"We fail to appreciate why these states should not respond. We give last opportunity to the Central government to obtain their responses fa...

Religiousness is defined in terms of attendance to places of worship and adherence to other religious beliefs and practices. These underlie...

The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court comments of remaining 19 states and Union territories have not been received and since the mat...

The Centre asked for extra time to consult with more stakeholders on the subject of identifying minorities, including Hindus, at the state ...

The PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay had sought minority status for Hindus in Sikh-majority Punjab, Muslim-majority JK and Christia...

"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...

The ministry in the affidavit has told the top court that state governments can declare any religious or linguistic community, including Hi...

"Many critics say Muslims are backward because they rely on low-quality madrassa education, so the solution is madrassa reform. Sorry, but ...

The PIL, filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, says it has also challenged the validity of Section 2(f) of the National ...

The centre, evaluating India's minority policy and Muslim community's social and economic status, said the Muslim population in Kerala rose...

According to the Census 2011 data, Jains have just 13.57 per cent illiterate - aged 7 years and above - among all the communities.

However, 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...

Scholarships and other financial sops could soon be available for economically poor sections of upper caste communities in Bihar just ahead...

He 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...

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday triggered a controversy by blaming low literacy level among the Muslims for their growing popula...

Mayawati may have demanded reservation for the Muslims in proportion to their population, but the community has little to cheer about durin...

Muslims own marginally more land than Hindus in Rajasthan and Gujarat.