Tag: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Naqvi, a senior BJP leader, is also the deputy leader of the Rajya Sabha. Singh is a minister in the Modi Cabinet from JD(U) quota.

Naqvi finally emerged as the top choice for the Lt Governor's post in J&K after the growing concern in New Delhi over the recent targeted killings.

The Hijab row started when six students were allegedly denied entry to the Pre-University Girls' College in coastal district headquarters town of Udupi in Karnataka in December last year for wearing Hijab as it was against the prescribed uniform.

The country has adequate facilities and resources to tackle Corona challenges. Instead of panic, we should focus on precaution and prevention, he added.

Indian government announced the 2022 schedules for the most important pilgrimage of Muslims, with a fully online process and a 'swadeshi' touch, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday

The Haj 2022 will be announced after consultations with different departments concerned in the upcoming Haj review meeting to be held in New Delhi on October 21, the statement said.

New Delhi: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday attacked the Congress for its “confused” stand on the Triple Talaq Bill and wanted to know why it was sad while the Muslim women were happy. “These days a number of reforms are being brought in. The Triple Talaq Bill is one of them,” the Minority […]

New Delhi: Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and veteran actor Rishi Kapoor here on Saturday inaugurated the “8th Jagran Film Festival”, which will travel to 16 cities across India and showcase over 400 films. The festival will feature a retrospective on Rishi’s acclaimed films including “Do Dooni Char”, “Chandni”, “Bobby”, “Kapoor […]

Lucknow: BJP leader and central minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Wednesday got bail after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for violating the model code of conduct in 2009. The chief judicial magistrate ordered the detention of the minister of state for minority affairs and parliamentary affairs but later released him on a […]

New Delhi: Union Minister for Minority Affairs has said that the Central Government is very serious to provide quality education to the boys and girls belonging to Minority Communities. After dedicating a Computer Center for the students of Delhi United Christian Senior Secondary School, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of Minority Affairs said that the Government […]

New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said the term minority doesn’t denote only Muslims and that there are five other notified minorities: Jains, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis and Sikhs. Replying to a supplementary question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said the government in last five year had connected 308 minority districts […]

New Delhi: Hitting out at the Congress over its leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s Kashmir remarks in the Lok Sabha, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said “headless Congress” has now also become “brainless”. A controversy erupted after the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha questioned the legality behind introducing the bills on Jammu and […]

New Delhi: A Minority Affairs Ministry team will visit the Kashmir Valley for two days from Tuesday to identify the areas to implement centrally-sponsored development projects after provisions of Article 370 was abrogated, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. He also asserted that those opposing the government’s withdrawal of J&K’s special status, acting as […]

Prayagraj: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that no one in the world needs to bother about Kashmir as India is working for its development. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that India will not bother anyone over Kashmir. The government is working for the development of the state and its […]

Allahabad: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said here that his ministry has been working on war-footing to set up hunar hubs across the country to train indigenous talent of master artisans, craftsmen in the next five years as per the market needs. On the occasion of formal inauguration of a Hunar […]