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Telangana provides financial assistance through 'Driver Empowerment Progra
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 17 (ANI): Telangana government has initiated the "Driver Empowerment Programme" to offer financial help and empower the drivers.
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Pakistan: Police registers FIR in Sikh traders' killing in Peshawar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid severe backlash over the persecution of the minority community in the country, Pakistan's counter-terror department has registered an FIR into the targeted killing of two Sikh traders in Peshawar.
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Study finds cervical cancer screening is less common in gender minorities
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], May 16 (ANI): According to a new study, sexual minority individuals, whose sexual orientation differs from societal norms, were less likely to have undergone cervical cancer screening tests than heterosexual counterparts.
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India registers protest over 'brutal killing' of Sikh traders in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): India on Sunday called upon Pakistan to take strict action against those responsible for brutal killing of Sikh traders in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pakistan PM condemns killing of Sikh shopkeepers in Peshawar, orders inqui
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday "strongly condemned" the killing of two Sikh shopkeepers in the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while also ordering a high-level inquiry into the incident.
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Rights group condemns murder of two Sikh men in Peshawar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday condemned the murder of two Sikh men, who were gunned down in the city of Peshawar in Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Two Sikh shopkeepers shot dead in Pakistan's Peshawar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Two Sikh shopkeepers were shot dead by unknown assailants on early Sunday morning in Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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India's first 'Amrit Sarovar' to be inaugurated by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): India's first "Amrit Sarovar" will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh at Patwai, Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, informed the Ministry of Minority Affairs
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Rajasthan govt gives nod to set up nursing college at Tijara in Alwar, say
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said that the state government has given its nod for the establishment of a nursing college at Tijara, Alwar. Besides, the creation of 44 posts has also been approved.
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SC gives 3 months to Centre for consultations on granting minority status
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three months time to the Central government to hold consultations with various state governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in states where they are outnumbered by other communities.
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Decision to notify minorities will be taken after discussion with states,
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Minority Affairs on Monday told the Supreme Court that the power to notify minorities is vested with the Union government and any decision in this regard will be taken after discussion with state governments and other stakeholders.
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Tajinder Bagga thanks Punjab and Haryana HC for staying his arrest
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Sunday thanked the Punjab and Haryana High Court along with Minority Commission for staying his arrest at a midnight hearing till May 10, saying that the law still works in the country.
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