Menopause spotlight on women from ethnic minority communities

Menopause spotlight on women from ethnic minority communities

Jenny ReesWales health correspondent Bami Adenipekun Bami Adenipekun said when women are given the right type of support for their menopause symptoms, they can soar rather than feel oppressed. “When the menopause enlightenment happened, non-white women were still not part of the conversation,” says Bami Adenipekun. The 49-year-old equity consultant said she considers her brain … Read more

Uttarakhand Governor gives nod for Minority Education Bill; State to abolish Madrasa Board

Uttarakhand Governor gives nod for Minority Education Bill; State to abolish Madrasa Board

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Uttarakhand Governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) on Monday (October 7, 2025) approved the Uttarakhand Minority Education Bill, 2025. With the implementation of the Bill, the State will repeal the Madrasa Education Board Act, 2016, and the Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition Rules, 2019. A statement issued … Read more

BJP minority cell to publicise Operation Sindoor; reach out to Muslims

BJP minority cell to publicise Operation Sindoor; reach out to Muslims

Kunwar Basit Ali. File | Photo Credit: www.facebook.com/kunwarbasitali “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minority cell will hold outreach meetings outside religious sites such as dargahs, mosques, madrasas, churches and gurdwaras across the State to publicise the success of Operation Sindoor and welfare schemes for minorities,” a party leader said on Tuesday (June 10, 2025.) “The … Read more

‘I am Brahmin and a proud Hindu,’ says Mamata, refuting Opposition’s allegations of ‘minority appeasement’

‘I am Brahmin and a proud Hindu,’ says Mamata, refuting Opposition’s allegations of ‘minority appeasement’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during the Budget Session of State Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Refuting allegations of “minority appeasement”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) launched a scathing attack on the Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly … Read more

Minority status: Aligarh Muslim University celebrates ‘historic’ Supreme Court verdict

Minority status: Aligarh Muslim University celebrates ‘historic’ Supreme Court verdict

Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor Naima Khatoon arrives at the Supreme Court on November 8, 2024 ahead of the top court’s verdict in the case related to granting minority status to the university. | Photo Credit: PTI A wave of celebration pervaded Aligarh Muslim University after the Supreme Court judgment on Friday (November 8, 2024) affirmed … Read more

Since AMU is central university, it cannot be considered minority institution: Supreme Court

Since AMU is central university, it cannot be considered minority institution: Supreme Court

Aligarh Muslim University Campus. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Supreme Court overrules 1967 verdict holding that since AMU was central university it cannot be considered minority institution. A seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday (November 8, 2024) delivered four separate judgements in the Aligarh Muslim University minority status case. There are three … Read more

Justin Trudeau’s minority government at risk as ally withdraws support

Justin Trudeau’s minority government at risk as ally withdraws support

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suffered an unexpected blow on Wednesday when the small party helping keep his minority Liberal government in power withdrew its automatic support, forcing him to attempt new alliances to govern. Promising to continue governing and pushing through social programs, Trudeau dismissed talk of early elections after the left-leaning New Democratic … Read more

BJP Minority Morcha leader, who criticised PM’s remarks, expelled from party

BJP Minority Morcha leader, who criticised PM’s remarks, expelled from party

Bikaner BJP Minority Morcha district president Usman Ghani, who expressed displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks in Rajasthan, was on Wednesday expelled from the party for “tarnishing” its image. Ghani, while talking to a news channel recently in New Delhi, had said that the BJP was going to lose three-four Lok Sabha seats … Read more

Migration of Muslim minority leaders into TDP likely to tilt balance in Kadapa

Migration of Muslim minority leaders into TDP likely to tilt balance in Kadapa

Minority leaders from Kadapa formally being inducted into the TDP in the presence of party president N. Chandrababu Naidu recently. The recent induction of influential leaders belonging to the Muslim minority community into the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is likely to tilt the balance in its favour in Kadapa Assembly constituency. The Muslim vote bank … Read more

T.N. CM Stalin announces permanent minority status certificates for minority educational institutions

T.N. CM Stalin announces permanent minority status certificates for minority educational institutions

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, said the State government would grant life-time recognition to minority educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. Addressing a meeting of the Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare Board, he said this had been a long-pending demand … Read more