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MP: Religious preacher booked under POCSO Act for sexually molesting 3 min
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Gautam Solanki, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Satna on Thursday informed that a religious preacher from Bhopal, who is accused of sexually assaulting three minor girls, have been booked under (POCSO) Act 2012 and the SC/ST (Atrocities Prote
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Andhra Assembly passes Bill to regulate school education in the state
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The State Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Andhra Pradesh School Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission (Amendment) Bill 2019 which aims at expanding the scope of regulating the fees structure and standards in junior colleg
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Religious preacher arrested for sexually assaulting 3 minor girls
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): A religious preacher from Bhopal was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting three minor girls in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district, police said.
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CAB unconstitutional, discriminates people on religious lines: IUML MP Kun
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) national general secretary PK Kunhalikutty on Thursday termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 as unconstitutional and said that his party will file a petition today in the Supreme Court against the Bill which was passe
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Dhaka emphasises on 'communal harmony', Foreign Affairs Minister Momen dis
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 12 (ANI): Emphasising over the communal harmony in his country, Bangladesh Foreign Minister has rejected Home Minister Amit Shah's statements on the condition of religious minorities in Dhaka, calling the remarks as 'unwarranted as well as untrue'.
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Bhupendra Yadav accuses parties opposing CAB of 'religious appeasement'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav accused parties opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, of religious appeasement and ignoring human rights of non-Muslims who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
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BJP MP slams USCIRF for remarks on CAB, demands resolution in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday slammed the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said the Lok Sabha should pass a resolution to send a stro
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CAB about rights of minorities facing religious persecution, do not digres
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): During the ongoing debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, BJP MP JP Nadda said that leader of Congress in the house, Anand Sharma, was attempting to digress from the main topic.
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'We are Indians': Afghan Sikh families welcome passage of Citizenship Amen
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Sikh families, who escaped to India from Afghanistan due to religious persecution, have expressed happiness over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill getting the nod in Lok Sabha and hope that it will go through Rajya Sabha as well, as this will help get
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CAB will be written in 'golden letters', permanent relief for those living
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be written in "golden" letters as it will give permanent relief to people coming to India due religious persecution in their countries.
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20% decline in religious minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh: Shah in RS af
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): After tabling the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that there has been a 20 per cent decline in the population of religious minorities in each Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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'Inaccurate, unwarranted': India condemns USCIRF's statement on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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