'Freeze RSS assets, stop arms sales to India': US religious freedom panel recommends sanctions over minority violationsUSCIRF: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal government body, has relea...
16 Mar, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
New College of Florida first to sign Trump administration’s higher education 'compact'New College of Florida, has become the first US institution to accept President Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Educatio...
29 Oct, 2025, 02.15 PM IST
Uttarakhand Cabinet passes 2025 bill for minority status to non-muslim educational institutionsThe Uttarakhand Cabinet has decided to introduce the Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institutions Bill, 2025, extending minority status be...
17 Aug, 2025, 01.24 PM IST
Will not identify non-muslims studying in Madarsas as per NCPCR direction; it creates divide between communities: UP Madarsa Education BoardThe rationale was that madarsas primarily impart religious education and obligating non-Muslim children to participate in religious instruc...
19 Jan, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Bengal declares holiday on December 26; Govt offices, schools & colleges to remain shut a day after ChristmasAs per the West Bengal official notification, all the state government offices, local bodies, statuary bodies, boards corporations and unde...
01 Dec, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
ED raid at CSI Church HQ in KeralaThe raid was in connection with a case registered for allegedly collecting huge amounts of money from students, promising them a medical se...
25 Jul, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Centre mulls panel to explore Scheduled Caste benefits for Muslim, Christian dalitsWhile Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits enjoy SC status, those from Christian or Muslim communities do not, as per presidential order issued ...
25 Jan, 2022, 06.57 AM IST
Karnataka budget offers sops to caste groups, promises to set up Vokkaliga development boardThe announcement came four months after the government established the Karnataka Veerashaiva Lingayat Development Corporation for the to he...
08 Mar, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
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 ...
30 Aug, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Google celebrates Teachers' Day with animated doodleThe day marks the birth anniversary of former president Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
05 Sep, 2019, 11.46 AM IST
Supreme Court dismisses Muthalik's plea against Congress manifesto in KarnatakaAssuring minority communities about elevating them from social and economic backwardness did not amount to seeking votes on the ground of r...
10 May, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
- Date with History: First Kannada boarding school for girls turns 175
Mitralaya, the first boarding school for girls in the city, was founded by Douglas' ancestsors, missionary Benjamin Rice and his wife Jane ...
20 Jul, 2017, 10.07 AM IST
ICYMI: Isha Ambani's stunning Met Gala debutThe 24-year-old made a stunning red carpet appearance at fashion's biggest night.
04 May, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu in the US House asks board to describe Hinduism accuratelyCalifornia State Board of Education is in final stages of revising and updating the K-12 History-Social Science Framework for public school...
12 Jul, 2016, 01.46 PM IST
AMU to set up English-medium schools in all districts of UPAligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decided to set up English-medium schools upto intermediate in all districts of Uttar Pradesh by 2017.
01 Jul, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
Pakistan yet to punish attackers of religious minorities: US reportAt the same time John Kerry praised the people of Pakistan for standing against violence against religious minorities.
29 Jul, 2014, 12.50 PM IST
- Jena becomes new Chairman of Railway Board
K C Jena, Member (Staff), the senior most in the Railway Board on friday took over as new Chairman of the Board.
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