By Namta Gupta New Delhi, April 30, 2020: Roma or the Romani community is one of Europe’s most disadvantaged communities. Standing somewhere at 10-12 million, the community is also one of the most marginalized and persecuted. And as Coronavirus knocks, the situation of the Roma community is turning worse with the European countries using the […]
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Pakistani Hindu persecution: India says raising issue at international forums
India is keeping an eye on Pakistani Hindu persecution as well as other minority rights violations. This was said by official spokesperson Raveesh Kumar during the weekly media briefing yesterday. Answering a question on the Pakistani Hindus the official spokesperson said that not only does Pakistan need to change its attitude towards the minorities but […]
Pakistani Hindus: We were forced to convert to Islam
Pakistani Hindus are taking a sigh of relief after migrating to India. Several of these Hindus are based in Rajasthan and are narrating their woes of forceful conversion to Islam that they faced in Pakistan. Several members of the refugee Hindu community who have been living in Rajasthan for more than half-a-decade spoke to the […]
Forcibly converted Hindu girls ‘legally’ handed over to Muslim ‘husbands’ (Video)
Hindu girls Reena and Raveena who were abducted from Hafiz Salman near Deharki to convert to Islam on the eve of Holi have had their conversion approved by the Islamabad High Court today. Anjuma James Paul, who was with the family, said that the family was demanding justice before the hearing at the court but […]
Why India needs to invest in the future of Pak Hindus?
Cases after cases are emerging where underage Pak Hindu girls have been picked up and converted to Islam by an organized conversion mafia operating in Sindh, while Christian girls are a major target of conversion in Punjab. Even as I write, reports have arrived that Mala Meghwar was kidnapped at the gunpoint from the village […]
EAM Sushma Swaraj set to visit Maldives
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, will be paying a visit to Male, Maldives from 17-18 March 2019 at the invitation of Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister of Maldives. She will be accompanied by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and other senior officials. During her visit, Sushma Swaraj will have bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Shahid, delegation level […]
France takes lead against terror, puts sanctions on Masood Azhar, freezes assets
French Foreign Minister Le Drian had a telephonic conversation yesterday with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Drian informed her of the action taken by France to sanction Masood Azhar, Chief of the UN proscribed terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed, which had claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terrorist attack on 14th February, 2019. France has sanctioned Masood Azhar at […]
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gambia on a visit to India
Mamadou Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation of Gambia and Gambians Abroad accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry is in India from 7-12 March, 2019. The visit is in the context of 10th Anniversary of establishment of the Gambian High Commission in New Delhi and the 54th Independence Day celebration of the Republic […]
No OIC member offered to mediate on Kashmir, J&K integral part of India
India has refused to give much heed to the concerns of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) and its statements on Kashmir. In response to a query regarding India’s participation at the OIC in Abu Dhabi and resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir, the Official Spokesperson said, “External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj attended the 46th CFM […]