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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicMinority rights

Topic: minority rights

Islamic scholar backs Owaisi says Muslims face ‘step-family’ treatment

The row began when Asaduddin Owaisi Monday criticised Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in response to a social media post about the Union Government's welfare schemes for minorities in India.

Tirupati board should have only Hindu employees. ‘Majority’ religion deserves rights too

Religious freedom should include the right of institutions to not employ those who may be inimical to it, but in “secular” India it is apparently a pointer to Hindu bigotry.

White House blasts online vitriol against WSJ journalist who asked Modi about minority rights

Biden administration says attack completely unacceptable, antithetical to the very principles of democracy.

‘Without minority rights, India may start pulling apart,’ says former US president Obama to CNN

BJP Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda slammed Obama for his remarks and said it is preposterous to see the former US president 'pander to the anti-India crowd'.

St Stephen’s vs DU face-off shows minority rights have become management rights

As the 12th principal of St Stephen's college, I have no hesitation in saying that its interview-centric admission process is prone to manipulation.

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.

Political violence increases when regional party candidate wins election: Study

Researchers from Netherlands and Canada looked at data from 1989 until 2012 to find no increase in violence in constituencies where the assembly seat is reserved for ST populations.

Yogendra Yadav is wrong to assume Owaisi’s AIMIM will be a ‘Muslim BJP’

Yogendra Yadav is afraid that if Muslims start voting for a Muslim-led party, then secular fronts will become just representatives of different castes.

India rejects US report on its religious freedom, says it has no locus standi

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar refuted the report's findings by saying religious freedom of minorities is guaranteed by the Constitution of India.

Sardar Hukam Singh, a minority rights champion in Constituent Assembly

Sardar Hukam Singh, who served in first three Lok Sabhas, refused to sign draft of the constitution as he felt it failed to secure...

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.