Persecution
(Search results - 35)IndiaDec 21, 2019, 5:22 PM IST
CAA support: Protests driven through deliberate obfuscation and fear-mongering, thousand academicians release statement
Even with violent protests against CAA going on across the country, over 1,000 academicians, intellectuals and research scholars have come out in support of CAA and issued a statement supporting the Citizenship Act. The statement congratulated the Parliament for "standing up for forgotten minorities and upholding the civilization ethos of India" and "providing a refuge for those fleeing religious persecution".
IndiaDec 19, 2019, 5:26 PM IST
CAA protests: Vandals, arsonists have field day while decent Hindu group begged to differ
Vandals, arsonists are having a field day in the garb of anti-CAA protests. But a Hindu coterie at Raj Ghat held a thanksgiving session to Union home minister Amit Shah for granting them citizenship
IndiaDec 19, 2019, 3:58 PM IST
Manmohan Singh once supported the Citizenship Amendment Act; BJP posts former PM's speech on Twitter
Taking to Twitter, the BJP posted a video and said that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked for a liberal approach to grant citizenship to minorities, who are facing persecution, in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh and Pakistan
IndiaDec 19, 2019, 3:24 PM IST
Gangaram, a persecuted Hindu from Pak feels elated at the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act
Gangaram is a Pakistan minority Hindu who has fled the country to join his motherland India. He says the enactment of the CAA will give a chance to persecuted Hindus to escape from unbearable affronts
IndiaDec 19, 2019, 2:33 PM IST
CAA: Persecuted minority Hindu Sonadas is happy that he is back in India
In an exclusive chat with MyNation, Sonadas, a persecuted Hindu from Pakistan says that he is happy to be in India after having escaped from the clutches of extremist Muslims
IndiaDec 18, 2019, 2:50 PM IST
When Jogendra Nath Mandal, a Pak Hindu minister rushed to India alleging anti-Hindu bias
Jogendra Nath Mandal was the first Hindu law and labour minister of Pakistan. But he resigned from his post after partition and returned to India, allegedly anti-Hindu bias in that country
IndiaDec 12, 2019, 7:10 PM IST
Muslim President, Vice President, Election Commissioner: Demolishing Congress’s claim of Muslims living in fear
Union home minister Amit Shah, in his reply in the Rajya Sabha during the tabling of the CAB pointed out to the Congress that Indian Muslims had ascended to top positions in the country and there was no way they were being targeted with the CAB
IndiaDec 12, 2019, 1:01 PM IST
#CitizenshipAmendmentBill: Revisiting Shah Bano case to expose Congress’s hypocrisy on religious persecution
A relook into the Shah Bano case in which the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government overturned a SC verdict in the 1980s emphatically proves that Congress is guilty of the very charge of appeasement and religious persecution it is making against the Narendra Modi-led government
IndiaDec 11, 2019, 1:57 PM IST
#CitizenshipAmendmentBill: High time journalists like Shekhar Gupta got their facts right
Shekhar Gupta, a prominent journalist has said that the BJP has not been voted to power to implement the CAB. On the flip side, even a cursory glance at the BJP’s manifesto 2019 would suggest that the BJP was contesting the elections on this issue as well.
ViewsDec 11, 2019, 12:46 PM IST
Religious persecution a salient feature: Why Pakistan should mind its business on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
Once again, Pakistan has sought to interfere in India’s internal matter by criticising the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it is the violation of the Nehru-Liaquat pact by Pakistan that has led to the need of the CAB
EntertainmentDec 11, 2019, 11:43 AM IST
Singer Adnan Sami supports Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, says it’s for religions that are persecuted in ‘theocratic states’
Adnan Sami welcomed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said that it is for protection of people from persecution in theocratic states.
PoliticsDec 10, 2019, 6:58 PM IST
Citizenship Bill Not Against Minority, but Against Illegal Immigrants; Here's All You Need To Know About
Lok Sabha on 10th December passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019. The Bill seeks to grant Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have migrated to India after facing persecution on grounds of religion in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, if they fulfill conditions for grant of citizenship. Introducing the Bill, Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah said that while no where does this bill target India's minority community, but illegal immigrants would not be allowed to stay in the country at any cost.
IndiaDec 10, 2019, 2:37 PM IST
Political throwback: When Manmohan Singh had batted in favour of Citizenship Amendment Bill
Way back in 2003, the then leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Manmohan Singh, had batted for the cause of CAB.
IndiaDec 9, 2019, 10:53 AM IST
Amit Shah to introduce Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha today
Indian citizenship will be provided to the members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities facing religious persecution, putting an end to them being treated as illegal immigrants in the country through this Bill
IndiaAug 4, 2019, 12:42 PM IST
#PersecutionOfHindus: Does secularism mean bashing the majority?
Gopal, a 35-year-old gau rakshak from Haryana was shot dead by cow mafia in Haryana a few days ago. But it is being alleged that his death is being hushed up because he is a Hindu. #PersecutionOfHindus is the hot debate of the moment.