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According to data presented by the Union government in Parliament on February 3, 2020, India has a total of 24,010 madrasas. These include 11,621 recognised and 2,907 unrecognised madrasas.

Madrassas in Uttar Pradesh can function, Supreme Court sets aside Allahabad High Court order scrapping madrassa law

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on November 5 the verdict on pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court judgement, which declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh law on madrasas as unconstitutional.

A Madrasa teacher in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually abusing a 13-year-old student following a complaint by the boy's father, police said.

The Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo, has expressed concern about children's rights, particularly of non-Muslim children in madrasas.

The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has demanded withdrawal of UP government's recent order directing that all students in unrecognised madrasas and non-Muslim students studying in government-aided madrasas should be shifted to government schools.

Two students of a local madrasa died under mysterious circumstances in the Khajuria police station area of the district on Wednesday, police said.

In a big relief to about 17 lakh madrasa students in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Friday paused an Allahabad High Court order scrapping the UP Madrasa Act.

The Allahabad High Court has struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004, declaring it "unconstitutional" for violating the principle of secularism.

Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department's order "unlawful".

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a special investigation team to investigate into 4,000 madrassas, mostly running along the border with Nepal, which are allegedly receiving funds from abroad, officials said on Monday.

The Uttar Pradesh government under a pilot project is introducing teaching modules in artificial intelligence in madrasas to train students in the upcoming technology as well as align these institutions with mainstream educational developments.

With an eye on the 2024 general election, the BJP will distribute a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' translated into Urdu among madrasas and Islamic scholars in Uttar Pradesh in a bid to woo Muslims.

The BJP will distribute a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat' translated into Urdu among madrasas and Islamic scholars in Uttar Pradesh in a bid to woo Muslims.

Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.

According to data presented by the Union government in Parliament on February 3, 2020, India has a total of 24,010 madrasas. These include 11,621 recognised and 2,907 unrecognised madrasas.

Madrassas in Uttar Pradesh can function, Supreme Court sets aside Allahabad High Court order scrapping madrassa law

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on November 5 the verdict on pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court judgement, which declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh law on madrasas as unconstitutional.

A Madrasa teacher in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually abusing a 13-year-old student following a complaint by the boy's father, police said.

The Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo, has expressed concern about children's rights, particularly of non-Muslim children in madrasas.

The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has demanded withdrawal of UP government's recent order directing that all students in unrecognised madrasas and non-Muslim students studying in government-aided madrasas should be shifted to government schools.

Two students of a local madrasa died under mysterious circumstances in the Khajuria police station area of the district on Wednesday, police said.

In a big relief to about 17 lakh madrasa students in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Friday paused an Allahabad High Court order scrapping the UP Madrasa Act.

The Allahabad High Court has struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004, declaring it "unconstitutional" for violating the principle of secularism.

Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department's order "unlawful".

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a special investigation team to investigate into 4,000 madrassas, mostly running along the border with Nepal, which are allegedly receiving funds from abroad, officials said on Monday.

The Uttar Pradesh government under a pilot project is introducing teaching modules in artificial intelligence in madrasas to train students in the upcoming technology as well as align these institutions with mainstream educational developments.

With an eye on the 2024 general election, the BJP will distribute a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' translated into Urdu among madrasas and Islamic scholars in Uttar Pradesh in a bid to woo Muslims.

The BJP will distribute a compilation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat' translated into Urdu among madrasas and Islamic scholars in Uttar Pradesh in a bid to woo Muslims.

Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.