Muslims deserve reservations, says Owaisi

A TV anchor recently vented his displeasure at an MP's remark against the Sachar Committee report. The report has become a yardstick of certification of one's secularism in general, and commitment to extra-constitutional privileges of Muslims in ...

Despite special drives launched to recruit youths from the minority communities in the paramilitary forces, their representation remains low as the efforts could not yield the desired results. There is still less than 10 per cent minority ...

Junior minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will visit minority-dominated districts of Bengal next month to review the welfare schemes announced by the Prime Minister in the wake of the Sachar committee's recommendations on the socio-economic ...

Indian Muslims are the most urbanised community in India (35.7 per cent of them resided in towns and cities in 2001 when, according to the Census, the urbanisation rate was 27.8 per cent). It is also the poorest with monthly per capita expenditures ...

Comment · print · T T T+· T- The Popular Front of India will intensify its campaign across the State demanding the implementation of Justice Rajindar Sachar and Justice Ranganath Misra Committee recommendations on uplifting the Muslims ...

The Bombay high court on Monday gave three weeks to Maharashtra government to file an affidavit submitting data to justify its decision to provide reservation to Marathas and Muslims in jobs and educational institutions. The direction was given ...

Jawaharlal Nehru Dec. 24: Midwinter 2014 has jogged memories of the summer of '55. That was when Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, was conferred the Bharat Ratna by his own government. Now the news of Atal Bihari Vajpayee ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At a time when the government is struggling to overcome deep financial crisis and KSRTC pensioners are yet to get their dues for the last six months, the government - in an apparent minority appeasement scheme - has increased the ...

Replying to a calling attention motion in the assembly today to take steps to set up the Arabic University, Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb said the state government has approved the recommendations in this regard given by Higher Education Council.