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BJP to organise series of workshops on Citizenship (Amendment) Act across
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 13 (ANI): After its big push that helped Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 sail through Parliament and subsequently turning into an Act with the Presidential assent, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now decided to organise a series of zonal workshops across cou
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Post CAB nod, BJP to reach out to refugees, explain benefits
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): After its big push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that helped it sailed through Parliament, making way for the grant of Indian citizenship to the persecuted non-Muslim minority refugees from the three neighbouring countries, the Bharatiya Janata Part
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We support Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in RS, says JDU MP RCP Singh
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): JDU MP RCP Singh on Wednesday said that his party supports the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), saying that the Bill is clear that it gives citizenship to persecuted minorities from three neighbouring countries.
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'Inaccurate, unwarranted': India condemns USCIRF's statement on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Condemning the "inaccurate" and "unwarranted" comments made by US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Citizenship Amendment Bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday, India on Tuesday said that the Bill aims at providing expedited
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Why don't we add names of persecuted Muslim sects: SS Badal in LS over CAB
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday raised a suggestion over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha and said why aren't names of Muslims added as there are cases of Muslims being persecuted within their religion.
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Include persecuted Muslim sects in Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: SAD
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): YSR Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) suggested the government to include some Muslim sects, which they claim are facing persecution, in the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
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JDU, BJD and LJP extend support to Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in LS
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): JDU MP Rajeev Ranjan Singh on Monday said that his party will support the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and considers it a right decision of giving Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities of Pakistan.
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Pak national moves Delhi HC seeking admission for siblings in Delhi school
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A Pakistani national, who claims to have migrated to India after being persecuted and traumatized by Pakistani authorities, on Tuesday, approached the Delhi High Court seeking admission of three of his siblings in a school in New Delhi.
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Shivakumar has been persecuted actually, not prosecuted: Veerappa Moily
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday defended D K Shivakumar, who was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case saying he has been "persecuted actually, not prosecuted".
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Persecuted communities protest against Pak army brutality
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mississauga [Canada], Mar 17 (ANI): Pashtun, Mohajir, Sindhi and Kashmiri groups gathered here on Saturday to protest against the brutalities allegedly inflicted upon them by Pakistani authorities and Pakistani state terrorism.
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Pakistani mullahs in league with terrorists, responsible for acts like Pul
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 16 (ANI): The Pakistan government has given a free hand to the 'mullahs' (Muslim clergymen) who closely collaborate with terrorist groups and create problems worldwide, like the recent terror attack in Pulwama, leaders of the country's persecuted Ahmadiyya commun
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PIL filed in SC challenging laws regularising entry of persecuted communit
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking direction to strike down the Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Rules, 2015 which regularise the entry and stay of immigrants in India.
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