minorities
- Telangana
Telangana Congress keen on drawing minorities for Bharat Jodo Yatra
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) minorities department chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail on Thursday said the party would ensure greater participation of minorities in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Bharat Jodo Yatra led…
- India
SC to examine if educational institutions run by minorities can give them special status
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether an educational institution administered by members of a minority community would result in it being conferred the status of a minority institution.…
- India
No danger to minorities: RSS chief; says concept of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ being taken seriously
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said scare-mongering was being done by some that there was a danger to minorities, but asserted that this is neither the nature…
- India
Minority Affairs Ministry to be scrapped? Centre clarifies
New Delhi: The government on Monday clarified that there is no proposal under consideration to scrap the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The clarification came in response to a media report that claimed that the Centre…
- 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…
