"In the census of 1951, there were 88 per cent Hindus and 9.5 per cent Muslims while in the census of 2011, there were 79.8 per cent Hindus and 14.5 per cent Muslims...The population of SC, ST, and OBC will increase based only on natural causes. But the population of these people will grow
Amid the ongoing debate between BJP and the Opposition leaders about the reservation and minority quota, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said 4 per cent of Muslim reservations will remain and that is YSR Congress Party's final word on it.
Amidst the ongoing Haryana political crisis, Congress candidate from Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency Deepender Singh Hooda on Thursday said that after the three independent MLAs withdrew their support, the government in the state has come into a minority and should resign immediately.
The incident occurred under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police station on Monday evening (May 6) when the victim and her friend were coming from coaching. They were intercepted by the accused. They held the victim's friend hostage and violated the minor, the police added.
According to reports, the minor girl was wed to the elderly man by her father. Upon receiving this information, law enforcement promptly intervened, arresting both the groom and the father of the young girl.
Prominent members of the Sikh community from 20 states attended the All India Sikh Conclave, organised by the Indian Minorities Foundation (IMF), at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Sunday on the theme 'Role of the Sikh community in nation-building and progress'.
Confirming the fatalities, the police stated that the deceased were identified as three-year-old Farzana, four-year-old Aqsa, five-year-old Rukhsana, eight-year-old Muskan, and their 34-year-old mother Muskan.
The Bhartiya Janata Party has alleged that the Congress party is appeasing the Muslim community during the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The BJP state chief of Himachal Pradesh, Dr Rajiv Bindal, addressing the media in Shimla, said that the Congress party has promised a manifesto to snatch
AIUDF leader Nazrul Hasan alleged that the Congress developed no infrastructure in the North Eastern region despite being in power for more than 55 years while also attacking the BJP for not doing any work for the minorities.
In his speech in Rajasthan's Banswara earlier in the month, the Prime Minister said that if the Congress came to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to Muslims and cited former PM Manmohan Singh's remark that the minority community had the first claim on the country's resources