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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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Topic: Madrasa

Day after UP makes singing of National Anthem mandatory at Madrasas, MP says it’ll consider it

Hinting that singing of National Anthem might be made mandatory in MP madrasas too, state's home minister Narottam Mishra said National Anthem should be sung everywhere.

Viral video alleging ‘Kejriwal is turning Delhi govt schools into madrasas’ is from Ghaziabad

Video shows group of Muslims including kids offering namaaz in a govt school, when police show up and start asking questions, individuals barge in and make hateful comments.

Some clerics think they are above Quran. It’s making Indian Muslims sectarian and backward

In ‘Indian Muslims’, K. Rahman Khan writes that more Muslim religious leaders, especially younger ones, need to promote the message of genuine spirituality.

How General Zia’s quest for Jammu and Kashmir became fodder for jihad in Afghanistan

In 'Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control’, diplomat Dinkar Srivastava examines the evolution of the PoK over the past few decades.

Blast inside madrassa in Bihar’s Banka kills Imam of adjoining mosque

Banka police say it is not clear if the blast killed the Imam or whether he was buried alive in the debris of the mosque, which had been shut due to Covid.

All about Assam’s new bill that will convert govt-aided madrasas to regular schools

According to the new bill, all theological courses in Arabic taught in government-aided madrasas will be discontinued from April 2022.

Assam govt to turn madrasas, Sanskrit tols into general institutes for ‘secular education’

Assam govt will soon table a bill to repeal provisions of madrasas & Sanskrit tols, and convert them into educational institutions imparting general studies.

Arnab Goswami on #EndgamePakistan and Zee News attacks madrasas for ‘jihad ki padhai’

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

All govt-run madrasas & Sanskrit tols to shut in Assam from Nov, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam's Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Madrasa Education Board will be dissolved & all state-run madrasas will be converted into high schools.

Assam to shut aided madrasas, Sanskrit schools: What Constitution says on minority institutes

The Assam government has decided to shut down all government madrasas and Sanskrit tols to reinvent themselves as high and higher secondary schools.

On Camera

India will absorb Trump tariff impact due to its Achilles’ heel

Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Op Sindoor lesson: IAF chief bats for joint planning & coordination centre in Delhi, not theaterisation

Contrary to claims regarding implementation of theaterisation, ThePrint first reported on 17 June 2021 that it will be delayed. Now, ACM Singh bats for different structure.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.