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BJP calls minority appeasement, Mamata's 'dining halls for muslim majority
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The BJP on Friday called Mamata Banerjee government's decision to construct mid-day meal dining halls in state-run schools with over 70 percent Muslim students a political move to appease the minority.
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People's mandate can't be stifled, questioning EVMs insult to voters: Modi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 26 (ANI) Unleashing yet another attack on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the party of stalling various important bills in Rajya Sabha in the last five years and said people's mandate cannot be "stifled" in the Upper House just because the
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People's mandate can't be 'stifled' in Rajya Sabha: Modi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed Congress for stalling various important bills in Rajya Sabha in the last five years and said people's mandate cannot be "stifled" in the Upper House just because the ruling party does not have a minority.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls International Religious Freedom report 'prejudic
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 23 (ANI): India's Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday rejected as "prejudiced" the US State Department's report on International Religious Freedom 2018 criticising the BJP government.
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BJP rejects US report on religious freedom, attack on minorities in India
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 22 (ANI): BJP on Saturday rejected a US report on religious freedom which accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi government of failing to tackle "mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities" and said the assaults were a result of "local
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Mob attacks by extremist Hindu groups against minorities continued in Indi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against minority communities, especially Muslims continued throughout the year (2018) amid rumors that victims had traded or killed cows for beef, says a State Department's report.
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US urges Pak to release those held for blasphemy, asks China to curb relig
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to release over 40 people from the religious minority community who have been serving jail term or facing execution on blasphemy charges in the country.
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Country needs 'One Nation, One Election' norm, says Naqvi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Ahead of the all-party meeting, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said that the country would be benefitted if a consensus was reached on the issue of 'One Nation, One Election.'
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Instead of resolving situation, TMC creating chaos: Naqvi on WB doctors' s
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal of not resolving the issues faced by the agitating doctors, saying the ruling dispensation was creating chaos.
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UN raises concern over UN counterterrorism official's visit to China's Xin
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 15 (ANI): The United States on Friday objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China's Xinjiang province, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and minority Muslims are reportedly held at detention centres.
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Salman Khurshid downplays Centre's 'politically motivated' minority outrea
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 14 (ANI): Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday sought to downplay the Centre's minority outreach programme which includes a scholarship to minorities and modernisation of Ismalic seminaries, terming the move as "politically motivated".
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All Waqf properties will be geo-tagged and digitised: Naqvi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 13 (ANI): Properties belonging to All India Waqf Board will be geo-tagged and facilities like school, college, hospital, community centre, common centre and hostel will be constructed on them, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced. Read More
