AMU lost minority status in 1967: A timeline of events

The Aligarh Muslim University's minority status issue will have to wait to reach a logical end after the Supreme Court majority verdict on Friday asked a regular bench to decide the issue. IMAGE:......

Minorities don't need 'safe haven' for education: SC judge

Supreme Court's Justice Satish Chandra Sharma on Friday said it was "wholly incorrect" to assume that minorities in the country required some "safe haven" for education and knowledge. Image used......

AMU order: Dissenting judge flags lack of time, non-exchange of ideas

Aligarh Muslim University is not a minority educational institution, Supreme Court's Justice Dipankar Datta said on Friday and noted had it not been a "race against time" he would have articulated......

New bench to decide on AMU's minority status, rules SC

The contentious legal question over Aligarh Muslim Unversity's minority status would be decided by a new bench, the Supreme Court held on Friday and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the......

The real hero of Aligarh

Dr Ramchandra Siras, whose life has inspired the film Aligarh, was a man determined to be a freak in the show called Life, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE: Manoj Bajpayee, right, plays Dr......

The 330 films I saw in 2015

'In 2015 I watched films in so many places. I attended several film festivals around the world -- Berlin, Tribeca (New York), Telluride, Toronto, Zurich, Mumbai, Dharamsala and Goa,' says Aseem......

Why Aligarh is a very important film

Aligarh is a milestone in the history of Indian cinema that should start the much needed conversation about how India treats gays and lesbians, feels Aseem Chhabra. Towards the middle of director......

'They said we were better off with my son dead'

On September 13, 2010, filmmakers Bedabrata Pain and Shonali Bose lost their 16-year-old son Ishan in a freak accident involving an electric razor. After his shocking defeat in a prolonged court......