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Jains are now Minorities 21 January 2014
In a bid to cash the upcoming general elections, Congress led UPA government is leaving no stone to woo the public and so the Union cabinet on Monday granted Minority status to Jain Community (followers of an ancient faith often...
Keywords: Rahul Gandhi, minority status, Rahul Gandhi, In the News
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Anti-Islam film condemned by Koklata Muslims 27 September 2012
Several Hundreds of Muslims had taken took the streets protesting against the anti-Islam movie at the American Center in the city demanding American officials to apologize for it. The protestors, belonging to Muslim organisations, including the All-Bengal Minorities Youth Federation,...
Keywords: Anti-Islam film, All-Bengal Minorities Youth Federation, American Center, American Center
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Alcohol out, progress in: Prohibition in phases 09 July 2012
The good news on a bright Monday morning is that there are indications that the state government is planning out prohibition in a phased manner. A daring decision that has to be commended if at all, it is put into...
Keywords: prohibition, Annam Ramanarayana Reddy, finance minister, Annam Ramanarayana Reddy
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Assembly sessions to discuss SC/ST sub-plan 30 November 2012
The Legislative Assembly sessions started today and will be on for next two days. This meet has been convened to discuss SC/ST special component plans. Initially, sessions were scheduled to take place only for two days but then the business...
Keywords: sc st special component plans, tdp, mim tdp, backward communities
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'Gau Rakshaks Should be Banned': Asaduddin Owaisi 29 September 2016
The Hyderabad parliamentarian held a meeting at the party headquarters in Darussalaam. During the meet, they responded to questions posed by media persons on the Centre's decision to introduce progress panchayats (PP), an outreach program targeted at the minorities. Asaduddin...
Keywords: Gau Rakshaks, Hyderabad parliamentarian meeting, Hyderabad parliamentarian meeting, Modi government
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Pakistani Hindus protest temple destruction in Karachi 05 December 2012
The minority Hindus in Pakistan strongly protested the destruction of a temple in the southern part of Karachi City by a builder. They have also complained against the increasing harassment and discrimination and overall persecution in Islam-dominated Pakistan in recent...
Keywords: hindu persecution in pakistan, minorities in pakistan, minorities in pakistan, minorities in pakistan
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Telangana Govt Committed For Welfare Of Minorities, Says KCR 25 March 2017
Honorable Chief Minister Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao on Friday has said that his government is committed to the welfare of minorities and protection of Urdu language and Wakf properties. The Minister even added, that the government would bring various offices,...
Keywords: Wakf properties, Telangana Govt, Telangana Govt, Urdu Language
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Babu expresses his anguish over Muslim minorities' problems 13 August 2012
TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu has expressed his anguish over Muslim minorities problems. He has said that the problems of Muslim minorities were not being solved even after the government had set up many committees. He has also mentioned that in...
Keywords: TDP, TDP, Ranganatha Committee, Holy Ramadan
Read More UP riots are targeted against all minorities 17 September 2013
Either Muslims or Hindus were targeted in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts in UP as reported by the Commissioner of Police Bhuvnesh Kumar. Minorities were targeted in the riot hit areas irrespective of the religion in which both Hindus and Muslims...
Keywords: Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh visited riot areas of UP, Organized Riots in UP, Muzaffarnagar UP, Shamli UP
Read More Man disturbs PM's speech at Waqf event 29 January 2014
A social activist has disrupted Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's speech at the inauguration of National Waqf Development Corporation in Delhi. The man is identified as Faheem Baig a doctor who lives in north-east of Delhi. Mr. Baig shouted loudly...
Keywords: PM's speech at Waqf event, National News, man disturbs PM's speech, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
Read More Jagan making minorities scapegoats 30 April 2011
Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi said that he had spurned the BJP's offer for a tie-up with his party in the initial days, following which the BJP planned to rope in Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to join hands with it. Speaking...
Keywords: congress, chiranjeevi, jagan, jagan
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Is Lokpal bill consistent with the Constitution, experts feel otherwise 23 December 2011
The Lokpal was visualized as the watchdog institution on ministerial probity. Broadly the provisions of different bills empowered the Lokpal to investigate corruption cases against political persons at the Central level. But with the CBI out of the gambit the...
Keywords: Minorities issue, Lokpal, Minorities issue, Constitution
Read More Unemployment woes plague US 29 July 2013
As American dream continues to elude the countrymen and economic gloom sets in, an astonishing ratio of four out of five U.S adults are finding themselves at the helm of poverty and unemployment. According to the survey findings, the abysmal...
Keywords: US unemployment, racial and ethnic minorities, unemployment, poverty
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'One Nation One Card' under scanner 16 October 2012
Looks like the AP State Minorities Finance Corporation (APSMFC) scam is sucking in the novel 'One Nation One' card launched by the Dada of Cricket Sourav Ganguly. As per reports Ch VK Sai Kumar, the prime accused in the Rs...
Keywords: APSMFC, One Nation One Card, One Nation One Card, APSMFC Scam
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Pakistani Hindus protest temple destruction in Karachi 03 December 2012
The minority Hindus in Pakistan strongly protested the destruction of a temple in the southern part of Karachi City by a builder. They have also complained against the increasing harassment and discrimination and overall persecution in Islam-dominated Pakistan in recent...
Keywords: minority persecution in pakistan, hindu temple destruction in pakistan, karachi temple destroyed, minority persecution in pakistan
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Shahi Imam blackmails Samajwadi party with vote bank politics 19 May 2015
Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Maulana Ahmad Bukhari started blackmailing the Samajwadi party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav that it may have to taste defeat in 2017 polls if it do not deliver, accusing SP of failing to fulfill the...
Keywords: Muslims, Hindus, Samajwadi party, Minorities
Read More Will stop Modi for becoming PM: Mayawati 21 February 2014
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati fired on Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and vowed that she would prevent him from become the PM of the nation. Mayawati called Modi a liar and cautioned minorities. Talking to...
Keywords: Narendra Modi, Third Front, Parliament, Minorities in UP.
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Why to convert 23 March 2015
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the central government is committed to instill a sense of security among religious minorities and added that “religious conversion” is unnecessary and that strong “anti-conversion” measures are required in the country. “There is...
Keywords: conversion, state minorities commission, Home minister, Home minister
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No train to Pakistan for minority Hindus 09 April 2013
The rising trend of global religious intolerance has engulfed minority Pakistani Hindus, forcing them to flee the country and seek refuse in India. The rise in Islamic terrorism and the agenda of worldwide jihad are the factors for the Hindus...
Keywords: minorities in pakistan, religious intolerance, minorities in pakistan, global jihad
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State in political distress: Dattatreya 08 July 2012
BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya speculated that there is a political instability prevailing in the state. The senior leader remarked that the state is going through a political distress and the crisis is mounting on a day-to-day basis. He also added...
Keywords: bc, ysrcp, minorities, sc
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