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Pakistan: 6-year-old Hindu girl sexually assaulted
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Human rights organizations and activists in Pakistan have called for attention on social media to the case of a 6-year-old Hindu girl nicknamed Ritu (real name omitted for privacy reasons), which was abducted and sexually abused by two 23-year-old Muslim men while she was playing outdoors in
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S Chand to acquire minority stake in Government Test Prep segment focussed
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI/PRNewswire): S Chand and Company Limited, along with its subsidiaries has agreed to acquire a minority stake in AToZLearn Edutech Private Limited, a differentiated Edtech company that makes exam preparation 50% faster. The round also includes investments from
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Tale of Two Punjabs: Contrasting fate of Sikhs on either side of the Indo-
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Since Punjab was ripped down in the middle, the western part went to Pakistan, and the Eastern half remained in India. And the group of people who suffered the most were Sikhs because they were displaced and 'uprooted' as most of them migrated to India whilst a minority chose to stay back in
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Despite multiple attempts by human rights activists, forced organ harvesti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
More than a generation has passed since China started persecuting the nearly 100 million Falun Gong practitioners. The shortage of transplant donors has led to the search for a new minority to oppress, namely the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
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"Then who killed them?": Sharad Pawar after Gujarat court acquits all accu
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A day after a Gujarat court acquitted all the accused of the Naroda Gam case in which 11 people were killed from the minority community, Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar on Friday questioned, "Then who killed those people?"
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2002 Gujarat riots: Ahmedabad court acquits all accused including BJP's Ma
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A special court in Ahmedabad on Thursday acquitted all the accused, including BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, in the 2002 post-Godhra riots, Naroda Gam case, which killed 11 people from the minority community.
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Andhra Pradesh CM attends Iftar organised by State Govt
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Deputy Chief Minister (Minority Welfare) SK Amzad Basha, Ministers Jogi Ramesh, K Venkata Nageswara Rao, MLAs, MLCs, minority leaders and other public representatives were also present.
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Ashraf raped minors from madarsa, Atiq targeted members of minority commun
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Out of 20 top criminal cases against the duo, the Ahmed brothers targeted members of the minority community in 13. Atiq's brother Ashraf was allegedly involved even in the abduction of two minor Muslim girls from a madarsa and their repeated rape at gunpoint overnight. The victims were late
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Rajasthan: Stipend for youth from minority communities to learn foreign la
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In an attempt to financially strengthen the minority community in Rajasthan, the state government has announced foreign language courses for youths under which they will be offered a stipend of 1500 rupees as well, said a government source.
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Eye on 2024, BJP Minority Morcha to organise 'Modi Mitra' to woo minoritie
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a mass nationwide reach-out programme for the minorities, Bharatiya Janata Party will organise 'Modi Mitra' starting April 29 in which the party's Minority Morcha will connect with people belonging to various walks of life, sources said on Saturday.
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Minorities becoming increasingly vulnerable in Pakistan; Balochis, Hindus,
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to studies, Christian girls suffer acid attacks from Muslim suitors in retaliation for rejection. In February 2023, Kamran Allahbux disfigured Sunita, his 19-year-old Christian neighbour, with acid after she declined a marriage proposal. Sunita's family tried for months to report K
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's response on PIL challenging decision to allow only
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought responses on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging office Memorandum (OM) issued by Haj Division, Ministry of Minority Affairs on 20th March 2023, according to which only the Central Police Force employees will be allowed to serve & trave
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