Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
20 May, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
'Vibrant Democracy': India trashes allegations on declining minority rights, media freedomIndia has strongly refuted claims of diminishing media freedom and minority rights. Officials state the nation is a thriving democracy ensu...
17 May, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Jains from Afghanistan, B'desh, Pak who entered India up to 2024 to be allowed to stay: MHAIndia's Home Ministry makes a significant announcement. Minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan can stay without travel docum...
03 Sep, 2025, 05.21 PM IST
UK report downplays minority persecution in BangladeshA UK Home Office report contradicts claims of widespread persecution of minorities in Bangladesh, asserting they are unlikely to face state...
21 Jun, 2025, 12.36 AM IST
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...
01 Dec, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
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...
18 Aug, 2020, 11.52 AM IST
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 ...
24 Feb, 2020, 07.24 AM IST
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...
18 Jan, 2020, 08.21 AM IST
Bangladesh Foreign Minister cancels India visit over situation following passage of CABBangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen has cancelled his three-day visit to India over prevailing situation following passage of the C...
12 Dec, 2019, 08.16 PM IST
India hits back at Imran Khan for criticising Citizens (Amendment) BillExternal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the persecution of the religious minorities in Pakistan flows from the country's ...
12 Dec, 2019, 07.53 PM IST
How various departments of the government responded to various queries on the Citizenship Amendment BillHere's what the Law ministry said on the exclusion of the term 'religious persecution' from the text of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Who...
12 Dec, 2019, 08.13 AM IST
Govt has no data on minorities who faced religious persecution: Ghulam Nabi Azad"Honourable home ministerji, you brought demonetisation, GST, (legislation on) tripple talaq, NRC, Article 370 (related law) and Citizenshi...
11 Dec, 2019, 07.59 PM IST
Pakistan institutionalised discrimination against minority groups: EU Parliament reportThe report, ‘Religious Minorities in Pakistan’, released in Brussels on Monday, was compiled by EU parliamentarians Alberto Cirio, Fulvio M...
14 May, 2019, 08.59 PM IST
Hindus facing persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh: ReportHindu women are especially vulnerable and face kidnappings and forced conversions in countries such as Bangladesh and Pakistan, said the re...
23 Jun, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
Some Pak Hindus, Sikhs on religious visa didn't return: GovtMinister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said the government in 2015 had issued stringent conditions for grant of group pilgrim visa...
08 Feb, 2017, 06.34 PM IST
Bangladesh's Hindus say they live in 'constant fear', want PM Narendra Modi to take it upRenowned theatre activist Piyush Bandopadhaya wants Modi to voice the concerns of the minorities especially the Hindus with his Bangladeshi...
06 Jun, 2015, 05.40 PM IST
BJP youth wing members arrested for trying to enter Bangladesh visa office26 members of Juba Janamorcha, the youth wing of BJP were arrested today while demonstrating before the Bangladesh Visa office.
08 Jan, 2014, 10.06 PM IST