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Topic: Muslim population

Judicial panel’s report on Sambhal violence points to ‘pre-planned conspiracy’, demographic change

The 450-page report not only probed the last year’s clashes, but also traced the district’s history of 15 communal clashes reported since 1947.

Himanta Sarma warns Jharkhand against ‘ghuspaithiye’, says Muslim population in Assam has reached 40%

In response, Congress reminds Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, also BJP’s Jharkhand election co-incharge, of his time campaigning in minority-dominated areas of Assam during 2024 polls.

In 1950-2015, Hindu population dipped from 85% to 78%, Muslims rose to 14% from 10% — PM-EAC paper

Barring Parsis and Jains, the share of all other religious minorities in India saw a 0.81 percent to 5.38 percent increase in this 65-year period, it adds.

Stop seeing population control measure as anti-Muslim. They also benefit from small families

As a Pasmanda Muslim, I often wondered why Indians have low expectations from the Muslim community, supporting problematic traditions in their desire to be saviours.

Mohan Bhagwat’s caution on population ‘imbalance’ must go beyond statistics, vote-bank politics

The RSS chief has highlighted the need for consensus on population control and to consider Uniform Civil Code as a contributory aspect of achieving population balance.

Lanka on boil, President on run — Urdu press writes on ‘comparisons’ between India & neighbour

New Delhi: The unprecedented unrest in Sri Lanka, an absconding leader and perceived shadows of a similar fate for India kept the Urdu papers...

‘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.

CM Yogi’s UP population control bill is designed to serve only one purpose — 2022 election

If Muslims come out in support of the population policy, the Yogi Adityanath government itself would likely backtrack under pressure from the Hindu Right.

Muslims poorer, less educated than Hindus. But their kids more likely to survive till age 5

Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse at the same time. This practice is outlawed in India, except for Muslims and...

Former CEC S.Y. Quraishi busts myths about Islam and family planning in his new book

Published by HarperCollins, 'The Population Growth' by S.Y. Quraishi will release on 17 February on ThePrint's SoftCover.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.