Tag: Minorities

UNVEILING its “Shapatnama” instead of manifesto, the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of leading the country by his “whims and fancies, putting minorities under constant threat and using government machinery as a weapon to break democratic systems and suppress political opposition”. The manifesto lays ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Rajasthan's Banswara will be remembered as one of the most controversial addresses in India's electoral history. He is alleged to have referred to Muslims as "infiltrators" and "those who have more children", insinuating that the Congress is planning to distribute people's resources to ...

NEW DELHI: Women and children in Pakistan belonging to religious minority communities are vulnerable to forced religious conversion and marriage, sexual violence and trafficking, the UN experts said on Thursday.The statement further called upon the Pakistani authorities to treat women including those belonging to "Hindu and Christian" communities without ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI: After two consecutive terms in power, even the most popular governments start losing support but India stands out as an exception where popular support for the ruling government is increasing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Newsweek in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in ...

GENEVA, Mar 23: An event highlighting the worsening situation of minorities in South Asia, especially in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, was held at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here where activists criticised the policies pursued by the Pakistani Government.The side event held on Friday was organised ...

ISLAMABAD: Amit Kumar, a trader from Sanghar district in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, has his bags packed to move to India at the earliest opportunity. "I am seriously considering settling there. At least I won't get killed because of my faith," he said, claiming he now lives the life ...

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva hit back at Kejriwal, accusing him of hurting the sentiments of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, and Christian refugees living in the country. Published Date - 13 March 2024, 09:11 PM New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday charged that ...

The Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.“The Citizenship Amendment Act was the Congress government’s promise,” Shah said at the 2024 ET Now Global Business Summit. “When the country was divided and the minorities were persecuted in ...

Following the deaths of three civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch-Rajouri area on Friday, the National Commission for Minorities on Wednesday issued a notice to the Union Territory’s Chief Secretary, Atul Dulloo, seeking a detailed report on the matter by January 15, reported The Hindu. The dead civilians were ...