Mysore (Karnataka) [India], February 5 (ANI): The war of words on the issue of Hijab continued on Saturday as BJP Lok Sabha MP Pratap Simha asked the students wearing the hijab to go to 'madrassa' for which the government has set aside funds, instead of going to a school.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 4 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the Gauhati High Court's decision of upholding the Assam Repealing Act 2020 a landmark judgment.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 29 (ANI): As Tripura witnessed a decline in COVID-19 cases, the school education department on Saturday issued fresh instructions to function all state-run schools and madrassas from pre-primary to Class 12 with full attendance.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 29 (ANI): Tripura government on Saturday gave a nod to re-open all schools and madrassas in the state with strict maintenance of COVID-19 protocols from January 31.
Lahore [Pakistan], October 23 (ANI): A Pakistani court dismissed on Friday the bail petition of cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman, who is accused of sexually abusing a student of his madrassah.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing the rise of a three-way Islamist turf war within Sunni Islam with the advent of radical Barelvism, now rivalling the Deobandi and Wahabi schools of thought.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 5 (ANI): A Pakistani court has indicted a cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman and his five sons for sexually abusing a student at his madrassah.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 28 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has stayed the Lakshadweep Administration's notice for eviction and demolition of a four-decade-old madrassa in Minicoy Island.
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The Central government has given a clarification on a media report which said that the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will introduce Bhagwad Gita and Ramayana in madrassas.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 20 (ANI): Police in Kabul have rescued several minor and young children from trafficking to Pakistan, where they were being sent for training and education at Taliban seminaries, reported Afghanistan Times.
Dispur (Assam) [India], December 30 (ANI): A bill, seeking to abolish all state-run Madrassas and transform them into regular schools, has been passed by Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 28 (ANI): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, the first day of the Assam Legislative Assembly session, tabled a Bill to repeal the provincialisation of Madrassas in the state.