The Ministry of Minority Affairs, in an affidavit, said that it is submitted that the state governments can also declare a religious or linguistic community as a minority community within the said state.
Terming the matter "serious", Delhi Minorities Commission earlier issued a notice to city police chief Rakesh Asthana seeking an action-taken report on January 10. It said the interests of Muslim women need to be safeguarded by nabbing the culprits.
The Taliban have sought to project moderation and have pledged to restore security and forgive those who fought them in the 20 years since a U.S.-led invasion.
A protest was organised outside the Pakistan embassy on Wednesday against desecration of Hindu shrines in Pakistan and persecution of minorities.
Members of minority communities from Pakistan held a protest outside Pakistan Consulate in New York over atrocities committed against minorities in Pakistan on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
Speaking on CAA amid continuing protests taking place in the country, BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose said, "Our job is to explain to people that we are right and they are wrong. You cannot be abusive. Just because we have numbers today we cannot do terror politics. Let us go to people explaining benefits of CAA."
India on Saturday expressed its concern over the abduction of minor Hindu girls in Pakistan. A senior official of the Pak High Commission in New Delhi was summoned to lodge a strong protest and share serious concerns about the recent cases of abduction of minor girls belonging to the minority Hindu community of Pakistan.
A group of individuals and organizations, representing religious and ethnic minorities of Bangladesh described the amended Citizenship Act as humanitarian,adding that through the law, India has partially fulfilled its duty towards millions of non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who had to flee to the country in recent years but could not claim their rights.
The SC on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the Centre's 26-year-old notification declaring five communities -- Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis -- as minorities
All-weather friends, Pakistan and China, were slammed at a meeting of the United Nations for human rights violations and abuse of religious minorities. The United States, United Kingdom and Canada raised the issue of suppression of religious freedom by Pakistan and China.
Shia cleric and Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind General Secretary Maulana Kalbe Jawwad on Monday withdrew a call for the nationwide camps to help Muslims, Dalits and tribals fill up forms for arms licenses.
A video of the exchange, which went viral, shows Biswas telling Trump: "I am from Bangladesh. Here 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians disappeared. Please help us. We want to stay in our country. Still, there are 18 million minority people."
The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday decided to give 50 per cent of the nominated posts and 50 per cent of the contracts on nomination basis to the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes and minorities.
The Ministry of External Affairs rejected the findings of a report US state department's 2018 International Religious Freedom on Sunday and said 'India is proud of its secular credentials and is committed to tolerance and inclusion.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state media head Devendra Bhasin claimed that the move was in line with the party's "philosophy" of treating every religion equally.
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said the government has decided to offer 40 pc reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools and five higher education institutes it plans to set up for minority community students.
Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that "people try to use minority issues for political purposes," a day after outgoing Hamid Ansari said a sense of “unease” has gripped the Muslim community of the country.
Muslims are the "educationally most disadvantaged community" among the minorities, a panel formed by a government-funded agency has said.
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