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The Ministry of Minority Affairs, in an affidavit, said that it is submitted that the state governments can also declare a religious or linguistic community as a minority community within the said state.

Modi government said that the Karnataka government has notified Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Tulu, Lamani, Hindi, Konkani, and Gujarati languages as minority languages within the state.

State governments can declare any religious or linguistic community, including Hindus, as a minority within the said state, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.

The Central government has told the Supreme Court that state governments, where Hindus or other communities are less in number, can declare them a minority community within their territory.The Ministry of Minority Affairs, in an affidavit, ...

The Centre told the Supreme Court that state governments can declare any religious or linguistic community, including Hindus, as a minority within the said state.

While there are certainly provisions for governments to employ consultants, in statecraft, some work is 'mission critical' which cannot be wholly entrusted to private players who are not, at least periodically, answerable to the electorate.

Participating in the ‘India Today State of the States-Tamil Nadu First’ conclave, the state’s finance minister talks about his vision for development, what ails Centre-State relations, and more

A member of the Lagos Judicial Panel on Police Brutality during the #EndSARS protest, rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ebun-Olu

M.K. Stalin is finding it daunting to keep at least one pre-poll promise: getting exemption for his state from the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admissions to medical and dental colleges. - Issue Date: Feb 28, 2022

The Assembly passed a bill last year, which says that medical colleges in Tamil Nadu would not come under the national NEET Exam. But will Delhi agree?