minorities
- India
Skill development among Muslims, SCs, STs is lower than other groups: Amitabh Kundu
New Delhi: An online/offline lecture on “Challenges faced by Minorities in the Current World Scenario, focusing on Indian Muslims” was organised by the Institute of Objective Studies on September 4. The event…
- India
Barelvi clerics condemn attacks on minorities in Pakistan
Bareilly: Ittehad-e-Millat Party chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan and Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, general secretary of Ulma-e-Islam, have expressed concern over the attacks on minorities in Pakistan. Referring to the recent incident…
- India
Minority votes a major attraction for secular’ parties in Gujarat elections
Ahmedabad: There is a scramble for minority votes in poll-bound Gujarat as the Muslim population of the state has more options for secular parties to vote for in the high-stakes 2022 Assembly…
- India
Can’t declare minorities in districts: HC on plea seeking minority status for Hindus
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday reiterated that religious and linguistic minority status has to be decided state-wise, and orally observed that it is difficult to entertain a prayer to identify…
- Telangana
KCR wearing fake mask of secularism, his govt targeting minorities: Telangana Congress
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) minorities department chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail on Friday informed that the Congress party would observe a ‘protest week’ in August to highlight the problems being faced…
- India
India, Pak and Bangladesh merger possible, says Haryana CM
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Monday that India’s partition was ‘painful,’ and said that Bangladesh and Pakistan can merge with India just like the unification of East Germany and…
- Chennai
TN: Eyeing minority vote in 2024, AIADMK cosying up to Congress
Chennai: The overwhelming victory of Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the general secretary of AIADMK in the July 11 general council of the party, decimating the opposition raised by senior leader O. Panneerselvam, has…
- India
TN Untouchability Eradication Front demands separate laws for honour killing
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) has called upon the state government to formulate separate laws for honour killings that are taking the lives of several people from the Dalit and…
- Telangana
KCR looks to set up study circles for SCs, BCs, STs, minorities in all districts
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao desires to have a permanent study circle for Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Scheduled Tribes and minorities in all the districts of the state, an official…
- World
Shehbaz approves task force for protection of minorities in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the formation of a task force to oversee the implementation of the rights of minorities after the National Assembly (NA) unanimously passed a resolution…
- Pakistan
Over 22 lakh Hindus in Pakistan, says national database report
Peshawar: Pakistan is home to 22,10,566 people from the minority Hindu community, comprising only 1.18 cent of the country’s total registered population of 18,68,90,601, according to a report by the Centre for…
- India
Govt penalised culprits for offensive tweets against minorities: Indian embassy in Kuwait
Kuwait City: India on Sunday told Kuwait that it had taken strong action against those who made controversial remarks on Twitter against the minorities. In response to a media query regarding the…
- India
Run by students, news portal Jamia Times responds to Islamophobia
With the aim of responding to the growing Islamophobia in the country, students of Jamia Milia Islamia University have taken it upon themselves to bring out the voice of the downtrodden and…
- World
UK: Digital trucks used to highlight Hindutva aggression on Indian minorities
At a time when minorities in India are under serious threat from the right-wing extremists, digital trucks across the United Kingdom (UK) displayed messages creating awareness of a predicted genocide of minorities…
- Hyderabad
Caste Census essential for secularism, says Majeedullah Farhat
Hyderabad: Majeedullah Khan Farhat, the head of Majlis Bachao Tahreek, stated that a caste census is essential for India because, without it, anyone from a minority may not become a chief minister…
