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Haj panel to restart UPSC coaching centre, 20% seats for other minorities

May 29, 2025 8:09 am

While non-Muslim candidates were informally provided accommodation support during the exam period earlier, this is the first time that the HCI has officially included seats for other minorities in its selection process.

ASI official among 3 booked for ‘threatening’ minority panel ex-chief

October 10, 2024 5:12 am

The complainant was threatened by two unidentified men who had barged into his house for approaching the authorities.

Why most posts in minorities commission lying vacant, Delhi HC asks Centre

February 15, 2021 1:37 pm

The Ministry of Minorities Affairs has been directred to file a status report in 10 days in response to a plea for filling up the vacancies.

Number of Muslims in state jails goes up, state’s minority panel commissions TISS survey

January 11, 2015 1:52 am

Muslims constitute only 10.6 per cent of Maharashtra’s population.

Jail official asked me to cut beard, terror accused tells court, seeks compensation

September 24, 2014 2:36 am

A copy of the complaint was also sent to Gulzar Azmi, member of the State Minorities Commission and the Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra.

Minority panel to watch progress of govt welfare schemes, tour state

August 28, 2014 10:47 am

The commission is yet to react to communal riots in the state, including the recent clashes in Saharanpur.

Other 93 blasts convicts had no such luck: Activists

December 08, 2013 3:32 am

Activists and lawyers have alleged that there was bias involved in not granting parole to other convicts in the 1993 blasts case.

Housing ads on web portal say Muslims not allowed,taken off

November 08, 2013 12:12 am

The advertisements said 'no Muslim allowed' to buy or rent a property in Dadar.

Minority panel gets new vice-chairperson

April 09, 2014 11:56 am

The state has appointed Janet DSouza as the new vice-chairperson of the State Minority Commission.

Ansari says sections of minorities not benefiting equally

March 13, 2013 1:07 am

The equity question,he said,has been a perennial one.

The final electoral roll for Bihar is scheduled to be published on September 30. (File)

Supreme Court asks EC to consider Aadhaar as valid ID for Bihar voter rolls

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The Supreme Court has ordered the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar cards as a valid document for voter identification during the electoral roll revision in Bihar. The court has stressed on the importance of only allowing genuine citizens to vote and excluding those with forged documents. The EC has received numerous claims and objections for inclusion and exclusion in the final roll.

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