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UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Necessary to prevent statelessness when nationality laws are changed: UN chief

8:27 pm February 19, 2020

Islamabad: Amid concerns over India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), UN chief Antonio Guterres has said it is necessary to do everything to prevent “statelessness” when when a nationality law is changed. Guterres, who was on a three-day visit to Pakistan, when asked whether he was concerned about new […]

US expresses concern over religious freedom in India

2:27 pm February 6, 2020

Washington: The US has expressed concern over the current situation of religious freedom in India and raised the issue with Indian officials, a senior State Department official has said. The remarks came in the wake of widespread protests held across India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The senior State Department official, on condition of […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

CAA not against any community: Darekar

9:41 pm February 4, 2020

Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Praveen Darekar, on Tuesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not against any community. The BJP leader also said refugees migrated to India due to religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will benefit from this act. “This law is not going to take away […]

Seattle City Council passes resolution against CAA, NRC

2:00 pm February 4, 2020

Washington: The Seattle City Council, one of the most powerful city councils in the US, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning India’s recently-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). The new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, […]

Navy conducts coastal security exercise ‘Matla Abhiyaan’

10:44 pm February 2, 2020

Kolkata: The Indian Navy carried out a five-day coastal security exercise, ‘Matla Abhiyaan’, with personnel of two naval boats, holding interactions with all stakeholders along the riverine border with Bangladesh, a Defence official said. The exercise, named after Matla River, aimed to interact with coastal communities to spread awareness on coastal security and understand the […]