Uttarakhand Waqf Board to conduct last rites for unidentified bodies of all religions

Uttarakhand Waqf Board to conduct last rites for unidentified bodies of all religions

In the first of the proposals for the year 2024, the Uttarakhand Waqf Board has decided to conduct the last rites for all the unidentified and unclaimed bodies, of all religions, which will be found in Uttarakhand. The Waqf board will also bear the cost of the cremation and burial of the deceased persons whose … Read more

Odisha train tragedy: All 28 unclaimed bodies cremated by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Odisha train tragedy: All 28 unclaimed bodies cremated by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Derailed coaches of the Coromandal express are seen on its accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha. File photo. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT The process for the cremation of 28 unclaimed bodies of people who were killed in thetriple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district four months ago was completed … Read more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

A flood affected locality at Singtam, in Gangtok district, Wednesday, October. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI 10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc in Sikkim; PM Modi dials CM At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst … Read more

Karnataka’s long legacy in women’s reservation in local bodies

Karnataka’s long legacy in women’s reservation in local bodies

Despite strides in local bodies, representation of women in the Karnataka Assembly has remained poor. The current Assembly with a strength of 224 has just 10 women MLAs and the 34-member cabinet has no more than one woman Minister. | Photo Credit: File Photo While the Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in the Parliament on Tuesday … Read more

Gujarat Assembly passes Bill for more OBC seats in local bodies

Gujarat Assembly passes Bill for more OBC seats in local bodies

The BJP government in Gujarat on Friday passed a Bill in the Assembly earmarking 27% of seats in local bodies like panchayats, municipalities, and civic corporations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Previously, the communities had a 10% reservation.  The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was passed through a majority voice vote in the … Read more

Bodies of fishermen who went missing following boat accident in Muthalapozhi recovered

Bodies of fishermen who went missing following boat accident in Muthalapozhi recovered

Rescue operation under way on Tuesday after a boat capsized at Muthalapozhi off Thiruvananthapuram coast. | Photo Credit: – The bodies of the fishermen who went missing at Muthalapozhi, near here, after a fishing boat overturned on Monday were recovered on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Biju Antony, Suresh Fernandez and Robin Edwin of … Read more

Uttarkashi communal tensions | Local trade bodies, Hindutva outfits call off mahapanchayat

Uttarkashi communal tensions | Local trade bodies, Hindutva outfits call off mahapanchayat

Security personnel deployed in Purola after the imposition of section 144 of the CrPC by district administration, in Uttarkashi district on June 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The call for a mahapanchayat given by local trade bodies and Hindutva outfits in Uttarakhand’s Purola in protest against alleged incidents of love jihad was withdrawn late … Read more