Uttar Pradesh SIT recommends closing 8,448 madrasas as source of funding cannot be establishedAround 8,449 madrasas were found to be unrecognised in a survey conducted in the state in 2022, which had also triggered much political bac...
08 Mar, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
UP Madrasa board demands recognition for 8,449 seminariesLast year, the UP government conducted a survey of madrasas which had found 8,449 of them to be unrecognised. The survey report was submitt...
16 Nov, 2023, 11.21 PM IST
Create Indian madrasas on the lines of ancient Uzbek onesThe author reflects on his visit to Uzbekistan and highlights the rich history and educational significance of the ancient madrasas in Sama...
24 Oct, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
SIT to probe 4,000 UP madrasas receiving funds from abroadThe Uttar Pradesh government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to look into 4,000 madrasas, primarily located along the border ...
23 Oct, 2023, 08.05 PM IST
2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Mamata Banerjee announces initiatives for development of minority and tribal communitiesThe state government intends to recognize 700 unaided Madrasas and focus on expansion of tribal and Rajbonshi education systems.
31 Jul, 2023, 10.33 PM IST
Allahabad HC tells centre, UP to explain religious teaching at state expenseThe Allahabad High Court has asked the central and Uttar Pradesh governments to explain how religious education can be provided by institut...
01 Apr, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Supreme Court notice to Assam on SLP challenging Madrasa ActHC's division bench of chief justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and justice Soumitra Saikia had on February 4, 2020, said in its verdict that state-f...
02 Nov, 2022, 12.01 AM IST
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat meets head of All India Imam OrganisationBhagwat was accompanied by senior Sangh functionaries -- joint general secretary Krishna Gopal, Ram Lal and Indresh Kumar. While Lal was ea...
23 Sep, 2022, 01.51 AM IST
Private madrasa in Assam's Darogar Alga demolished by localsLast month, the Assam government razed three madrasas. However, it has officially maintained that these madrasas were demolished for being ...
07 Sep, 2022, 11.09 AM IST
Sashastra Seema Bal flags spurt in Mosques, Madrasas near UP's Nepal borderSSB was set up in 1963, following the Chinese aggression in 1962. "An increase of nearly 26% (mosques and madrasas) has been witnessed in t...
11 Jan, 2022, 11.54 PM IST
State funding of religious institutions: HC seeks reply of Uttar Pradesh govtThe bench asked the govt to bring in the record the syllabi/courses, conditions and standards of recognition including the requirement for ...
01 Sep, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
Muslim religious body to form a committee to draft a roadmap to modernise MadrasasAccording to Jamiat members, the decision was made considering the constant scrutiny that Madrasas face, and keeping in mind the “future em...
16 Sep, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh government moots new dress code for madarsa studentsStressing that it is only the BJP-led governments which have doing justice with the minorities, the minister said the other political parti...
03 Jul, 2018, 08.32 PM IST
Jamiat-Ulama-i-Odisha asks madrasas to cooperate with governmentJamiat-Ulama-i-Odisha asked madrasas in the state to cooperate with the administration in the wake of al-Qaeda suspect Abdur Rahman's arres...
24 Dec, 2015, 04.19 PM IST
Centre allays apprehensions, says madrasas 'reality of India'"I have assured the madrasas that the government favours education for all and I want to assure them that funds won't be a constraint," Uni...
03 Jul, 2015, 08.17 PM IST
Uttarkhand government to set up Rs 5 crore fund for development of madrasasThe government would also set up similar development funds to improve the conditions of other minority institutions of the state, Rawat tol...
15 Feb, 2015, 07.15 PM IST
Madrasa modernisation: Shiv Sena imposes terms for granting nodShiv Sena today sought imposition of certain conditions for these Islamic seminaries benefiting from the government funds.
11 Sep, 2013, 06.48 PM IST