State has to ensure quality education in govt-run madrasas: SC

The State has a vital interest in ensuring quality education, other than religious teachings, at government-aided madrasas so that students live a "decent" life after they pass out, the Supreme......

SC stays Allahabad HC order scrapping UP madrasa education

In a breather to about 17 lakh madrasa students, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Allahabad high court that scrapped the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 calling......

Relief for madrasas in UP as SC reverses HC verdict

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the positive concept of secularism required the state to treat minority institutions at par with secular ones and treat all equally irrespective of faith, belief.......

All madrassas will be affiliated to 2 new varsities: UP minister

Seeking to make changes in the process of granting recognition to madrassas, Uttar Pradesh Minority Welfare Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has said that two universities will be opened in the state......

Extras: No broadcast of Arsenal-City game in China

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: An ethnic Uighur demonstrator holds a placard with a picture of English soccer club Arsenal's midfielder Mesut Ozil during a......