Washington: A panel in the United States has asked the government to continue its visa ban on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The same report has deemed Pakistan the world's worst violator of religious freedom.
The report demanded that Pakistan be designated a country of particular concern. The report has also cited Afghanistan as being very poor for dissenting Sunni Muslims, Shias, Sikhs, Hindus and Christians.
It also says that Taliban deliberately targeted individuals and all activity deemed un-Islamic. The panel report asked the US to increase its diplomatic and military presence in Afghanistan to promote religious freedom.
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12:37 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Anglo-Dutch company Unilever Plc, along with Unilever NV will acquire about 487 million shares, or 22.52 per cent, of India's Hindustan Unilever in a deal valued at about $5.4 billion. The parent company will buy the shares for Rs 600 each, 20.6 per cent premium to the Monday's closing price, the manager to the offer HSBC Securities and Capital Markets informed the stock exchanges on Tuesday. ...
09:27 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Monday posted 14.65 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 787.20 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 686.61 crore in the same period of previous fiscal. Net sales of the company rose by 12.48 per cent to Rs 6,367.14 crore for the January-March, 2013 quarter, as against Rs...
02:57 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistani Hindu refugees, who have escaped the country fearing violence are hoping that India will provide them an asylum. They are hoping that their children will get a chance at a better life in India. Fifteen-year-old Ramkali's fate has dealt many cruel blows. A refugee from Pakistan, she fled Pakistan's Hyderabad to give her newborn daughter a chance at a better life. But last week, her daughter died...
09:57 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Raipur: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday branded Congress as "the biggest communal party" in the country and accused it of raking up issues of Hindus, Muslims and Christians for the sake of votes. "The biggest communal party in the country is Congress. The party has ruled for more than 50 years, it was its responsibility to enhance the mutual understanding and brotherhood among the people of different religions and...
12:26 AM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN highlighted the plight of 400 Pakistani Hindus seeking asylum in New Delhi, there may be some immediate relief in store it seems. Their visas have now been extended for a month by the Indian government. Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs have indicated to CNN-IBN that the fresh batch of Pakistani Hindus in India will not be deported even though their visas have...
07:09 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN highlighted the plight of 400 Pakistani Hindus seeking asylum in New Delhi, there may be some immediate relief in store it seems. The government seems to have finally stepped in to reassure them of being able to stay. Sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs have indicated to CNN-IBN that the fresh batch of Pakistani Hindus in India will not be deported even though...
03:49 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Rising extremism in Pakistan is forcing Hindu families to flee the country and seek refuge in India. Their visas have expired, but the refugees are too scared to return. The Ministry of External Affairs has given them an extension of one month, but the question is whether that is enough. ...
11:44 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Rising extremism in Pakistan is forcing Hindu families to flee the country and seek refuge in India. Their visas have expired, but the refugees are too scared to return. The Ministry of External Affairs has given them an extension of one month, but the question is whether that is enough. It's a visa deadline that 20-year-old Jamuna says could turn into a death sentence for her. "I will...
09:05 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Hyderabad: Pakistan is "a fake country", and one day will reunite with India along with Bangladesh, Press Council of India chairperson Justice (Retd) Markandey Katju said in Hyderabad on Sunday. He also said that whereas today an overwhelming majority of Hindus and Muslims were "communal", it was not so a century ago. "A fake country was created in the name of Pakistan. It is an artificially created entity by the...
12:51 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: India's plan to buy 126 fighter-jets from Dassault Aviation could be delayed as the two sides struggle to reach an agreement over the role of state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), two sources familiar with the matter said. India picked the Dassault-made Rafale jet for exclusive negotiations in January 2012 after a hotly contested bidding war with rival manufacturers, but it is still to finalise the Rs 1500 crore...
11:42 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Mumbai: Shares of sugar producers, including Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd, surged on Friday after the government took steps to remove curbs on domestic sugar supplies. India will no longer force mills to sell sugar to the government at a discount and will not limit the amount they can sell in the open market, Food Minister KV Thomas said on Thursday. Shree Renuka shares jumped 6.8 per cent as of 9:25...
12:08 PM, Apr 05, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh will attend the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) meeting that began in Jaipur on Friday. A resolution will be passed seeking protection of Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan after regular reports of temple demolitions and forced conversions. ...
09:24 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Hindu groups based in the UK have called on the government to enforce stricter disclosure norms after it emerged that many restaurants serving Indian food in Scotland were using the wrong kind of meat. In the wake of the Europe-wide horsemeat scandal that is still under investigation, it emerged that more than a third of Scottish curry restaurants could be using cheaper meat such as beef in dishes that claimed...
08:24 PM, Mar 10, 2013
A local political group today held a protest against Valentine's Day celebrations in Jammu and burnt scores of cards meant for the occasion. The Hindustan Shiv Sena (HSS) said the celebrations were against the "culture and ethos of the country" and alleged that it promoted vulgarity. ...
03:09 PM, Feb 14, 2013
BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday slammed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his Hindu terror remarks saying he made the statement in "haste" and asked him to place the facts before courts to let judiciary take a decision in this regard. ...
05:31 PM, Jan 24, 2013
A 31-year old woman, accused of shoving an Indian immigrant to his death in front of a subway train in December as she hated "Hindus and Muslims", has been found mentally fit to stand trial and was indicted on charges of murder as a hate crime by a US grand jury. Erika Menendez of Queens pushed Sunando Sen, 46, in front of an oncoming subway train on December 27, telling...
03:10 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested spiritual leader Swami Kamlananda Bharati for allegedly making a hate speech against Muslims. The police arrested him in Srisailam, about 250 km from here. He is being brought to Hyderabad, police said. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Shares in Oil & Natural Gas Corp rose as much as 3.6 per cent on January 10 as part of a rally across oil companies after the oil ministry moved a proposal to raise diesel prices to the federal cabinet. ...
11:26 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Expressing shock and sorrow at the death of an Indian man Sunando Sen last week, Indian Americans have asked the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to separately track hate crimes against various religious communities in the country. ...
12:27 PM, Dec 31, 2012
