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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicNational Commission for Minorities

Topic: National Commission for Minorities

‘No hate crime involving communities reported in past 3 yrs’ — National Commission for Minorities head

Iqbal Singh Lalpura says violence in Jahangirpuri in 2022 & Nuh in 2023 ‘weren't community hate crimes’. Remarks come day after Owaisi said attacks on Muslims surged after poll results.

Minorities panel seeks report from Punjab govt on ‘conversions of Sikhs to Christianity’

Representatives of Punjab govt, Akal Takht and SGPC will attend a meeting called by the National Minorities Commission to discuss the issue on 16 June.

Attack on Kerala nuns in Jhansi ‘reeks of politics’, says minorities commission member

Atif Rasheed, vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities, says the panel has taken suo moto cognisance of the incident and has directed authorities to file report.

Minorities panel has only 1 member since Nov, but govt says work not affected ‘in any way’

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Naqvi says most seats at 7-member National Commission for Minorities fell vacant during Covid pandemic, process to fill vacancies is on.

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.

Minorities panel to visit Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, start dialogue with people

Representatives from the National Commission for Minorities plan to meet religious leaders and begin confidence building measures.

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.

Islamic university in Iran wants India’s help to boost yoga & ayurveda

Yoga is hugely popular in Iran, but there is scepticism about its history and connections to Hinduism and Buddhism, especially among the Islamic orthodoxy.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.