Madrasas
- India
Madrasa survey only to allow holistic welfare policy: UP Minister
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Minority Affairs, Danish Azad Ansari said that the government’s objective for conducting a survey of unrecognized madrasas is to facilitate in the development of a holistic…
- India
Darul Uloom Deoband not recognised by UP Madarsa Board: Survey
Saharanpur: Prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband and other 305 madrasas in Saharanpur district are not recognised by the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board, according to a government survey. Madrasas that are…
- India
UP revises timings of all madrasas
Lucknow: Iftekhar Ahmed Javed, chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board, has issued directives to all madrasas affiliated to the state government to ensure six-hour education for students so that hey…
- India
Govt can conduct survey of madrasas: Maulana Arshad Madani
Saharanpur: Maulana Arshad Madani, veteran Muslim scholar and principal of Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband, has said that it was well within the rights of the government to undertake a survey…
- Politics
BJP’s Giriraj Singh demands survey of mosques, madrasas in Bihar
Patna: Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister, Giriraj Singh has demanded a survey of madrasas and mosques in Bihar similar to that in Uttar Pradesh. “We demanded from the…
- India
AIUDF urges Assam CM to stop ‘bulldozing’ madrasas
Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) supremo and Lok Sabha member Badruddin Ajmal on Thursday urged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to stop bulldozing madrasas. Ajmal’s request to the Chief Minister…
- Bangalore
Karnataka not to take over madrasas, will retain lesson on Tipu Sultan
Bengaluru: Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh has clarified that there is no proposal before the government to take over Madrasas, where minority Muslim students study. “We have not discussed anything with Chief…
- Bangalore
Hijab row: CM’s political secretary to request CM to ‘ban’ madrasas in state
Davanagere: Days after Karnataka Chief Minister’s political secretary MP Renukacharya was accused of obtaining a fake SC certificate to reap government benefits, he slammed the Congress party for giving a call for…
- India
Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt on a PIL challenging provision of RTE Act
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Centre and Delhi Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the provision of the Right to Education Act (RTE) 2009…
- India
Gauhati HC upholds Assam’s conversion of madrasas into general schools
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Friday upheld the Assam act, enacted last year, to repeal the Madrassa Education Provincialisation Act. All government-run madrassas in Assam were abolished and over 620 such…
