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CM Himanta Sarma claims Assam's Muslim population now 35 pc, no longer min
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 16 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Muslims account for 35 per cent of the total population of the state and they can no longer be called a minority community now.
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BJP govt tried to suppress Muslims, youth in UP's Meerut, alleges SP MLA R
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 2 (ANI): Meerut MLA and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Rafiq Ansari on Tuesday alleged that the BJP government has tried to suppress the Muslim population and youth in Meerut over the last five years.
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UP's 19 pc Muslims need their own political leadership to stop tortures, d
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that the state's 19 per cent Muslim population need their own political leadership "to
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BJP plans to reach out to Muslim voters ahead of 2022 Assembly polls
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): In a bid to woo the Muslim population ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has prepared a roadmap to reach out to 3 crore voters from the minority community.
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If Indians have same DNA, then why keeping count: Owaisi asks RSS chief Bh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Slamming Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remark on "organised attempt" in the country to increase the Muslim population, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said Sangh is addicted to anti-Muslim hate.
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Rising demographic imbalance needs to be tackled, says VHP's Alok Kumar af
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): A day after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief said there has been an "organised attempt" to increase the Muslim population since 1930, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Alok Kumar on Thursday said that this anomaly cannot continue a
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VHP objects to parts of UP population control bill, says will create 'imba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The second part of the proposed population control bill in Uttar Pradesh which specifies more benefits for a couple having only one child will create an "imbalance in the ratio of Hindu and Muslim populations", said the International working president of Vis
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Policies not enough, awareness needed to control population in minority co
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Just policies would not control growing population and there is a need to create awareness about the issue among the minority community, said Assam BJP General Secretary Dilip Saikia regarding a meeting between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and 150
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Friday prayers offered at Masjid in Srinagar after 5 months amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): The Muslim population of Srinagar offered the first Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid, situated in Nowhatta area of the city, after five months since the nationwide lockdown started in March.
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Sri Lanka makes cremations compulsory for virus-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka has made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims, ignoring protests from the country's Muslim population which says the rule goes against Islamic tradition.
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Secularism, democracy intrinsic to India, don't need any lessons: Gadkari
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that secularism, socialism and democracy were intrinsic to India's culture and no one needs to teach its people compassion.
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Assam govt to conduct survey to identify indigenous Muslims in state
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): The Assam government is planning to conduct a survey to identify the indigenous Muslim population of the state in order to segregate them from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
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