Madrasa
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad madrasa teacher gets life term in POCSO case
Hyderabad: A fast-track special court in Ranga Reddy district on Tuesday, September 29, sentenced a madrasa teacher to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student, more than 18 months after the…
- India
‘BJP govt made ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in Madrasas,’ says CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, September 26, said his government has made singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in registered madrasas. Adhikari, while attending a programme at the National…
- Bangalore
Bhatkal tense after mosque damaged during Ganesh procession
Karwar: Tension was reported in Bhatkal of Uttara Kannada district after unidentified persons allegedly pelted stones at a mosque and an Arabic madrasa during a Ganesh idol immersion procession on the night…
- India
Bengal orders closure of 252 madrasas, serves notices to 100
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has ordered the closure of 252 madrasas and sent show-cause notices to about 100 others after a statewide survey found that several institutions lacked required approvals and…
- Hate Crime
Uttarakhand: 20 madrasas shut since abolishment of Madrasa Board
Dehradun: As many as 20 madrasas have been shut or sealed after being found “illegal” or failing to meet requirements since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Uttarakhand government abolished the state Madrasa…
- Hate Crime
Bengal to get 1,000 RSS schools for nationalistic learning: CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday, September 3, said that at least 1,000 schools run by Vidya Bharati, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) educational wing, will be set up…
- India
Uttarakhand: 26 minority institutes recognised, 5 madrasas shut
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami handed over recognition certificates to 26 minority educational institutions in the state on Wednesday, while five madrasas operating without recognition were sealed in Udham Singh Nagar…
- Hyderabad
HC protects Vikarabad mosque, madrasa from forest officials
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed Forest Department officials not to interfere with the peaceful possession, administration and management of a mosque, madrasa and old-age home at Ananthagiri Hills in Vikarabad district…
- Hate Crime
UP: Madrasa razed, management held after being declared illegal
Muzaffarnagar: A madrasa was demolished by a bulldozer in Phulat village of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday, August 23, after it was declared illegal by the district administration, a police official…
- India
UP madrasa student assaulted on train for refusing alcohol offer
Uttar Pradesh: A Muslim young man was allegedly assaulted by an inebriated group while travelling in a train from Meerut to Deoband. Muntazir, a madrasa student, was heading towards Darul Uloom Deoband,…
- News
Six bulldozers deployed to raze a 59-year-old madrasa in UP
Lucknow: A madrasa was demolished early Tuesday, August 18, in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district after allegations surfaced that it was built on government land. According to local media, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, along…
- Hyderabad
Madhavi Latha backs ‘madrasas are terrorist factories’ remark
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and social activist Madhavi Latha has called for teaching English and compulsory singing of “Vande Mataram” and “Jana Gana Mana” in madrasas. She told IANS…
- Hate Crime
Madrasa education develops terrorist-like mindset: UP Deputy CM Maurya
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya sparked controversy on Tuesday, August 4, when he claimed that individuals who receive education in madrasas “develop a terrorist-like mindset.” Speaking to reporters…
- Hate Crime
BMC begins school demolition after BJP claims ‘school jihad’
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya and his supporters, along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), had started demolishing a school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, after the politician claimed the school…
- Hate Crime
Jaisalmer: ‘Illegal’ mosques, madrasa razed near Indo-Pak border
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district administration has carried out an anti-encroachment drive in border areas adjoining the India-Pakistan international boundary and demolished six alleged illegal mosques and madrasa buildings constructed on government land,…
