Minority
- India
Kerala govt cuts minority scholarships by 50 per cent, cites financial crisis
The Kerala government has reduced minority scholarships by 50 per cent, citing financial constraints. The reduction of minority scholarships impacts educational opportunities for disadvantaged students particularly from below-poverty-line (BPL) minority families, drawing…
- India
Foreign delegation urges India to act against minority oppression in Bangladesh
New Delhi: A delegation of Hindus and other religious minorities from the United States, Canada, and Europe held a discussion on the current situation of minorities in Bangladesh at the Foreign Correspondents’…
- India
India raises concerns over minority safety in Bangladesh amid tensions
Dhaka: India on Monday flagged “regrettable incidents” of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, which Dhaka called “misleading and false information” and said no country should interfere in its internal affairs as their…
- India
Bangladesh accuses India of ‘double standards’ on minority rights
Bangladesh on Friday, November 29 claimed that India is hypocritical when it comes to the safety of the minorities especially with tensions soaring high after Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das’ arrest on…
- Telangana
Telangana approved over Rs 294 cr for ‘minority welfare’ in Q3
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has approved a budget of Rs. 294.61 crore for the Department of Minority Welfare in the third quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year. Special Secretary for Minority Welfare…
- Pakistan
Pakistani minorities flee Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over security, says Hindu activist
Peshawar: Many families of minorities in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have migrated to other parts of the country or abroad due to the worsening security situation, according to a religious scholar…
- Pakistan
Pak police destroy tombstones of 17 graves belonging to persecuted Ahmadi community
Lahore: Police in Pakistan under pressure from a radical Islamist party allegedly destroyed the tombstones of 17 graves of the minority Ahmadi community in the Punjab province on Saturday, the second such…
- News
Minority groups should be made to feel they have equal stake in democracy: US
Mumbai: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said efforts should be made to ensure that every section of society including ethnic or religious minorities feels that it has an equal…
- Hyderabad
Congress minority leaders clash at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two groups of Congress party’s minority leaders clashed at Gandhi Bhavan on Monday afternoon. The incident took place during a meeting called by the Congress to discuss the poll campaign. The…
- India
Muslim cleric accuses SP of selling minority votes, calls for boycott
Bareilly: Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, National President of the All India Muslim Jamaat, has alleged that SP was “selling minority votes”. He called upon the community to “boycott” SP chief Akhilesh Yadav…
- Top Stories
Muslims, Christians left out from Centre’s minority cultural studies projects
The Union ministrty of minority affairs recently approved multiple projects for minority religious and cultural studies at various Universities across India. These include establishment of centres for Gurumukhi, Buddhist, Jain Manuscriptology, and…
- News
CM Stalin grants lifetime recognition to minority schools in TN
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Saturday, February 17, announced that the minority educational institutions in the state will receive lifetime recognition from the government, fulfilling a longstanding request from these…
- Telangana
Telangana Congress’ minority cell chairman post still vacant
Hyderabad: Four months after its Minority Cell chairman Abdullah Sohail quit and the joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), the Congress has still not found a replacement. The empty position has left…
- Telangana
LS polls: Telangana Congress incharge discusses strategy with minority leaders
Hyderabad: Headed by Telangana Congress in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi, meetings were held on Tuesday, January 16, with the party’s minority leaders from three Parliament constituencies where strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls…
- India
Non-minority officials in AMU admin will not dilute its minority character: SC
New Delhi: The mere fact that some part of administration of an educational institution is also looked after by non-minority officials does not “dilute” its minority character, the Supreme Court observed on…
