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Topic: minority status

Diwaya Ram was an MP in Pakistan but forced to flee. Now he sells Kulfi in Haryana & awaits citizenship

A resident of Fatehabad's Ratangarh, he applied for Indian citizenship under CAA in 2024. Following Pahalgam, police did not trouble him with 'leave India' notice.

Chandrachud’s AMU judgment delivers justice without getting weighed down by past SC verdict

Justice Chandrachud's AMU judgment overturned a key aspect of the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision, which had held that an educational institution deriving its legal character from a statute is not “established” by a minority.

AMU students & faculty celebrate SC ruling. ‘Revoking minority status is like tearing soul from body’

SC has overturned 1967 ruling that denied AMU minority status. Now, focus is on addressing faculty vacancies, reinstating students' union, and advancing women’s empowerment initiatives.

A statute can’t strip an institution of ‘minority’ status. What SC said as it overturned 1967 AMU ruling

Supreme Court has ordered a fresh review of Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, setting guidelines for determining an institution's minority character, to apply in AMU's case.

Vacant posts, no full-time V-C: Awaiting SC ruling on ‘minority’ status, AMU navigates its past, present

Many tend to feel that no matter which way SC rules, dilution of Aligarh Muslim University's minority character has been underway for some time. A look at history of the case & the debate.

‘Indigenous people becoming minority’ — what pro-Hindutva press wrote on Assam’s Hindus

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few days.

Only 8% of minority students attend schools for minority communities, NCPCR report says

NCPCR report, which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities.

US is India’s enemy when it calls out treatment of minorities, friend when Trump hugs Modi

Recently, USCIRF slammed India for violence by non-state actors committed against religious minorities, designating it as a  'Country of Particular Concern'.

Decision on minority status for Hindus won’t be revealed before 2019 polls

National Minorities Commission says demand is 'untenable', but BJP govt can’t send out this message ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Siddaramaiah’s Lingayat gamble: Can minority status swing BJP’s votebank?

Minority status has been a long-standing demand of the community, which constitutes 17 per cent of the state’s population.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.