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Higher edu students of madrassas face uncertain future after SC order
Lucknow: After the Supreme Court declared higher education degrees awarded by the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Board unconstitutional, there is a demand to accommodate the about 25,000 students who are currently pursing these…
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Child rights body urges state to stop Madrassa funding over RTE violations
New Delhi: The apex child rights body has raised serious concerns about the state of functioning in madrassas and called for stopping state funding to them unless they comply with the Right…
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Ajmal to move SC against closure of govt madrassas in Assam
Guwahati: AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal has said he will move the Supreme Court against the Assam government’s decision to close the state-run madrassas. The sitting Dhubri MP expressed hope that the apex…
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NCPCR summons 11 chief secys over data on Non-Muslim children in Madrassas
New Delhi: Apex child rights body NCPCR has summoned the chief secretaries of 11 states and Union territories over “lack of action” in identifying Hindu and other non-Muslim children enrolled in madrassas,…
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Despite HC strictures, Himanta makes bulldozers a part of Assam’s landscape
Guwahati: Assam was not habituated to seeing bulldozing of houses, large-scale evictions, and razing multi-storey buildings to the ground within hours. However, for the last two years, the scenario has changed dramatically…
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Madrassas running properly in state: Assam DGP
Guwahati: Assam’s Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahant on Tuesday said discussions were underway for bringing reforms to madrasas in the state. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Monday,…
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‘Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua’ prayer by students gets UP Principal suspended
Bareilly: The principal of a government school in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district has been suspended by the state’s Education department after right-wing groups reportedly complained to the police about a prayer song…
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UP: Principal, teacher booked for reciting ‘madrassa-type prayer’
Bareilly: Police have booked the principal and a teacher after the local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) alleged that “madrassa-type prayers” were being recited in a government school here. The incident…
- India
Madrassas teaching objectionable content will be scrutinised: MP home min
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Sunday said that alleged objectionable content being taught in some madrassas in the state will be scrutinised. The issue of objectionable content being taught…
- India
Conduct inquiry on madrasas admitting non-Muslim students: NCPCR
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories and directed them to conduct a detailed inquiry of…
- India
Uttarakhand Waqf Board to modernise madrassas, implement dress code, NCERT books
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government is planning to rejuvenate the madrassas and various steps are being taken for their modernisation in the state, Waqf Board Chairman Shadab Shams said on Thursday. Shams said…
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Gujarat polls: BJP promises Madrassa survey, scrutiny into Waqf board asssets in manifesto
Gandhinagar: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its manifesto for the Gujarat Assembly elections which promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and set up an ‘Anti-radicalisation Cell’…
- India
UP government to investigate income source of unrecognized Madrassas
Lucknow: After conducting a survey, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government decided to investigate the income sources of the unrecognized madrassas, situated in the border districts of Uttar Pradesh. In the survey conducted…
- India
Will UP govt bring unrecognised madrassas under grant list: Mayawati
Lucknow: Referring to a Uttar Pradesh government survey that reportedly found over 7,500 private madrassas to be ‘unrecognised’, BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday asked if the state will now include these in…
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Karnataka asks education dept to submit report on madrasas’ activities: Sources
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday directed the education department to submit a report on the activities of madrasas in the state, stirring a controversy. The education department has taken up the…
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