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DMK member urges govt to grant constitutional status to Minorities Commission

DMK member urges govt to grant constitutional status to Minorities Commission
Published on Feb 11, 2026 03:18 pm IST

File better affidavit on filling vacancies in Minorities Commission: Delhi HC to Centre

File better affidavit on filling vacancies in Minorities Commission: Delhi HC to Centre
Published on Feb 06, 2026 02:46 pm IST

Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea on national minorities panel chief appointment

The court granted the petitioner the liberty to submit a representation to the government. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Oct 29, 2025 01:52 pm IST

HC asks Centre to place stand on issue of vacancies in National Commission for Minorities

HC asks Centre to place stand on issue of vacancies in National Commission for Minorities
Published on Oct 15, 2025 07:28 pm IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

SAD complains to EC against Lalpura

Shiromani Akali Dal has urged the EC to take strict action against Lalpura. (HT file photo)
Updated on Apr 03, 2024 06:08 am IST

Minorities commission chief seeks report on 1984 riots victims’ rehab

Asking for the status, the commission has said there are several instances where already announced measures have not reached the families. (File)
Updated on Nov 01, 2023 06:20 am IST

Minorities panel takes up 1984 riots relief issue with 10 states

The riots broke out after the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. (HT file)
Updated on Oct 19, 2023 07:18 am IST

Minorities commission chairman praised PM Modi for helping Sikh community

In a major development , Lalpura appointed state BJP spokesperson Ali Daruwala as a National Advisor of Minority Commission of India. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 11:23 pm IST

Assam CM for district-wise definition of minority

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said a community’s minority status should be designated based on its representation in a state or district’s total population. (ANI)
Updated on Mar 31, 2022 04:15 am IST

NCM asks NTA to ensure Sikh students not discriminated while entering exam venue

NCM asks NTA to ensure Sikh students not discriminated while entering exam venue
Published on Sept 28, 2021 10:44 am IST

Govt resolved to ensure everyone feels they have a share in nation’s development

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attends charge taking ceremony of National Commission for Minorities Chairman Sardar Iqbal Singh Lalpura in New Delhi.
Published on Sept 10, 2021 04:14 pm IST

SC issues notice to Centre on transfer plea of minority status to 5 communities

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notices to ministry of home affairs, ministry of law and justice and ministry of minority affairs.
Published on Feb 09, 2021 02:28 pm IST

‘Not in name of religion’: Plea in SC wants minorities commission scrapped

The Supreme Court gave the Centre four weeks to respond to the petition and listed the next hearing in March.
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 08:03 pm IST

Define ‘minority’: Supreme Court asks panel to review state-wise populations

The Supreme Court has directed the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to “consider” a representation to include Hindus as minorities in eight states of the country.
Updated on Feb 12, 2019 07:55 am IST

Build Ram Temple in Ayodhya, let Muslims live in peace: Minorities panel chief

File photo dated October 1990, shows Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
Published on Nov 11, 2018 06:51 pm IST

Minorities panel opposes NCW’s suggestion to ban church confessions

The women’s commission’s recommendation to ban Church confessions is part of its latest report submitted to the home ministry.
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 09:45 pm IST

No turbulent political atmosphere in country, says minorities panel chief after Delhi Archbishop’s letter

Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto recently kicked up a storm with his remark that a turbulent political atmosphere posed a threat to India’s democratic principles and secular fabric, a charge rejected by the government which said the comment reflected his prejudiced mindset.
Updated on May 23, 2018 01:56 pm IST

National Commission for Minorities to seek Constitutional status from govt

Members of Dalit community raise slogans during 'Bharat Bandh' in Jaipur. Till now, only the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes have Constitutional status, giving them powers to act against officials.
Published on Apr 22, 2018 06:06 pm IST

Kashmir violence being stoked by talk of revenge, says citizen’s group

Kashmiri villagers run for cover as government forces fire pellets and tear gas at them after they were stopped from taking part in the funeral procession of Kashmiri militant Mussavir Wani in Pulwama, on April 7.
Updated on Apr 10, 2018 06:21 pm IST