References to Maulana Azad removed from NCERT's new class 11 political science textbookIn the class 11 political science textbook's first chapter, titled 'Constitution - Why and How', a line has been revised to omit Azad's nam...
13 Apr, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
Govt openly displaying its anti-minority policy as if it was badge of honour: ChidambaramIn a series of tweets, Chidambaram said, "The government's excuse for scrapping the Maulana Azad National Fellowship and the subsidy for ed...
04 Feb, 2023, 01.23 PM IST
Anti-minority sentiments behind scrapping of Maulana Azad Fellowship scheme by Modi govt: Cong MP in LSRaising the issue in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, the Congress member also said the discontinuation of the fellowship scheme will have a pan...
16 Dec, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
BJP MP asks govt to deny quota benefits to converted STsNishikant Dubey of BJP urged the Centre to come out with an affidavit in this regard, just as it recently filed an affidavit in the apex co...
15 Dec, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
Who is 'Pappu' now? Mahua Moitra's jibe at Centre over fall in industrial output, other economic indicatorsMoitra accused the Narendra Modi government of spreading "falsehood" about India's growth and appealed to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam...
13 Dec, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
District-wise plans in works to push central schemes in J&KGovt reworks strategy as its direct benefit schemes for students and youngsters fail to reach the desired number of people.
15 Oct, 2019, 07.26 AM IST
Modi biggest victim of political intolerance, says NaqviEnhancing transparency is the hall mark of the government, which took bold and decisive steps like the surgical strike against terrorists, ...
29 May, 2018, 06.10 PM IST
Education, jobs top on Minority Affairs Ministry list in 2017Naqvi referred to another information campaign, the 'Cashless Chaupal', the Ministry undertook recently to connect minorities with cashless...
27 Dec, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Modi government has not earmarked separate funds for PM's 15-point programme for minoritiesThe Centre has not earmarked separate funds for 'Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities', an RTI query has r...
19 Jul, 2015, 02.45 PM IST
2014 saw controversies over 'love-jihad', 'ghar-wapsi'National Commission for Minorities, however, took up the issue of MPs like Yogi Adityanath and Sakshi Maharaj targeting Muslims over 'love-...
30 Dec, 2014, 11.56 AM IST
HRD Ministry saw several controversies under NDA government in 2014"I will be whipped for as long as there is a need to keep attention diverted away from the good work. I am ready for it. I have no problem,...
29 Dec, 2014, 11.04 AM IST
Eight unusual MBA aspirants pursuing management studies, but not for cushy jobsThese youth are not pursuing an MBA as a means to bag a cushy corporate job but to add value to the interesting things they have already do...
06 Oct, 2014, 12.17 PM IST
Congress has done nothing for Muslims: Minority Affairs Minister Najma HeptullaNajma Heptulla, said she was shocked when a Congress leader said that "25,000 Muslims would be killed" if a BJP-led government came to powe...
12 Sep, 2014, 01.23 AM IST
Scope for doing more for minorities exists: PMHe was responding to a question as to why the benefits of the schemes intended for minorities were not reaching them.
03 Jan, 2014, 03.43 PM IST
- Minority Affairs Ministry allocated Rs 17,323 crore in 12th Five Year Plan
The Ministry had sought an 8-fold hike in the Plan outlay, but will have to be content with 137 per cent rise in allocation.
15 Sep, 2012, 09.08 PM IST
- Rangnath Mishra report bodes well for minorities
Minorities especially Muslims had something to cheer up in 2009 as the Centre tabled in Parliament the Rangnath Mishra Commission report, w...
04 Jan, 2010, 10.47 AM IST
- Desi docs bitten by phoren bug
According to a visa consultant, the volume of doctors going to the US has increased in the last two years.
04 Mar, 2007, 12.00 AM IST