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‘Why do you ask us to be harsh?’: Delhi HC raps Centre over vacancies that have left National Minorities Commission defunct

January 30, 2026 3:59 pm

A PIL before the Delhi HighCourt stated that the National Commission for Minorities has ceased to existafter its three members demitted office in December 2024 and its vice-chairpersoncompleted his tenure in April 2025.

Rhodes Scholarship: Postgraduate application opens for Indian students for 2026

This state was the biggest beneficiary of Centre's 'Padho Pardesh' minority scholarship scheme

December 10, 2025 7:00 pm

Across the last eight years for which data is available (2014-15 to 2021-22), a total of 20,365 students availed the Padho Pardesh interest subsidy.

Kiren Rijiju: ‘Minorities receive more govt support … Whatever Hindus get, minorities also do. But what minorities get, Hindus don’t’

July 08, 2025 8:03 pm

“Contrary to what some may claim, the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, underwent one of the most inclusive and rigorous consultative processes in recent legislative history … This proves the government values dialogue, participation and consensus,” says Minority Affairs Minister

‘Continued operation of Maulana Azad Education Foundation is rendered obsolete’: Centre to Delhi HC

March 13, 2024 10:36 am

The Centre told the Delhi High Court that projects under the Maulana Azad Education Foundation have been ‘integrated into and replaced’ by initiatives under the minority affairs ministry.

Govt finds 830 minority institutions on scholarship portal are fake

August 20, 2023 8:14 am

As per sources in the Ministry of Minority Affairs, this came to light after a year-long investigation into minority scholarships by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, which the Ministry had engaged in August 2022 after some discrepancies came to light.

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Minority Affairs Ministry intervenes on Waqf Board resolution discriminating against Ahmaddiya Muslims

July 22, 2023 3:19 am

“This constitutes a hate campaign against the Ahmadiyya community at large and the Waqf Board neither has the jurisdiction nor authority to determine religious identity of any community including Ahmadiyyas,” the letter added.

Haj differential pricing: Gujarat HC issues notice, says ‘be grateful’ for getting chance to go on pilgrimage

June 07, 2023 12:26 pm

The petitioners have pointed out that there is significant differential pricing for pilgrims undertaking Haj from Ahmedabad (Rs 3.72 lakh) as compared to those from Mumbai (Rs 3.04 lakh).

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Working for all-round welfare of minorities, says Naqvi

March 25, 2022 3:09 am

Naqvi dismissed the suggestions that there have been poor development initiatives for the minorities in the recent past, and said the allocation of funds in schemes like scholarships for minority students was more during the Modi government than the previous UPA regime.

National Minorities commission issues notices to states for failing to provide compensation to anti-sikh riot victims even after 37 years

October 30, 2021 8:29 am

In August this year, the Ministry of Minority Affairs had informed Parliament that the Centre had made a provision of Rs 4.5 crore in the Union Budget for the enhanced compensation for 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims.