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  Naqvi reviews minorities empowerment in Maharashtra

  Politics | February 18, 2015 21:29 IST

  Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today reviewed issues related to empowerment of minorities in Maharashtra at a meeting with the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here.  “My meeting with Fadnavis was

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  BJP will do well in West Bengal elections: Naqvi

  Politics | February 09, 2015 17:50 IST

  Kolkata: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said all those involved in the Saradha scam should be punished as public money was looted, even as he expressed confidence over BJP doing well in the coming

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  Efforts on to simplify minority schemes implementation: Naqvi

  Politics | February 08, 2015 19:39 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said efforts were on to simplifies the implementation process of various minority-related schemes announced by the previous UPA government.Naqvi also said that

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  Shah Rukh Khan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi receive 'gharwapsi' invitation

  India | February 07, 2015 18:56 IST

  New Delhi: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are among the few who received invitation for ‘ghar-wapsi' or ‘religious home-coming' by Hindu Mahasabha.Hindu Mahasabha has also invited another BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain,

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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacks AAP Congress claims BJP will win Delhi polls

  Politics | February 03, 2015 23:10 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today accused certain parties of playing communal and caste-based politics in Delhi assembly elections and said they will be given an “appropriate reply” by the electorate on February

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  Centre committed to development of minorities: Naqvi

  Politics | January 18, 2015 7:19 IST

  Mumbai: The Central government yesterday said that it was committed to overall socio-economic development of minorities and asked Maharashtra government to speed up implementation of schemes for them in the state and also utilisation of

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  BJP leader Naqvi held guilty for poll code violation, gets bail

  Politics | January 14, 2015 23:11 IST

  Lucknow/New Delhi:  BJP leader and union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Wednesday got bail after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for violating the model code of conduct during the 2009 elections.The chief

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  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi should resign: Manish Tewari

  Politics | January 14, 2015 19:50 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Manish Tewari today demanded that Union Minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi should step down after a court in Uttar Pradesh gave him a one-year jail term convicting him

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  Union Minister Naqvi gets 1-year jail term for breaching prohibitory orders during 2009 LS polls

  Politics | January 14, 2015 20:12 IST

  Rampur: Union minister of state for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and 18 others  were today convicted by a Rampur court for breaching prohibitory orders during 2009 Lok Sabha polls.The court pronounced a 1-year jail

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  Elements from both sides raking up 'ghar wapsi' issue: Naqvi

  Politics | January 10, 2015 8:06 IST

  Hyderabad: Trying to do a balancing act on the religious conversions, Union Minister of State for Minority Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said "some elements from both sides" were raking up

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  Modi has sought educational institutions in Muslim areas:Naqvi

  Politics | January 09, 2015 21:46 IST

  Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed officials to plan educational institutions in minorities, especially Muslim, populated areas and also to work out details for imparting technical education and skill development to them, said Union

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  Govts would together frame a legislation to stop forced conversions: Naqvi

  Politics | January 03, 2015 23:37 IST

  Kochi: Making it clear that there was no question of government supporting the controversial ‘ghar wapsi' programme, Union Minister of State for Minorities Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said state government and the Centre would

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  Modi government to reach out to minorities: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  Politics | December 31, 2014 19:44 IST

  New Delhi: The government won't allow anyone to derail its development agenda by creating chasm among different communities, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday.The government has told Naqvi to start

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  Ghar Wapsi: Bachchan, Naqvi to do the balancing act for Modi

  Politics | December 31, 2014 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government has roped in Bollywood Mega star Amitabh Bachchan for an ad film that stresses the need to rise above religion and caste for inclusive development of the country.The film is

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  Don't denigrate Parliament through words or deeds: Naqvi to MPs

  Politics | December 30, 2014 23:52 IST

  New Delhi: Underlining role of parliamentary democracy in protecting Constitutional rights, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today urged the MPs not to “denigrate” Parliament through their words or deeds.He stressed that democracy should not be

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  Naqvi receives threats from underworld; security stepped up

  Politics | December 20, 2014 7:53 IST

  New Delhi: Home Ministry has stepped up the security of Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi following several threats he has received on phone from “underworld”.Sources close to Naqvi said he was warned of dire consequences

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  'Bhai' from Dubai asks Union minister M A Naqvi to quit BJP

  Politics | December 20, 2014 0:00 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding a threat call that asked him to leave BJP because he was a Muslim.The

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  Modi govt pushing bills that BJP opposed when in opposition: Congress

  Politics | December 13, 2014 22:19 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today took a dig at BJP for crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “able leadership” for pushing certain laws including the judicial reforms bill, saying the saffron outfit opposed the legislations when it

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  ISIS would never be able to make hold over India: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

  Politics | December 13, 2014 20:18 IST

  Lucknow: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that ISIS would never be able to make hold over India and will not succeed in their "evil design" on Indian soil.                "The propaganda they (ISIS) are

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  Rajya Sabha to discuss forced religious conversions on Dec 17

  Politics | December 12, 2014 16:13 IST

  New Delhi:  Rajya Sabha will on Wednesday discuss the issue of alleged forced conversions being carried out in Agra and other areas, the government said today. As Opposition members again raised the issue of forced conversions