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US urges China to release Muslim minorities detained 'arbitrarily'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], March 28 (ANI): The United States has asked China to release the Muslim minorities "arbitrarily detained" by the communist country and "end its repression".
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Twitter spat between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Pak Minister
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday in an online social media post sought a report from Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad about an apparent abduction of two sisters from the minority Hindu community in the neighbouring country to which
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Two Hindu girls abducted in Pak, 'forcibly' converted to Islam
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 24 (ANI): Two Hindu girls were abducted on the eve of Holi and "forcibly converted to Islam", the brother of the victims has alleged.
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Sam Pitroda statement is shameful: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): Terming Sam Pitroda's, a confidant of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, recent comment on Balakot air strikes as "shameful", Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that Congress leaders are the "dead people", they do not what a l
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Beijing snubs US report on China's abuse of Muslim community
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 14 (ANI): Rejecting US State Department's report criticising China's abuse of its Uyghur Muslim minorities, Beijing on Thursday said that the said report was full of "ideological prejudice and groundless accusations".
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Adoption assessment tool is not LGBT-inclusive, claims study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): The tool that assesses potential candidates as adoptive parents does not meet the needs of lesbian, gay or gender minority adults, a new study has observed.
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We hope he learned his lesson: Pelosi, Schumer on Trump’s plan to ask wall
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], March 11 (ANI): Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer on Sunday hinted that United States President Donald Trump's reported plan to ask for 8.6 billion USD in the 2020 budget to fund the wall was a non-starter.
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45 Pakistani nationals granted Indian citizenship in Pune
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): Pune district administration on Thursday granted Indian citizenship to 45 Pakistani nationals, who had migrated to India long back and were staying in the city for the past many years.
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Naqvi offers 'chadar' on behalf of PM Modi at Ajmer Dargah
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Ajmer (Rajasthan), [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday offered a 'chadar' at Ajmer Sharif Dargah on the occasion of 807th Urs on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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No meaningful action by Trump administration over China's treatment of Mus
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Monday (local time) complained that the Trump administration 'has taken no meaningful action' on China's alleged abuse of the largest Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in Xinjiang.
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Pak Minister criticised for anti-Hindu remarks
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 5 (ANI): Punjab Information and Culture Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan became a target of intense criticisms by the senior member of his party (the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) following his castigating remarks on the Hindu community.
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Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacks Congress for sympathizing with
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New Delhi [India], Mar 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party accusing them of sympathizing with Pakistan after the Pulwama attack and aerial strikes that claimed the lives of several Indian soldiers.
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