‘We don’t need Haj subsidy’
TIA Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI: Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) across the party line have urged the government to remove subsidy on the Haj pilgrimage saying community don’t need such…
Secular to the Core
By Qurban Ali With demise of Arjun Singh on March 4, the nation lost a great leader while minorities and underprivileged section of the society their messiah. Arjun Singh was…
SC allows passive euthanasia, rejects Aruna’s plea
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed "passive euthanasia" of withdrawing life support to patients in permanently vegetative state(PVS) but rejected outright active euthanasia of ending life through administration…
THE POLITICS OF TAMIL NADU
BY TN ASHOKMore than seven years old Congress – DMK alliance likely to survive, after Saturday night brisk political developments threatened to collapse a fairly well structured understanding...
DMK holds resignations, gives time to Congress
TIA/ AMNNEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Hectic parley is going on between Congress and the DMK to sort out differences arising out of later threat to withdraw support from the UPA government.
PM owns responsibility for CVC appointment
TIA CorrespondentNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday owned the responsibility for the appointment of P J Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, CVC and termed the selection…
Madarsas now at par with CBSE
AMNNEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday said that certificates issued by state Madrasa Boards would be treated at par with certificates of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council…
60 ITIs to be upgraded in minorities’ area
BY RAJEEV SHARMANEW DELHI: Government on Monday said that sixty Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) located in Minority Concentration Districts would be upgraded into Centres of Excellence by the Ministry of…
BJP to field Muslims in Assam
TIA correspondent GUWAHATI: In a rare gesture, the BJP has decided to field Muslim candidates in the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam. The strategy is seen as both to appease…
Budget brings hope to handloom weavers
TIA correspondent NEW DELHI: Though the Pranab Mukherjee budget could not give much aspiration to the minority community through its allocation to the ministry that deal with them, yet he…