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Suvendu Adhikari unveils UCC, anti-conversion roadmap for West BengalWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced plans for a stringent law against religious conversion and the implementation of the ...- Bengal asks districts to build ‘holding centres’ for illegal foreigners as anti-infiltration drive gathers paceWest Bengal is setting up holding centers for suspected illegal foreigners and foreign prisoners. This move institutionalizes the state's '...
- ‘They don’t eat lettuce’: Youtuber explores a misunderstood community protecting 7,000-year-old tradition in northern IraqA new documentary by Sonny Side introduces the Yazidi people, an ancient religious minority. The film explores their unique faith, traditio...
- From jhalmuri to ‘jhatka’: PM Modi targets TMC in BengalPrime Minister Narendra Modi stated his jhalmuri consumption in Jhargram gave Trinamool Congress a jolt. He promised sweets and jhalmuri di...
- Union minister Sukanta Majumdar says secularism, communism will survive if Hindus remain in majorityUnion Minister Sukanta Majumdar emphasizes the importance of Hindu majority for secularism. He credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the...
- CAA true act of democracy, says famous US Singer Mary Millben, thanks PM Modi for helping the 'persecuted'Renowned singer Mary Millben has praised PM Modi's leadership for implementing the Citizen Amendment Act, highlighting its inclusivity and ...
- CAA against Tamil race as it keeps out similarly placed Tamils: DMK in SCIn an affidavit filed in SC, DMK's organising secretary RS Bharathi has submitted that the Act is "arbitrary as it relates to only three co...
- Sikhs, Hindus 'endangered minorities' in Afghanistan, says resolution introduced in US CongressThe resolution supports resettling Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan in the US under the United States Refugee Admissions Programme pursuan...
- Like India, congressman seeks refugee status for Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan“While I'm pleased that India has offered them refuge, more needs to be done to ensure their safety in the long term. I will continue to ad...
- India to cite Lautenberg if US raises CAA, religionThe Lautenberg Amendment helps certain persecuted religious minorities in the erstwhile Soviet Union get US citizenship. The amendment was ...
- Indian-American suggests renaming of CAA to refugee actThe CAA should have been named as Neighbour Persecuted Religious Minority Refugee Act, Khanderao Kand said during a panel discussion on the...
- CAA has corollary in US’ Lautenberg AmendmentThis was spearheaded by US Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1989-90, hence came to be popularly known as the Lautenberg Amendment that gave refu...
- New Citizenship Act won't take away anyone's Indian nationality: Amit ShahAddressing an election rally here while campaigning for the BJP, Amit Shah also alleged that some political parties were spreading rumours ...
- View: India has a moral responsibility towards religious minoritiesIt is a well-documented fact by several international organisations, including the United Nations, that in the theocratic states of Pakista...
- Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Lok SabhaThe bill also exempts certain areas in the North-East from this provision. The Bill also makes amendments to provisions related to OCI card...
- Citizenship Amendment Bill purpose is to address Partition fallout: MadhavThe move to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955, is a humanitarian obligation that the country has to fulfil to address the Partition’s fallout...
- We are peace loving refugees, allow us to stay: Rohingyas to Supreme CourtThe two members representing the community, who moved SC to prevent deportation, pleaded that the government could screen the community for...
- Move to grant citizenship to Hindu refugees opposed in AssamStudent body All Assam Students’ union which spearheaded six years long anti-foreigners movement has made it clear that such move will not ...
- Assam cabinet to seek policy for granting asylum to persons who have fled countryPolitical analyst observed that this move is aimed at wooing the Hindu Bengali voters ahead of assembly polls of 2016.
- BJP champions Taslima Nasreen’s causeThe BJP said the Manmohan Singh government was playing footsie with Islamic fundamentalists without shame or regret.
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