Minority Affairs Minister

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi pitches for simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly polls to curb vote-bank politics

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that there is a need for electoral reforms in the country and that India should move ahead on the path of one nation, one election

Najma Heptulla, GM Siddeshwara quit Modi cabinet; Naqvi to oversee minority affairs

Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla resigned from the Union Cabinet along with Minister of State for Heavy Industries GM Siddeshwara.

Will look into possibility of including madrassas in educational system: BJP's Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi blamed the previous Congress led-government for bringing RTE Act, which does not consider madrassas as educational institutions.

Maha govt to issue notices to 2,472 minority institutions for allegedly violating norms

Maharashtra government on Friday said it would issue notices to 2,472 minority educational institutions across the state.

Centre doing nothing to stop hate speech against minorities: Fali Nariman

Nariman, however, praised Modi for his "singlehandedness" in dealing Jammu and Kashmir floods.