-The Hindustan Times The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday directed the Centre to stop the implementation of the 4.5% quota for minorities in the five election-bound states till the poll process is over. The government had announced its decision to carve out the 4.5% sub-quota from the 27% reservation for OBCs on December 22, two days before poll dates were out and the model code of conduct kicked in. In a retrospective decision,...
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EC slaps show-cause notice on Salman Khurshid for announcing 9% minority quota in UP by Bharti Jain
The Election Commission has decided to slap a show-cause notice on law minister Salman Khurshid for announcing 9% quota for minorities in UP in the event of Congress assuming power in the state. The Commission has prima facie found that he had violated the model code of conduct by issuing an appeal to voters along communal lines. Even though Congress manifesto is set to formally promise 9% quota for minorities in...
More »Don’t need a visa to visit, says Rushdie
-PTI Salman Rushdie today said he does not need a visa to visit India and the government made it clear it would not stop him from coming. The author, reacting to an Islamic seminary’s opposition to his trip to the country, wrote on Twitter: “Regarding my India visit, for the record, I don’t need a visa.” Yesterday in a statement, Dar-ul Uloom Deoband vice-chancellor Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani said the “Indian government should...
More »Pakistani flag hoisting was a Hindutva plot to foment strife, police say by Pradeep Kumar Kadkol
With the arrest of another Hindutva activist on Tuesday in connection with the hoisting of a Pakistani flag in front of the Tahsildar office at Sindagi in Karnataka on January 1, the number of persons held by the police for what they believe was a plot to foment communal strife has increased to seven. The arrested are members of Sri Ram Sene, a pro-Hindutva outfit. According to the police, they allegedly...
More »No bar on Rushdie visit to India: government
—PTI The government on Tuesday ruled out barring Salman Rushdie from visiting India in the wake of a demand by a top Islamic seminary to cancel his visa, even as the controversial author said he did not need a visa to come to this country. Official sources say 65-year-old Rushdie holds a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card which entitles him to visit the country without a visa. The sources said since the...
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