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

MNCs in China rethink their Xinjiang connect

MNCs in China rethink their Xinjiang connect

Beijing: Volkswagen is reviewing the future of its joint venture in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China and another German industrial giant is starting to sell its stakes there following new international scrutiny of forced labor by predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Volkswagen said last week that it was in discussions with one of its main … 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

SC asks Gyanvapi mosque panel to approach Allahabad HC against order to allow puja

SC asks Gyanvapi mosque panel to approach Allahabad HC against order to allow puja

File picture of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex as seen from the Kashi Vishwanath Temple | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Gyanvapi mosque committee to approach the Allahabad High Court against a Varanasi district court’s order that a Hindu priest can perform prayers before idols in a cellar of the mosque. … Read more

Italy PM Giorgia Meloni makes loaded comment on Islam at far right event

Italy PM Giorgia Meloni makes loaded comment on Islam at far right event

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni may have just touched a raw nerve with a loaded comment about Islam at a far right gathering in her country. According to various media reports, Meloni’s potentially explosive observation came at a political event held by the far-right Brothers of Italy in Rome, where she reportedly said that “there … Read more

In the Bihar Assembly, 32% legislators are OBCs; 24% belong to the General Category; EBC and Muslim legislators together number fewer than 20%

In the Bihar Assembly, 32% legislators are OBCs; 24% belong to the General Category; EBC and Muslim legislators together number fewer than 20%

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar leaves after the Winter session of the state Assembly, in Patna, on November 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In the current Bihar Assembly, the number of legislators from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and the General Category are greater by about five percentage points and 10 percentage points, respectively, … Read more

Jamaat seeks quota for Muslim women, OBCs

Jamaat seeks quota for Muslim women, OBCs

Muslims comprise a little over 14% of the population according to Census-2011. By proportional representation, they should have 73% MPs in Parliament. File. | Photo Credit: V Sreenivasa Murthy Lending its voice to the Opposition chorus for reservation of seats for OBC women within the proposed 33% quota for women, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has jumped … Read more

More than 50 Muslim candidates have won on BJP symbol in local body polls, says U.P. BJP

More than 50 Muslim candidates have won on BJP symbol in local body polls, says U.P. BJP

A file photo of a Muslim meeting organised by the BJPs minority wing in Lucknow. More than 50 Muslim candidates out of the 395 fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh, including five for posts of Nagar Panchayat Chairpersons.  | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA More … Read more

Amit Shah terms Muslim quota in Telangana as “unconstitutional”

Amit Shah terms Muslim quota in Telangana as “unconstitutional”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a public meeting at Chevella in Rangareddy district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna Union Home Minister Amit Shah has termed the reservation given to Muslims in Telangana in education and employment, and in the implementation of welfare schemes such as double-bedroom houses as “unconstitutional” and warned that … Read more

Muslim Personal Law Board president Rabey Hasani Nadwi passes away

Muslim Personal Law Board president Rabey Hasani Nadwi passes away

Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi. Photo: Twitter/@AIMPLB_Official Renowned Islamic scholar and president, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, passed away in Lucknow after a prolonged illness. He was 94. Known for his ability to take everybody along, Mr. Hasani was also the Vice-President of Riyadh’s Aalami Rabita Adab-e-Islami, a founding member of … Read more