New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Monday that it may approach the Supreme Court if the Uttarakhand High Court does not grant relief in pleas challenging certain provisions of the state government’s law on madrasa registration.Alleging that there appears to be a concerted attempt to undermine Islamic seminaries, the Board, in a statement, said that the Uttarakhand government has introduced a law making it mandatory for all madrasas to register w…
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Dhaka, April 21 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation strongly condemned the attack, vandalism, and threats targeting the family of a teenage girl in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district after they lodged a case against a madrasa superintendent, accusing him of attempting to rape her, local media reported. In a statement issued on Monday, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) expressed serious concern over the survivor and her family being subjected to violence and intimidation instead of receiving pro…
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the government will soon secure the historic land of Rojabari (Raj Darbar) located in Charaideo district, the first capital of the Ahom era, following concerns about encroachment and the establishment of madrasas on the site. In a post on X, CM Sarma said the state administration is committed to freeing the historic heritage site from illegal occupation and ensuring its protection for posterity.”Information has been…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) While the country is moving forward on the path of inclusive growth and development, West Bengal is ‘sinking’ into a deep abyss of appeasement politics, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said on Friday, strongly condemning the state’s interim budget presented on February 5.The Mamata Banerjee government presented an interim budget of Rs 4.06 lakh crore for the state, which is headed to polls in the coming months. While it was hailed by the Chief Minister as “pro-people”, i…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) With elections in West Bengal, Assam and Bangladesh around the corner, Intelligence agencies have sounded an alert about large scale radicalisation drives in these regions.While on one hand the radicalisation drives are aimed at polarising voters, on the other hand they are also meant to set up terror modules with the intention of carrying out large scale attacks.In Bangladesh, the Jamaat-e-Islami is already in overdrive mode to radicalise individuals. The idea is to cha…
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) “If a Tamilian can become Chennai Mayor, a Gujarati can become Ahmedabad Mayor, a Telugu Hyderabad Mayor and a Punjabi as Punjabi Mayor then why in Maharashtra’s Mumbai, a Marathi can’t become its mayor,” asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, staunchly defending his pitch for Marathi-Hindu mayor in the upcoming BMC elections. He stated that Marathi and Hindu can’t be segregated into two, as both are inseparable, and hence, after the BJP …