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Committee to study 'abnormal changes' in demography, says Amit ShahA government committee will study demographic shifts caused by illegal immigration and other factors. This group will assess population cha...
275 former judges, officials slam US international religious freedom reportA coalition of 275 eminent Indian personalities, featuring ex-judges and military officers, has emphatically condemned a recent finding by ...
Gujarat govt to provide new PNG connections to hotels, hostels, educational institutesGujarat will now provide new piped natural gas connections to restaurants, hotels, educational, and socio-religious institutions. This deci...
Grand Mufti of J&K to approach Supreme Court regarding Waqf Amendment, MMU meeting on April 7 in KashmirThe Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) in Jammu and Kashmir, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, voiced opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling...
Assam govt tables legislation to protect heritage structures and landThe Assam government introduced a new bill restricting land transactions within 5 km of iconic heritage structures. Only families residing ...
Naveen Patnaik’s SECC demand leaves opposition unimpressedAfter the Narendra Modi government had conferred constitutional status to the OBC commission, Pradhan had written to the CM asking for Odis...
Under Imran Khan government, religious minorities remain discriminated againstThe Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) sought recruits for a variety of positions ranging from sub-inspector to sepoys but the "non-combatant" jobs l...
Minority rights safer in India than in any part of world: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviHowever, the Minority Affairs Minister refused to answer when specifically asked about Archbishop Anil Couto's controversial letter.
Centre leans far right for reallotting land; most beneficiaries linked to RSS, BJPThe new committee has upheld the cancellation in the case of Asim Sen Spiritual and Charitable Society, Sanatan Dharm Sabha and Gujarat Edu...
Some Sahitya Yuva Puraskar awardees 'condemn' intoleranceBadiger is among the writers from 23 languages who were conferred the Yuva Puraskar in a ceremony here on November 18.
Government to set up Equal Opportunities Commission for minoritiesThe govt cleared a proposal for setting up the much- awaited Equal Opportunities Commission, a statutory body to check discrimination of mi...
Head of Travancore Royal family deadHe was successor of the last Maharaja of the princely state of Travancore Chithira Tirumal Balarama Varma.
Geosicientists support bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri HillsCriticising political interference and NGO activism, a Odisha-based geoscientists' body today favoured bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri Hills
- World Wide Fund to document sacred groves of Himachal Pradesh
Focus this time would be on groves situated in the interiors of the state such as those in remote areas of Dodra Kawar.
Ahead of 2014 polls, govt plans universities for minoritiesThe Centre is mulling setting up five universities with 50% seats reserved for religious minorities, a "Muslim outreach" by Congress ahead ...
Nitish for education of girls to eradicate social evilsNitish Kumar today advocated quality education for girls to make women the main driver of socio-economic change in the state.
- Kerala decides to implement Sachar Committee report
The CPI(M)-led LDF Government in Kerala today decided to implement the Sachar Committee report on backwardness of Muslim community, includi...