Minority Report
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Haj subsidy: Centre is only cherry-picking from widespread reforms suggested by policy review panel
It has ignored proposals to set up autonomous entity to manage Haj affairs and to resume sea travel to Saudi Arabia.
Ajaz Ashraf
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Why haven’t Gujarat’s Muslims produced young leaders like Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani?
Consigned to ghettos and disadvantaged by the law, youngsters of the minority community feel compelled to shun political activism.
Ajaz Ashraf
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No state for Chakmas: In Mizoram, a minority battles for rights against a former minority
For decades, Mizos had struggled against the domination by Delhi and Assam culture. Now they are the dominant group in their state.
Shyamal Bikash Chakma
Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
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Bilkis Bano gangrape: 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment released from jail
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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Indian football: Fifa suspends AIFF, throwing U-17 Women’s World Cup in doubt
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Sindh's anti-conversion bill will help protect Hindus. But will it actually become law?
For the sake of hundreds of Hindu women and girls who are kidnapped and forced to convert every year, the Pakistan People's Party must live up to its rhetoric.
Saim Saeed
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‘You did commit the crime’: An Old Testament quote explains why the Christian community snubbed RSS
On the weekend, 300 leaders of community unanimously rebuffed the idea of an affiliate group of the Sangh Parivar for Christians.
John Dayal
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Why the Christian community should steer clear of the RSS 'hand of friendship’
The saffron organisation aims to start a Rashtriya Isai Manch. But its affiliates continue to attack minorities across India.
John Dayal
Video
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Watch: This 167-year-old steam engine in working condition will soon have a heritage run
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Watch: Kannada film actors have made a new music video for India’s national song ‘Vande Mataram’
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‘Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara’: 1938 song composed for the freedom movement gets new rendition
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‘We don’t hate for long’: Jawaharlal Nehru on the UK during impromptu press conference in 1953
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Watch: Migratory bird makes emergency landing because of heat, police saves it in China
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The only Hebrew teacher in Indian academia is a devout Muslim
According to Dr Khurshid Imam, understanding Judaism is essential to fully comprehend the Quran.
Navras Jaat Aafreedi
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Maharashtra report: Was an assault on the police over the beef ban really linked to a terror plot?
In September, a young man attacked three policemen in Pusad town. How did the incident become a case about anti-national violence being planned by allegedly radicalised Muslim youth?
Aarefa Johari
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Supreme Court move on film about gay man allows personal biases of a few to trump rule of law
The judges put off until 2018 a hearing on Gujarat's refusal to provide tax exemption for a movie about homosexuality, agreeing that some people believe that homosexuality is a social evil.
Madhavi Menon
The Reel
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Start the week with a film: Get a much-needed dose of ‘Gandhigiri’ with ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’
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Rajasthan’s blood drive on Eid is yet another example of BJP's doublespeak on secularism
The ascent of Hindutva politics has left Muslims practically disenfranchised, searching for solutions in communitarian parties.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Full text: Affirmative action for Muslims is key to development, says Vice President Hamid Ansari
State must correct the state of deprivation, exclusion and discrimination faced by India's largest minority community, Ansari says.
Hamid Ansari
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Arif Mohammad Khan on Shah Bano case: 'Najma Heptullah was key influence on Rajiv Gandhi'
Arif Mohammad Khan quit the Congress in 1986 because his differences with the leadership over its handling of a case regarding maintenance for a divorced Muslim woman. He recounts the tumultuous events and the players behind them.
Ajaz Ashraf
The Field
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Cincinnati Masters: Murray beats Wawrinka in three sets; Rybakina, Anisimova through to second round
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Ultimate Kho Kho: Mumbai Khiladis earn first victory of season; winning start for Odisha Juggernauts
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Premier League: Luis Diaz rescues a point for Liverpool after Darwin Nunez sent off on home debut
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Indian football: Fifa suspends AIFF, throwing U-17 Women’s World Cup in doubt
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Davis Cup: Nadal rested for Spain’s group stage matches, Zverev included in German squad