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SC issues notice to Centre over plea challenging constitutionality of minority commission, welfare schemes for religious minorities
Fp Staff •The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre over a petition challenging the validity of the National Commission for Minorities Act of 1992. The petition claimed that the government is spending Rs 4,800 crore towards "imparting skills to members of minority communities and promoting their culture".
In Lucknow jail since 19 December, Sadaf Jafar, 6 activists to spend New Year under arrest: Bail pleas filed in sessions court
Sushmitaverma •Bail pleas were filed in the sessions court of Lucknow for teacher-artist-activist Sadaf Jafar, former IPS Officer SR Darapuri and five others on Tuesday. Jafar and others have been lodged in a Lucknow jail since 19 December, 2019 when she was arrested while capturing videos of the protests taking place at Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow as aprt of the Anti-CAA protests.
National Commission for Minorities team to visit Jammu and Kashmir in September to ‘understand’ development issues post scrapping of Article 370
•A high-level team of the National Commission for Minorities will visit Jammu and Kashmir in September to have a dialogue with the locals and to understand development issues after provisions of Article 370 were abrogated, the Commission's chairman said on Thursday.
Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech on J&K, Ladakh: PM promises 'good governance,' says Article 370 only gave rise to terrorism
Fp Staff •Narendra Modi, in his speech on Thursday, made repeated references to how 'dynastic politics' was stifling the development of Jammu and Kashmir
Early resolution of Ayodhya dispute will benefit both Hindus and Muslims, says Minorities Commission chief Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi
•National Commission for Minorities chairperson Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi said on Thursday that no hindrance should be created in the hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in the Supreme Court, saying the earliest resolution of it will benefit both Hindus and Muslims.
Shillong unrest: National minorities commission against re-locating Sikhs, says move 'unfeasible'
Ians •Sweepers Lane, known to the local people as Them Metor, is located in the commercial area of Shillong near Iewduh — one of the busiest markets in the northeast.
SC postpones hearing on minority status for non-Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir by four weeks
Fp Staff •Attorney General KK Venugopal in SC complained that J&K govt has opted to go back on its word to set up a minority commission in state
Winter Session of Parliament: Rajya Sabha adjourned four times amid uproar over Bhima-Koregaon violence, triple talaq bill
Fp Staff •The Parliament saw a stormy session on Wednesday with the Rajya Sabha being adjourned four times amidst uproar on Maharashtra bandh and triple talaq bill.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu says terror groups misusing religion to achieve political ends
•Stating that some people had objections to his recent comment that terror has no religion, Venkaiah Naidu said, "Anybody who is taking the name of religion and choosing the path of terror is against humanity. This is what I meant."
Venkaiah Naidu says secularism is in India's DNA, calls India the best model of religious harmony
•Secularism is "safe" in India because it is in the DNA of its people, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Tuesday and stressed