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UN Experts Slam Pak on Its Lack Of Protection Of Hindu, Christian Women
Expressing dismay at the continuing lack of protection women from the minority communities, especially Christians and Hindus, in Pakistan, UN experts have said the country needs to uphold its obligations under the relevant international covenant.
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"No Religious Minority Can Live Freely In Pakistan": India At UN
India on Friday (local time) slammed Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom of minorities at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Houses Of Hindus, Christians Demolished In Pakistan's Rawalpindi: Report
Authorities in Pakistan's Rawalpindi have demolished houses of a minority community, a Hindu and a Christian family, who were living in the area for the past 70 years.
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14 States Furnished Views On Indentifying Minorities: Centre In Court
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has held consultative meetings with all state governments, Union territories and other stake holders on the issue of identification of minorities at the state level.
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Bharat Bandh Today Over Demand For Caste-Based Census
The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding a caste-based census.
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Don't Give BJP Any Chance To Polarise Society: Congress Leader Salman Khurshid
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday said minority communities should be careful while raising issues and not give the BJP an opportunity to polarise the society.
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357 Members Of Minority Communities Came From Afghanistan To India Since March
Over 350 members of minority communities from Afghanistan have arrived in India since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, expressing concern over the targeted persecution of minorities there by terrorists and their sponsors.
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Government Empowering Minorities Without Appeasement: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
"Empowerment without appeasement and development with dignity" is the new mantra of the Narendra Modi government to carry out welfare programmes for the minorities, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Lok Sabha.
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No Timeline Set To Declare Jews As Minority: Government
Government has not fixed any timeline to take a decision on declaring Jews as a minority community, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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Jamia, Aligarh Muslim University Are Not Minority Institutions: Union Minister
Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Ram Shankar Katheria today said Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are not minority institutions, days after the Attorney General gave similar opinion to the government on the matter.
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Centre Tells States Not to Discriminate Against Minorities in Registering FIRs
In the backdrop of lynching of a Muslim man over rumours of eating beef in Dadri, the Centre has asked all states not to discriminate against the minorities while registering an FIR, as timely filing of charge sheet and speedy trial restore the faith of different communities.
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Real Agenda of RSS Pracharak-Turned-PM
What a contrast to Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru before and after Independence and Partition. One seems to hear today what Gandhiji cited at his prayer meeting in Birla House on 22 December 1947: "I always like to be with a minority, for a minority as a rule does not commit mistakes, and even if it does, it can be rectified. But a majority is drunk with...
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Counter-Terror Cop Survives Taliban Attack in Pakistan
Pakistani police today foiled an attack on a senior counter-terrorism official and killed four militants in the southern port city of Karachi, police said.
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'Love Jihad' is Now Part of BJP's Uttar Pradesh Agenda
In Uttar Pradesh, it seems the old war cry 'Jai Shri Ram' is a thing of the past. The BJP now seems to be moving from love for a Ram Temple to 'Love jihad'.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Condemns Jihadis' Targeting of Christians
Iraq's prime minister on Sunday condemned the Islamic State extremist group's actions targeting Christians in territory it controls, saying they reveal the threat the jihadists pose to the minority community's "centuries-old heritage."
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UN Experts Slam Pak on Its Lack Of Protection Of Hindu, Christian Women
Expressing dismay at the continuing lack of protection women from the minority communities, especially Christians and Hindus, in Pakistan, UN experts have said the country needs to uphold its obligations under the relevant international covenant.
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"No Religious Minority Can Live Freely In Pakistan": India At UN
India on Friday (local time) slammed Pakistan on the issue of religious freedom of minorities at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Houses Of Hindus, Christians Demolished In Pakistan's Rawalpindi: Report
Authorities in Pakistan's Rawalpindi have demolished houses of a minority community, a Hindu and a Christian family, who were living in the area for the past 70 years.
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14 States Furnished Views On Indentifying Minorities: Centre In Court
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has held consultative meetings with all state governments, Union territories and other stake holders on the issue of identification of minorities at the state level.
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Bharat Bandh Today Over Demand For Caste-Based Census
The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh today demanding a caste-based census.
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Don't Give BJP Any Chance To Polarise Society: Congress Leader Salman Khurshid
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday said minority communities should be careful while raising issues and not give the BJP an opportunity to polarise the society.
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357 Members Of Minority Communities Came From Afghanistan To India Since March
Over 350 members of minority communities from Afghanistan have arrived in India since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, expressing concern over the targeted persecution of minorities there by terrorists and their sponsors.
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Government Empowering Minorities Without Appeasement: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
"Empowerment without appeasement and development with dignity" is the new mantra of the Narendra Modi government to carry out welfare programmes for the minorities, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Lok Sabha.
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No Timeline Set To Declare Jews As Minority: Government
Government has not fixed any timeline to take a decision on declaring Jews as a minority community, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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Jamia, Aligarh Muslim University Are Not Minority Institutions: Union Minister
Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Ram Shankar Katheria today said Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are not minority institutions, days after the Attorney General gave similar opinion to the government on the matter.
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Centre Tells States Not to Discriminate Against Minorities in Registering FIRs
In the backdrop of lynching of a Muslim man over rumours of eating beef in Dadri, the Centre has asked all states not to discriminate against the minorities while registering an FIR, as timely filing of charge sheet and speedy trial restore the faith of different communities.
-
Real Agenda of RSS Pracharak-Turned-PM
What a contrast to Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru before and after Independence and Partition. One seems to hear today what Gandhiji cited at his prayer meeting in Birla House on 22 December 1947: "I always like to be with a minority, for a minority as a rule does not commit mistakes, and even if it does, it can be rectified. But a majority is drunk with...
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Counter-Terror Cop Survives Taliban Attack in Pakistan
Pakistani police today foiled an attack on a senior counter-terrorism official and killed four militants in the southern port city of Karachi, police said.
-
'Love Jihad' is Now Part of BJP's Uttar Pradesh Agenda
In Uttar Pradesh, it seems the old war cry 'Jai Shri Ram' is a thing of the past. The BJP now seems to be moving from love for a Ram Temple to 'Love jihad'.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Condemns Jihadis' Targeting of Christians
Iraq's prime minister on Sunday condemned the Islamic State extremist group's actions targeting Christians in territory it controls, saying they reveal the threat the jihadists pose to the minority community's "centuries-old heritage."
