Iqbal Singh Lalpura appointed chairman of National Commission for Minorities: SourcesThe commission's vice chairperson is Atif Rasheed while five member posts are vacant, according to the National Commission for Minorities (...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.05 PM IST
Plea in Supreme Court seeks transfer of petitions challenging minority status of five communitiesThe petition, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, said in order to avoid multiplicity of litigations and conflicting views, the ple...
25 Oct, 2020, 02.25 PM IST
Plea in Delhi High Court claims Hindus are minorities in various states, but denied minority rightsA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the ministries of Home Affairs, Law and Justice and Minority...
28 Feb, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
No need to fear, Indian Muslims neither intruders nor refugees: NCM chairman on CAAHe also said it is expected from the Union government to ensure that Indian Muslims do not face any problem due to the National Register of...
15 Dec, 2019, 06.12 PM IST
Supreme Court directs NCM to decided on representation seeking definition of term 'minority'The plea said that Hindus are a minority in several north-eastern states and in Jammu and Kashmir.
11 Feb, 2019, 03.02 PM IST
NCM received 1,498 complaints in 2017-18, lowest since NDA came to power in CentreThe panel received 128, 93, 56 and 54 grievances in connection to matters relating to service, education, religious rights and Waqf, respec...
07 Apr, 2018, 02.20 PM IST
No plans to accord minority status to linguistic minorities: Government tells LSMinority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated this in a written reply.
03 Jan, 2018, 04.39 PM IST
Centre appoints 5 members to minorities panelAccording to sources in the Union Minority Affairs Ministry, social activist from Uttar Pradesh Gayarul Hasan will be the chairperson of th...
24 May, 2017, 03.53 PM IST
No plan to accord minority status to more communitiesThe government has no plan to accord minority status to more communities at present, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
23 Dec, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Parliamentary panel asks J-K government to examine demand for minority status to Kashmiri PanditsA Parliamentary Committee has asked Jammu and Kashmir Government to examine a demand for granting minority status to Kashmiri Pandits.
20 Feb, 2014, 05.49 PM IST
Constables need to be sensitised: Wajahat HabibullahIn an interview with ET, Wajahat Habibullah, Chairman, NCM, shares the views of the commission on various issues.
08 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Delhi gang rape case: NCM not in favour of death penalty for rape convicts
NCM has said such a "blanket provision" would prompt offenders to kill their victims while cautioning the government of "knee-jerk reaction...
13 Jan, 2013, 03.25 PM IST
- No details about magnitude of illegal migration from Bangladesh, says government
No specific details are available about the magnitude of this clandestine illegal migration, Salman Khurshid said.
06 Sep, 2012, 04.23 PM IST
- Railways to run special trains to send back northeastern migrants soon
Railways will run special trains from Guwahati to Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai, which have witnessed exodus of migrants from the northeast...
22 Aug, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- Global community voice concern over attacks on Christians
The US, Britain and Australia have voiced their concern to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) and sought to know what steps were ...
19 Oct, 2008, 12.53 PM IST
- NCM indicts Orissa for communal violence
As violence against the tribal Christians continue in Orissa, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has indicted the BJD-BJP coaliti...
25 Sep, 2008, 03.51 PM IST
- Minorities protest against Gujarat’s conversion law
A day after Gujarat government passed a controversial amendment to include Jains and Buddhists as part of the Hindu community, the move evo...
21 Sep, 2006, 03.58 AM IST