Kerala Assembly | Govt. to complete Sabarimala airport project in time-bound manner once clearances from Centre are through: CM

Kerala Assembly | Govt. to complete Sabarimala airport project in time-bound manner once clearances from Centre are through: CM

A view of the Cheruvally estate in Kottayam where the Kerala government has proposed to establish the Sabarimala airport. (file) | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Kerala government expects to complete the Sabarimala airport project in a time-bound manner once all clearances from the Centre are through. The Centre has already given site clearance and … Read more

Morning Digest | Graziers confront Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh; Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce, and more

Morning Digest | Graziers confront Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh; Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce, and more

Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav release a booklet during the ‘Women in the Workforce for Viksit Bharat’ event, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce The Union Ministries of Labour & Employment and Women & Child Development … Read more

Can hike social security pensions if Centre restores slashed share: Balagopal

Can hike social security pensions if Centre restores slashed share: Balagopal

The State government can hike the social security pensions from the present ₹1,600 a month if the Union government restores the State’s rightful share of funds, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal informed the Assembly on Monday. The LDF government has in the past seven years authorised the release of ₹59,112 crore towards the distribution of social … Read more

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said there is no scope for ambiguity in reservations after the introduction of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019. File | Photo Credit: ANI A controversy erupted on January 28 over UGC’s draft guidelines proposing that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates can … Read more

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Mizoram’s apex student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Centre’s decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR). In the letter sent through State Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, the MZP expressed … Read more

Karnataka to write to Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on late seer of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swami

Karnataka to write to Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on late seer of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swami

Shivakumara Swami passed away in 2019. | Photo Credit: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the State government would write to the Centre to confer the Bharat Ratna on the late seer of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swami. He was speaking in Tumakuru after inaugurating the Smruthi Vana, laid out in the memory of Shivakumara Swami, … Read more

Government sanctions ₹ 19.5 crore for rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre for wildlife near Coimbatore

Government sanctions ₹ 19.5 crore for rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre for wildlife near Coimbatore

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday sanctioned ₹19.5 crore for the establishment of a rescue, treatment and rehabilitation centre (RTRC) for wildlife at Pethikuttai near Sirumugai in Coimbatore district. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests, said the state-of-the-art centre would come up on 53 hectares and would be equipped with modern … Read more

SC notice to Centre on plea by E-gaming Federation against levy of 28% GST on all forms of online real-money gaming

SC notice to Centre on plea by E-gaming Federation against levy of 28% GST on all forms of online real-money gaming

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea filed by the E-gaming Federation against the levy of 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all forms of online real-money gaming. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud … Read more