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Had Raised Cases Of Persecution Of Minorities With Pakistan: Centre
The government today said it had raised with Pakistan cases of persecution of minority groups in that country and urged it to take steps to protect and promote the security of minority communities and their places of religious worship.
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3 Kashmiri Pandits Among 14 Minorities Killed In Jammu & Kashmir In 2022: Centre
As many as 14 people belonging to minority communities, including three Kashmiri Pandits, have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year so far, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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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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Congress Seeks Answers From Centre On Kashmiri Pandits' Targeted Killings
The Congress today attacked the BJP over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir's Shopian district and demanded that the Modi government release a white paper on the plight of the minority community during its eight-year rule.
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No Data On Attacks On Individual Minority Communities: Centre In Rajya Sabha
Law and order is a state subject and specific data on attacks against any individual community is not maintained centrally, the government said today in response to questions by Rajya Sabha member Abdul Wahab on attack on minorities.
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Welfare Schemes For Minority Communities "Legally Valid": Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that welfare schemes for religious minority communities are "legally valid" which aims to reduce the inequalities and does not violate the rights of members of Hindus or other communities.
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'Nai Udaan' Scheme To Help Civil Services Aspirants From Minority Communities: Jitendra Singh
The 'Nai Udaan' scheme of the Centre will help youths from minority communities to prepare for the civil services examination, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.
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Providing Visas To Hindus, Sikhs In Afghanistan Who Want To Come: Centre
There has been a recent spurt of attacks on Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan by terrorists at the behest of their "external supporters" and India has been providing necessary visas to members of these communities who want to come, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Waqf Properties Will Be Geo-Tagged, Digitised: Minority Affairs Minister
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced that the properties belonging to All India Waqf Board will be geo-tagged and facilities like school, college, hospital, community centre, common centre and hostel will be constructed on them.
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On Minority Status For Lingayats, Centre's Reply To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told by the central government that the Lingayats were treated as Hindus since the first census in 1871 following which it disposed of pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant religious minority status to the sect.
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Ex-Top Court Judge Santosh Hegde Slams Karnanataka Government On Lingayat Religion Tag
Former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde today slammed the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend to the centre, grant of religious minority tag to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community, saying government has no business to recognise any community as a religion.
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Centre Seeks Report on Employment of Minorities
A head-count of people belonging to minority communities employed in central government departments during last one year has been started by the Centre as part of review of the Prime Minister's 15-point programme for their welfare.
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Anti-communal violence Bill caught in political battle ahead of Parliament's winter session
The Centre has made major changes in a controversial Bill to check communal violence, which had been opposed by several states and the opposition as an attempt to infringe on the Constitutional rights of a state. But the redrafted Bill has failed to end the political divide ahead of the winter session of Parliament, with the BJP today accusing the ...
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Anti-communal violence law back on Centre's agenda, BJP cries 'appeasement politics'
A proposed law against communal violence, which has been in limbo for nearly 10 years due to lack of political support, has come back into focus after the Muzaffarnagar riots in which 50 people were killed and nearly 40,000 displaced. Sources say the Bill may be taken up in the next session of Parliament.
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Had Raised Cases Of Persecution Of Minorities With Pakistan: Centre
The government today said it had raised with Pakistan cases of persecution of minority groups in that country and urged it to take steps to protect and promote the security of minority communities and their places of religious worship.
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3 Kashmiri Pandits Among 14 Minorities Killed In Jammu & Kashmir In 2022: Centre
As many as 14 people belonging to minority communities, including three Kashmiri Pandits, have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year so far, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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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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Congress Seeks Answers From Centre On Kashmiri Pandits' Targeted Killings
The Congress today attacked the BJP over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir's Shopian district and demanded that the Modi government release a white paper on the plight of the minority community during its eight-year rule.
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No Data On Attacks On Individual Minority Communities: Centre In Rajya Sabha
Law and order is a state subject and specific data on attacks against any individual community is not maintained centrally, the government said today in response to questions by Rajya Sabha member Abdul Wahab on attack on minorities.
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Welfare Schemes For Minority Communities "Legally Valid": Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that welfare schemes for religious minority communities are "legally valid" which aims to reduce the inequalities and does not violate the rights of members of Hindus or other communities.
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'Nai Udaan' Scheme To Help Civil Services Aspirants From Minority Communities: Jitendra Singh
The 'Nai Udaan' scheme of the Centre will help youths from minority communities to prepare for the civil services examination, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.
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Providing Visas To Hindus, Sikhs In Afghanistan Who Want To Come: Centre
There has been a recent spurt of attacks on Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan by terrorists at the behest of their "external supporters" and India has been providing necessary visas to members of these communities who want to come, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Waqf Properties Will Be Geo-Tagged, Digitised: Minority Affairs Minister
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced that the properties belonging to All India Waqf Board will be geo-tagged and facilities like school, college, hospital, community centre, common centre and hostel will be constructed on them.
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On Minority Status For Lingayats, Centre's Reply To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court was on Monday told by the central government that the Lingayats were treated as Hindus since the first census in 1871 following which it disposed of pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant religious minority status to the sect.
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Ex-Top Court Judge Santosh Hegde Slams Karnanataka Government On Lingayat Religion Tag
Former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde today slammed the Siddaramaiah government's decision to recommend to the centre, grant of religious minority tag to Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community, saying government has no business to recognise any community as a religion.
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Centre Seeks Report on Employment of Minorities
A head-count of people belonging to minority communities employed in central government departments during last one year has been started by the Centre as part of review of the Prime Minister's 15-point programme for their welfare.
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Anti-communal violence Bill caught in political battle ahead of Parliament's winter session
The Centre has made major changes in a controversial Bill to check communal violence, which had been opposed by several states and the opposition as an attempt to infringe on the Constitutional rights of a state. But the redrafted Bill has failed to end the political divide ahead of the winter session of Parliament, with the BJP today accusing the ...
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Anti-communal violence law back on Centre's agenda, BJP cries 'appeasement politics'
A proposed law against communal violence, which has been in limbo for nearly 10 years due to lack of political support, has come back into focus after the Muzaffarnagar riots in which 50 people were killed and nearly 40,000 displaced. Sources say the Bill may be taken up in the next session of Parliament.
