Assembly yesterday.
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Pak PM knows about Uighur issue, but remains mum on it: World Uyghur Congr
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress on Monday came down heavily on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his "double standards" and turning a blind eye towards the issue concerning the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China, saying it is a matter of shame that Is
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Pak: Hindu principal booked in false blasphemy case; mob vandalise school
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghotki (Sindh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters ran amok in Pakistan's Sindh province after the principal of a school, belonging to the minority Hindu community, was falsely accused of blasphemy and booked in the matter.
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Withdraw Pakistan's GSP plus status: EICC
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 15 (ANI): The Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC) has written a letter to the EU Commissioner for Trade, European Commission, Cecilia Malmstrom, calling to immediately withdraw Generalised System Preferences (GSP) plus status to Pakistan, over the country's contin
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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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Minority leaders thank Karnataka CM for handing over IMA ponzi scam case t
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Days after the Karnataka government handed over the IMA Ponzi Scheme probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), several minority leaders on Wednesday met Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in his office and thanked him for transferring the cas
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Facing flak over forced conversion, Pak PM promises help to pilgrims visit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 2 (ANI): In a bid to woo Sikh community after cases of forced conversion of girls from the minority community surfaced, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said his government would facilitate the visit of pilgrims to Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib gurdwaras.
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Jagan govt indulging in minority appeasement, says BJP's Lanka Dinakar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The BJP has once again slammed Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's government for indulging in minority appeasement by providing financial assistance to Christians for the pilgrimage to Jerusalem and other Biblical places.
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Minority Affairs Ministry team to meet Guv, officials and people in Srinag
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said a team from his department is on a two-day visit to Srinagar where it will seek avenues for development and also assess the ground-reality in the region.
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