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Hindu women press for access to Indian mosque, in latest dispute

In supersession of its earlier stand, the Union government had told the apex court that the power to notify minorities is vested with itself and not with states.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has superseded its earlier affidavit and claimed that the Union government has the power to notify minorities, not states, but that wide consultations are needed.

BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay had challenged the validity of section 2(f) of the National Commission for Minority Education Institution Act, 2004 alleging that it is "manifestly arbitrary, irrational, and offending".

Quraishi also said that he believes political parties are not overtly vying today for the Muslim vote because of a ‘charged atmosphere of polarisation’ due to which they feel like if they ‘show softness’ to Muslims, they risk losing the favour of Hindus.

New Delhi, Feb 11 (EFE).- A court on Friday provisionally restricted the use of hijab, as well as other religious attire such as saffron scarves being used by Hindu students, after rising protests against the Islamic veil in several educational institutions in southern India. “We restrain all the students regardless of their religion or faith …

New Delhi, Feb 9 (EFE).- The image of a young Indian Muslim woman standing up to a mob of Hindu students bullying her for wearing the hijab outside a college where it had been banned, and shouting “Allah-hu-akbar” (Allah is great), was on Wednesday being widely shared with messages of support as she became a …

New Delhi, Feb 8 (EFE).- Protests against the use of hijab or the Islamic headscarf in educational institutes in southern India intensified on Tuesday, after several Hindu student groups clashed with their Muslim counterparts, leading to unrest in several cities. Violent clashes took place in the southern state of Karnataka, on the same day when …

In the wake of L.K. Advani’s rath yatra, nearly 1,800 people died in different parts of India between in 1990. This is the story of what happened with my family in Agra.

Suvendu Adhikari asserted that desecration of idols of Durga Maa and vandalism of temples of minority Sanatani Bengali community is an orchestrated attack.