No request for asylum has been received from the Hindus who have recently crossed over to India on pilgrimage visas, the government on Sunday said.

"As far as we know, the families have come on pilgr

With several hundred Pakistani Hindus arriving in India following alleged persecution, the government on Thursday said they will get long-term visas to stay in the country if they apply under stipulated rules.

India has been taken by surprise by the recent development of a large number of Pakistani Hindus declaring their wish to stay on its soil after crossing over and will look into the issue.

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Sitting hunched with his face cupped in his hands, 42-year-old Shobhamal dreads going back to Pakistan's Sindh province where he has earned the status of a pariah and ‘bore the brunt of being a non-Mu