'Entity of concern': India lambasts US religious freedom body over demand to sanction RAW
Mar 26, 2025, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Wednesday slammed the US religious freedom body USCIRF and said it should be designated internationally as an "entity of concern" for its repeated "pattern of biased and politically motivated assessments" and "misrepresentation" of facts.
Sep 17, 2024, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India has raised strong objections to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments on Indian Muslims stating that the remarks are "unacceptable".
78-yr-old Christian man becomes first person from Goa to get Indian citizenship under CAA
Aug 29, 2024, at 10:43 pm
Panaji: A 78-year-old Christian from Pakistan, living in Goa since 2013, has become the first person in the state to be granted citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.
'I am not against minorities but won't divide the country based on religion': PM Modi
May 29, 2024, at 04:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence in securing a thumping majority for a third term, asserted his commitment to returning the money "looted" from Bengal and emphasised his stance against reservation based on religion.
A delightful experience, says PM Modi after meeting minority religious leaders
Feb 08, 2024, at 06:46 am
Indian PM Narendra Modi recently met religious leaders from the Indian Minorities Foundation in Parliament and said his experience was delightful.
Feb 04, 2024, at 10:29 pm
Conditions are changing in 90 districts of India because of the developmental plans in the minority-majority districts.
Pakistan: Organized Islamist groups targeting minorities
Aug 23, 2023, at 04:32 am
With organised Islamist groups pushing it, violence against religious minorities in Pakistan is increasingly moving beyond the local and spontaneous anger of the Muslims, media reports and probes by human rights bodies indicate.
Minorities empowered like never before in Jammu and Kashmir: Darakhshan
Mar 29, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman and member of Central Waqf Council and Chairperson Waqf Development Committee of the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, Darakhshan Andrabi Saturday said that the minorities in India had been empowered like never before.
Govt extends additional facilities to persons residing in India on Long-Term Visa (LTV)
Aug 21, 2016, at 01:05 am
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): The Central Government on Saturday announced it has extended certain facilities in last two years to persons from Minority community of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians staying on Long Term Visa (LTV) in India, such as affidavit in place of renunciation certificate, LTV for five years instead of two years, facilities for education and employment, among others