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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:......

Is AMU a minority institution or not? SC to pronounce verdict on Friday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on Friday on a vexed legal question whether the Aligarh Muslim University enjoyed a minority status under Article 30 of the Constitution......

Women candidates constitute only 8% in first two phases of LS polls

Women constituted only eight percent of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that......

SC 7-judge bench grappled with AMU minority status for 8 days

Grappling with the intractable issue of Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, the Supreme Court said on Thursday the 1981 amendment to the AMU Act, which effectively accorded it a minority......

ISI terror module: All 3 arrested accused have BTech degrees

The three people, who were part of an ISI-sponsored module "disguised" as an ISIS module and arrested on Monday, have completed their graduation in engineering and one of them was currently......

The IIT story: IIESTs, 3 new IITs on way

It is well-known that the following seven engineering colleges were chosen for possible conversion to Indian Institutes of Technology / Institutes of National Importance:Aligarh Muslim University......

New IITs: A report card

The author is a chemical engineering graduate from IT-BHU and an MS from Rutgers University, New Jersey. He has interacted with the HRD ministry, the IIT board, and the IIT Selection Committee at......

The march of the new IITs

Seven select engineering colleges, that are soon to attain the coveted IIT status, are back in the news.The seriousness of their march towards achieving the status of an Indian Institute of......

New IITs: A long journey ahead

It is now well known that the S K Joshi Committee has selected seven colleges/universities for potential upgrading to Indian Institutes of Technology.The committee took into account parameters like......

The making of new IITs

The Indian Institutes of Technology are in the news again. Earlier this month, newspaper reports revealed the names of seven short-listed colleges to be converted into IITs, as per the S K Joshi......

The Magical World Of Muzaffar Ali

'I somehow felt that Muzaffar Ali was in Aligarh to feel the pulse of the Muslim youth, especially in the darker and harsher times that India is passing through,' notes Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE:......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.' IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

Review: Aligarh is a refreshing and respectful take on homosexuality

Manoj Bajpayee gives his character a lot of soul and sensitivity in Aligarh, feels Sukanya Verma. In Tom Ford’s A Single Man, a college professor tells his class how 'a minority is only......

12 MUST WATCH Movies

'It is always wonderful to discover a gem of film at an international film festival. It is even more exciting when that film is from India.' Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com lists his favourite movies at......

'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......

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