Islamabad, March 30 – Human rights activists and civil society organizations have strongly condemned the planned demolition and forced eviction of residents in Allama Iqbal Colony, a 25-year-old predominantly Christian working-class settlement in Islamabad. The community now faces an imminent...
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New Delhi, March 27 Madhya Pradesh BJP MP Sumer Singh Solanki on Friday demanded a strict central law against forced religious conversions, saying the issue has become a threat to national security and the cultural identity of tribal communities is being systematically eroded.Raising the...
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Gandhinagar, March 24 – Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday termed the passage of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill 2026 by the state Assembly as a "historic moment" for Gujarat and the country.The passage followed a debate lasting more than seven and a half hours, which ended...
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New Delhi, March 24 – Ahead of the commencement of hearings before a nine-judge Constitution Bench in the Sabarimala review matter, written submissions filed on behalf of the Travancore Devaswom Board have urged the Supreme Court to adopt a “community-centric and subjective” understanding of...
Sri Vijaya Puram, March 20 A delegation of tribal representatives from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands met with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi and raised concerns about the proposed Great Nicobar Infrastructure project.During the meeting on Thursday, the delegation expressed...
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Today, the BJP condemned the alleged misuse and exploitation of the constitutional rights of tribal communities in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, stating that these rights are protected under the Constitution. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, BJP MP Ravishankar Prasad alleged that the unrest in...
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CM Lalduhoma says The Mizo Marriage Amendment Bill is based on NGO Review; Urges an open-minded approach to inter-community marriagesChief Minister Pu Lalduhoma said that the recently passed The Mizo Marriage and Inheritance of Property (Amendment) Bill, 2026 is not solely a government...
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