Bengal: Fresh ED raids in 'land grabbing' case against Sona Pappu, ex-Kolkata Police DCPThe Enforcement Directorate is conducting fresh searches across West Bengal. These raids are part of a money laundering investigation. The ...
22 May, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Kerala: Newly elected MLAs administered oath of officeIn an event marking the start of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly, newly elected legislators swore their oaths on May 21. The oath-taki...
21 May, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Calcutta HC grants TMC's Abhishek Banerjee protection from coercive action over his rally remarksThe Calcutta High Court has stepped in to offer relief to TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, postponing any punitive action against him until July 31...
21 May, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
West Bengal govt makes singing of 'Vande Mataram' mandatory in all madrassasWest Bengal has mandated the singing of 'Vande Mataram' in all madrassas. This directive follows a similar order for schools. The move aims...
21 May, 2026, 01.27 PM IST
Decided to revive scholarship for economically weak students, stop religious allowances: Bengal CMWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the revival of the Vivekananda Merit Scholarship Yojana. This scheme will support eco...
18 May, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Madrassa degrees only valid for jobs requiring class 12 qualifications: UP govt tells Supreme CourtThe Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court that the madrassa education system, which emphasizes religious studies, is misalign...
20 Sep, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
UP to open two universities, to affiliate madrassas to them: Minority minister RajbharUttar Pradesh plans to establish two universities to affiliate madrassas for standardized recognition. This would impact approximately 25,0...
11 Aug, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
Small madrassas merge with bigger ones; reduces threat of radical elements: Assam policeOver 100 small madrassas have been merged with big ones. There will be no smaller Madrassa as a small madrassa is prone to the threat of ra...
16 Jan, 2023, 09.21 PM IST
No objection to madrassas survey, but don't vilify system if few evade rules: Darul Uloom DeobandDuring the conference, a 12-member steering committee was constituted and its objectives include helping the madrassa managements during th...
18 Sep, 2022, 09.34 PM IST
BJP 'terrorising' Muslims on pretext of conducting madrassa survey: Mayawati"The BJP government has an evil intent on madrassas in Uttar Pradesh. The attempts to interfere in the private madrassas, which run on dona...
09 Sep, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Assam: Police asks Madrassa boards, Muslims groups to check antecedents while hiring teachersAssam director general of police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said the groups must verify the person’s identity and submit the information to poli...
04 Sep, 2022, 07.38 PM IST
Appeal in SC against Assam Repealing Act that converted state-funded madrassas to government schoolsThe appeal was filed by Md. Imad Uddin Barbhuiya. The repealing Act of 2020 takes away property coupled with statutory recognition of Madra...
31 May, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
Following government missive, national anthem sung across madrassas across UP: ReportsThough the decision came into effect from Thursday, most madrassas in the state had remained closed due to low attendance of children on th...
13 May, 2022, 09.53 PM IST
State government to regulate privately-run Madrassa: Himanta Biswa Sarma“We have decided to shut down state run madrassas based on certain definite research. During survey it was found that most of the students ...
17 Oct, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh madrassas to have NCERT books: State governmentThe steps are intended to make madrassa students more competitive by providing them contemporary and quality education, according to Dy CM ...
30 Oct, 2017, 06.45 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government extends deadline for registration of madrassas by 15 days"The last date for all madrassas of the state to register themselves by submitting all the relevant information on the website has been ext...
17 Sep, 2017, 04.18 PM IST
UP madrassas under Yogi government lensThe govt has directed the registrar of the UP Madrassa Shiksha Parishad to include all the state's 16,000 recognised madrassas in the geo-t...
30 Aug, 2017, 10.52 AM IST