Urdu Unites Parties in Parliament
NEW DELHI: After a long time the Indian parliament once again witnessed a broad debate on the language of Urdu. On Thursday members cutting across party lines in the Lok…
280 NGOs get help from Azad Foundation
NEW DELHI: The Government has said that 280 Non Government Organizations (NGOs) in the country, including 94 NGOs from Uttar Pradesh, have received financial assistance from the Maulana Azad Education…
Bihar approves Rs 80 crore for Madarsas
PATNA: THE Bihar government on Tuesday approved Rs 80 crore grants for the salary of the teachers and non-teaching employees. According to principal cabinet secretary Afzal Amanullah,1,119 madrasas for boys…
Thangal was voice of secular principle: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the veteran Muslim League leader Janab Syed Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal would long be remembered as the voice of…
Govt. committed to protect rights of minorities
NEW DELHI (AMN): The Government of India is committed to protect the human rights of citizens including minorities. Minister of Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid said in written reply to a…
Minorities given loan of over 11 lakh crore
NEW DELHI: The condition of minorities in the country might not have changed in the recent years, yet If we go by the official record minorities have been given a…
Qureshi appointed CEC of India
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The President, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Tuesday appointed Mr. Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, the senior-most Election Commissioner, as the Chief Election Commissioner of the country. Quraishi is the…
Muslim institutions to form associations
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) has asked Muslim educational institutions to form an association at local and national level so that they could highlight their apprehension untidily.…
Communal Violence Bill inadequate
NEW DELHI: A group of intellectuals on Sunday termed the Communal Violence (Prevention and Rehabilitation of Victims) bill 2009 as inadequate to check bloodshed in the country. They demanded necessary…
Muslims want amendment in RTE Act
NEW DELHI: (AMN) All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIIMM) has demanded amendment in the Right to Education Act, 2010. It wanted exclusion of Muslim Minority Schools and Madrasas from the purview…