Union home minister Amit Shah in Palamu NEW DELHI: As long as the Bharatiya Janata Party is in India, the religion-based minorities will not get a reservation, Union home minister Amit Shah warned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday after the oldest party promised to give reservations to Muslims. Addressing a rally in Jharkhand‘s Palamu,…
Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Dhaka on Saturday, demanding protection for Hindus and other minorities who have experienced violence and threats following Sheikh Hasina‘s removal from power in August.Rally organizers called on the interim government to establish legislation protecting minorities and ensure minimum minority representation in governance, along with additional requests.“It’s deeply regrettable that the…
Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended Diwali greetings and pledged to safeguard the interests of Hindu Americans, vowing to shield them from what he described as the “anti-religion agenda of the radical left.” Trump highlighted his commitment to protecting their freedoms and enhancing relations with India, a nation he said was a vital…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday reacted strongly to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei‘s remark on the situation of minorities in the country. In a controversial tweet, he named India among the places Muslims are “suffering” and called for solidarity among the community around the world. Indian government termed his remark “misinformed” and said the countries…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday flayed the idea of “bulldozer action” as a means to justice and called it an act of “barbarism” that requires immediate attention. The grand old party also flagged, what it called the “repeated targeting of minorities” with the use of state machinery in BJP ruled states.The opposition charge comes…
WASHINGTON: A scorching takedown of Donald Trump by power couple Michelle and Barack Obama lit up the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday as party nominee Kamala Harris continued to ride on a wave of glowing endorsements, including from a growing number of Republicans. In one of the most incandescent moments ever for minorities at a…
Nimay Haldar (name changed), who came to India on a student visa and graduated in engineering from a college in Maharashtra, currently works in Dhaka, while his aged parents live in Chittagong, 250 km away. Last week, they received multiple threat calls to cough up protection money running into several lakhs or quit Bangladesh.“My parents…
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the ‘creamy layer’ judgement of the Supreme Court, Akhilesh Yadav targeted BJP saying that it has always been “against reservation“.Without directly quoting the apex court’s decision that allowed the states to have sub-groups within 15% scheduled caste quota, the Samajwadi Party chief said in a…
ATTARI: Two extended Pakistani Hindu families entered India through the Attari border near Amritsar on Wednesday with all their belongings and travelled onward to Jodhpur and settle there, coinciding with the flight of minorities from Bangladesh in the face of a backlash accompanying the fall of the govt there.A Jodhpur resident identifying himself as Ashok…
NEW DELHI: A report by Economic Advisory Council to the PM has said that minorities are thriving in India, and not just protected, arguing that the share of the majority population has declined in the country between 1950 and 2015.A paper by Shamika Ravi, Abraham Jose and Apurv Kumar Mishra said the share of Hindus…
