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Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, the BJP leader said its leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are claiming that Modi will change the Constitution if he returns to power for the third term. Published Date - 16 April 2024, 06:25 PM File ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dismissed the allegations of discrimination against religious minorities in the country as "usual tropes" propagated by those “who don't bother to meet people outside their bubbles”. In an interview with US Newsweek magazine, Prime Minister Modi suggested that these claims of discrimination do not ...

The new rules released on March 11 that guide the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, reflect a legal culture that is patently unconstitutional, is riddled with inherent contradictions and violates India’s commitments to international human rights law.The act offers a fast track to Indian citizenship for members ...

Kishore Kohli (name changed), 39, an agricultural labourer in Pakistan’s south-eastern Sindh province, wants to migrate to India along with his family of eight members.Like them, at least 50 other Dalit families in Khipro village in Sanghar district bordering India, are making similar plans. Bigotry and bias against non-Muslims ...

The Indian government’s recent announcement of rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law has sparked protests in India, with many accusing it of polarizing the society ahead of general elections scheduled for next month. Under the Citizenship Amendment Act or, CAA, “persecuted” religious minorities from Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B ...

New Delhi, Aug 28: The Supreme Court on Monday prima facie agreed with the Centre’s submission on pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 that the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir is “subordinate” to the Indian Constitution, which is on a higher pedestal.A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice ...

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a petition alleging gender discrimination and reservation for male candidates in selection for the post of Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the Army.Asking the Centre to respond to the petition filed by two women JAG ...

Source link www.rferl.org In February 2020, Afghan citizen Ali Mahdi Hussein arrived in the southern Russian resort town of Mineralniye Vody, known for its health spas, at the invitation of a relative. During his stay, the militant Taliban continued its territorial advances against government forces at home. Before he ...

#Pakistan News Donald Trump's polarizing tenure as U.S. president also affected Turks, according to historian Işıl Acehan, whose academic work has focused on Muslim minorities in the U.S. and Turkish workers who migrated to the U.S. during the Ottoman era. Discrimination against Muslims in the U.S. rose during the ...