Madrasas
- India
Assam govt converts 1281 Madrasas into general schools
Guwahati: The Assam government has renamed at least 1281 Madrasas across 31 districts in the state and turned them into general schools, officials said on Thursday. Taking to his X handle, state…
- Bangalore
Kannada, English among subjects to be taught in madrasas: Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said Kannada and English along with Maths and science will be taught for two years on an experimental basis in the registered madrasas for two…
- India
UP govt sets up SIT to probe foreign funding of madrasas
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), to look into the financial sources of madrasas in the state. So far, 80 madrasas have been identified…
- India
Postpone probe into madrasas: UP madrasa board to Yogi govt
Lucknow: Following the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to initiate a probe into the availability of basic facilities and competent teachers at state-funded madrasas, UP Madrasa Education Board Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed called for…
- India
Bihar teeming with illegal madrasas, mosques, says Union min, JDU hits back
Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday claimed that Bihar was teeming with “illegal” madrasas and mosques which posed a grave threat to the nation’s internal security. The BJP leader, who represents…
- Telangana
After UP and Assam, Telangana govt seeks details of madrasa students
Hyderabad: Following the suit of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, the Telangana government has sent notices to officials of religious seminaries across the state, demanding information about the students studying in madrasas. Amid…
- India
UP govt’s Madrasa order leads to backlash from Muslim community
Muzaffarnagar: Uttar Pradesh’s basic education department has issued notices to over a dozen madrasas in this district operating without proper registration and asked them to produce their documents. The notice added that…
- India
UP govt sets up SIT to probe funding of madrasas
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by an Additional Director General rank officer, to probe into the funds received from abroad by madrasas in…
- India
Uttarakhand madrasas to teach Sanskrit along with Arabic: Waqf board chief
Dehradun: Madrasas in Uttarakhand are enthusiastic about the state Waqf board’s programme to modernise their education system by combining scientific learning and Islamic studies, its chairman Shadab Shams said on Monday. “About…
- Bangalore
Compulsory Kannada in madrasas: Karnataka govt’s move hailed
Bengaluru: Kannada groups and activists have welcomed the Congress government’s decision to make the language compulsory in madrassas. Arun Javagal, state organisational secretary of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike and a software professional talking…
- India
Madhya Pradesh CM orders survey of illegal madrasas in the state
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered a review of illegal madrasas and other such institutions where ‘fanaticism’ is taught. In a virtual meeting to review law and order…
- India
MP govt orders review of illegal madrasas, institutions `teaching fanaticism’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday ordered a “review” of illegal madrasas and institutions in the state where “fanaticism” is taught. The chief minister tweeted about the decision…
- India
BJP to distribute PM’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ in Urdu among UP madrasas
Lucknow: With an eye on the 2024 general election, the BJP will distribute a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address ‘Mann ki Baat’ translated into Urdu among madrasas and…
- News
UP govt seeks source of funding of unrecognised madrasas near Indo-Nepal border
Gorakhpur: The Uttar Pradesh government has started an exercise to track sources of the money reaching around 1,500 unrecognized madrasas running along the Indo-Nepal border and collect information regarding the number of students…
- India
Gujarat: 6 Madarasa, 36 commercial establishments razed down
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Gujarat government demolished 36 commercial establishments and 6 madrasas on January 16 in Kutch. According to reports, the district administration claimed that the demolished structures were built illegally.…
