New Delhi: The government is learnt to have deleted the term 'minorities' from the Lokpal Bill with regard to the provision of having 50 per cent quota in the Lokpal bench and the Search Committee. Sources said the term was deleted after it was pointed out that there is no provision of reservation for minorities in the Constitution and such a provision in the Bill would create complications. Legal experts...
10:07 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Belgaum (Karnataka): In a dark room in Belgaum district, they sit together looking comfortable. They are in an office and are not even distantly related. But, as is often true of sexual minorities, the homosexuals and transgenders assembled here are as closely knit as biological families. Their biggest complaint is non-acceptance from society, and their strength is Sweekar, a community-based organisation that works to support the sexual minorities and spreads...
03:09 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy for writing an inflammatory article in a newspaper. The Crime Branch registered a case under Section 153A (spreading enmity between communities) of Indian Penal Code for his newspaper article in July this year, a senior police official said. A senior lawyer R K Anand had filed a complaint against Swamy in this regard. The National...
06:46 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Islamabad: Members of Pakistan's minority communities affected by the devastating floods across Sindh province have complained that they are being denied aid by religious and charitable organisations engaged in relief operations. Members of the under-privileged scheduled castes are among those who say that organisations conducting relief efforts have been discriminating against them. Mohan Kolhi, a community chief living near Khoski town in Badin district, said a religious organisation set up...
02:05 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Bangalore: A circular issued by the zKarnataka government has asked teachers to set aside three hours a week for classes on the Bhagwad Gita, which hasn't gone down well with the 8,600 minority schools in the State. Education Minister Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri said that any protestors against the Gita classes should leave the country. "Only those who want to promote religious ideologies of foreign countries are protesting the Bhagwad Gita...
10:26 AM, Jul 20, 2011
The Government has proposed to empower the Minorities Commission with penal powers. ...
11:20 AM, Jun 21, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday defended the large size of her ministry saying it reflected representation of all districts. On being reminded that she had earlier spoken about a small ministry, Mamata told a press conference, "We had to give representations to all districts, the minorities and schedule castes and schedule tribes." She said that another six ministers would join. "Of them the Congress will give...
11:01 PM, May 20, 2011
Islamabad: In another setback for the liberals in Pakistan, the country's only Christian Cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti was gunned down on Wednesday. Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities, was killed outside his parents' home in Islamabad, allegedly by the Taliban. Like Salman Taseer, Shahbaz Bhatti had also campaigned for the reform of Pakistan's blasphemy law. "As Shahbaz Bhatti's car came here, a white Toyota Mehran came from the other side. Two...
08:31 PM, Mar 02, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Gunmen shot dead Pakistan's minorities minister on Wednesday for challenging a law that mandates the death penalty for insulting Islam, the second top official killed this year over the blasphemy law. The assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian in Pakistan's cabinet, is the latest sign of the deep political instability in the nuclear-armed US ally. Frequent militant attacks and chronic economic problems have raised fears for the country's...
03:35 PM, Mar 02, 2011
New Delhi: Come April 2011 and the British government will impose a higher cap on immigration for all non-EU nations including India. British Immigration Minister Damian Green conceded that increased immigration is causing racial tension in the United Kingdom - one of the many reasons for the UK administration to introduce a higher immigration cap from next year. Fewer skilled professionals from India will be able to live and work...
10:31 AM, Aug 26, 2010
Says there's a tendency among secular parties to think the minorities wouldn't favour the RSS or the BJP. ...
05:44 PM, Jun 03, 2010
CM says his govt will implement Mishra Commission's recommendations. ...
04:59 PM, Feb 08, 2010
The Gujarat CM is against funding of a scheme targeting religious minorities. ...
08:59 AM, Aug 08, 2009
Eight Christians killed in central Pakistan town over the weekend. ...
06:10 PM, Aug 04, 2009
BJP president says campaign against PM cost them minorties' votes. ...
08:34 AM, May 31, 2009
Meet Rose, the first transgender host of a prime time television show. ...
06:27 PM, Apr 21, 2009
Electoral officers will analyse risk weaker sections of society face during polls. ...
01:28 PM, Mar 19, 2009
A bill in this regard will be introduced in the next session of Parliament. ...
07:03 PM, Jan 20, 2009
Pranab Mukherji will ask SL to rescue innocent Tamil minorities. ...
03:25 AM, Dec 05, 2008
Lucknow's Naib Imam Rasheed says patriotic Muslims want a happy nation. ...
03:06 PM, Dec 01, 2008
