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HINDUS EDUCATION LEVELS
SC expresses displeasure over six states, UTs for not giving comments to Centre on identification of minorities"We fail to appreciate why these states should not respond. We give last opportunity to the Central government to obtain their responses fa...
Faith in honesty, belief in corruptionReligiousness is defined in terms of attendance to places of worship and adherence to other religious beliefs and practices. These underlie...
Consultative meetings on identification of minorities held, 14 states furnished views: Centre tells SCThe Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court comments of remaining 19 states and Union territories have not been received and since the mat...
Identification of minorities: Supreme Court permits Centre six weeks to consult with stakeholdersThe Centre asked for extra time to consult with more stakeholders on the subject of identifying minorities, including Hindus, at the state ...
Complete talks on minority status for Hindus with states: SC to CentreThe PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay had sought minority status for Hindus in Sikh-majority Punjab, Muslim-majority JK and Christia...
Taking different stands does not help: SC to Centre on identification of minorities"What I am unable to understand is Union of India is not able to decide what to do. All this thought should have been given before. This cr...
SC grants four weeks to Centre to respond on PIL for identification of minoritiesThe ministry in the affidavit has told the top court that state governments can declare any religious or linguistic community, including Hi...
Swaminathan Aiyar's open letter tells Owaisi what to do to bring Muslims on par with others in education"Many critics say Muslims are backward because they rely on low-quality madrassa education, so the solution is madrassa reform. Sorry, but ...
Supreme Court notice to Centre on PIL to frame guidelines for identifying minorities at state levelThe PIL, filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, says it has also challenged the validity of Section 2(f) of the National ...
Kerala Muslims economically better and literate, population growth rate higher: ReportThe centre, evaluating India's minority policy and Muslim community's social and economic status, said the Muslim population in Kerala rose...
At nearly 43%, Muslims have highest percentage of illiterates: CensusAccording to the Census 2011 data, Jains have just 13.57 per cent illiterate - aged 7 years and above - among all the communities.
Number of underage brides fell from 44 pc to 30 pc in 10 years: CensusHowever, 91 per cent of all women were married by the time they reached 25 years of age in 2011, indicating that delay is not yet acceptabl...
Nitish Kumar to woo upper castes ahead of Bihar assembly pollsScholarships and other financial sops could soon be available for economically poor sections of upper caste communities in Bihar just ahead...
BJP trying to create two Indias for corporates and poor: Rahul GandhiHe said the country has witnessed maximum economic growth during the ten-year rule of the UPA and a total of 15 crore people were lifted fr...
- 'Illiterate' Muslims bearing more children: Tarun Gogoi
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday triggered a controversy by blaming low literacy level among the Muslims for their growing popula...
- Under Mayawati, Muslims fare worse than dalits in education
Mayawati may have demanded reservation for the Muslims in proportion to their population, but the community has little to cheer about durin...
- Left hums saffron tunes on Muslims
Muslims own marginally more land than Hindus in Rajasthan and Gujarat.