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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicMinistry of Minority Affairs

Topic: Ministry of Minority Affairs

Centre asks IIT Delhi to draw up roadmap to effectively manage waqf properties, boards in 22 states

The govt found it necessary to assess the functioning of WAMSI portal as several states are unable to provide accurate information about waqf properties, it is learnt.

Last emails, long tea breaks, garden strolls—a day in the Maulana Azad Education Foundation

The minority affairs ministry and the Central Waqf Council want to pull the plug on the Maulana Azad Education Foundation, but it won’t accept the ‘obsolete’ label.

Promises made in Modi govt’s first Budget still pending, says Urdu Press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Pasmandas are the real minorities deprived of welfare. Muslims aren’t homogenous

Taking India's largest ‘minority’ as homogenous is inappropriate. Muslims face many problems that need to be understood and resolved.

Only 35% minority students in minority engineering colleges, govt reveals in Rajya Sabha

Minority affairs ministry says in the 83 engineering institutions declared as minority, there are only 6,046 minority enrolments out of the total 17,212 students.

India ready to send Haj pilgrims after vaccinating them, but no word from Saudi govt yet

India has finalised 58,000 applications for Haj, but needs Saudi govt to give the sanctioned quota of the final number of people. The pilgrimage is scheduled from 17-22 July. 

BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is actually a Kapil Mishra, but with Allah on his lips

Leaders like Manjinder Sirsa are unapologetic about supporting their communities. But Naqvi plays invisible for minorities, unless it's to defend BJP or praise Modi.

Modi govt slashes by half free UPSC coaching budget for minorities

Overall budget for minority affairs ministry up but allocation for ‘Free Coaching & Allied schemes for Minorities’ also slashed from Rs 75 cr to Rs 50 cr.

Modi govt reaches out to Muslim clerics to appeal for peace as India protests citizenship law

Minority commission & minority affairs ministry have asked clerics to tell the community the law is not anti-Muslim & there’s nothing to worry about.

More Muslims got govt scholarships under Modi govt than during Congress-led UPA-2

There were 2.37 crore Muslim beneficiaries of govt scholarships during Modi's first term, while the figure under Manmohan's second was 2.33 crore.

On Camera

Media ownership isn’t perfect. It’s worse under Trump: Martin Baron, ex-Washington Post editor

Project Syndicate Deputy Managing Editor Rachel Danna sat down with Martin Baron, former executive editor of the Washington Post, to discuss the state – and fate – of journalism today.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.