The Madras high court has held that the concept of communal reservation or reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes of citizens would not apply to minority......
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......
'After his warm and affectionate farewell speech, the Chief of Staff of the formation asked me, "So, now you are off to Coorg to look after your coffee estates?"'For the last time, in Army uniform......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted six weeks to the Centre after it sought more time for wider consultation with stake holders on the issue of identification of minorities, including Hindus, at......
The Supreme Court Monday gave the states of Rajasthan and Telangana and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir six weeks to submit their responses on the issue of identification of minorities at......
Senior ministers in the Narendra Modi government said on Monday it might take the ordinance route for the insurance and coal mines Bills as the Opposition, stronger in the Rajya Sabha, has been......
Tenants dwelling in prime properties of Jain temples for years may have to vacate these; government interference in institutions and trusts of the community will cease to exist; and there will be......
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's unsuccessful efforts to get key legislations on reforms in higher education passed, his push for examination reforms, rise in IIT tuition fees and launch of world's......
Should the Income-Tax Act have been simultaneously amended to exclude Sikhs and Jains from the definition of HUF once they were declared a minority by the government? Sanjeev Nayyar discusses the......
University Grants Commission Chairman Sukhadeo Thorat talks on the state of higher education in the country. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan aims at increasing the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in......