In just over a decade, the Karnataka government has formed five committees to recommend measures to tighten security at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison — four under the Congress regime and one under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime. The latest was formed on Monday (November 10, 2025) led by R. Hitendra, Additional Director General … Read more
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and BJP state president Babulal Marandi’s wife and daughter-in-law were allegedly assaulted by members of the Amrit Nagar Puja Committee in Hazaribagh on Thursday evening. According to an FIR filed by Preeti Kisku, daughter-in-law of Marandi, she was traveling from Giridih to Ranchi with her mother-in-law around 7:15 pm when the … Read more
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations. Announcing the move in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Kennedy said that conflicts of interest on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) were responsible for undermining trust … Read more
V. Ravichandar, Bengaluru Restructuring Committee member, says allowing GBA to nominate ward committee members is against the spirit of the 74th Amendment relating to decentralisation. | Photo Credit: file photo In what may contradict the spirit of decentralisation and the 74th Amendment to the Constitution, the Greater Bengaluru Governance (GBG) Bill 2024 has proposed granting … Read more
Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Osmania University, Syeda Azeem Unnisa has been appointed member of Water Quality Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). BIS, the national standards body, is responsible for developing and publishing Indian Standards, implementing conformity assessment schemes, accrediting and operating laboratories for quality evaluation, among others. In her … Read more
Rescue operation underway after a blast at the ordnance factory, in Bhandara district, Maharashtra, on January 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A committee has been constituted to investigate the blast at the Ordnance Factory in Bhandara district, Maharashtra, which killed eight workers and injured five others on Friday (January 24, 2025). The Deputy Commissioner … Read more
Minister of State Arjun Ram Meghwal speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on Dec. 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The 129th Constitution Amendment Bill, seeking to implement simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, has been referred to a joint parliamentary committee after Law … Read more
The Manipur High Court on Wednesday constituted a committee to conduct a probe in connection with a man who went missing from an Army camp in the state. A two-judge bench of the Manipur High Court, comprising Justices D Krishnakumar and Golmei Gaiphulshillu, heard the petition filed by the younger brother of the man, identified … Read more
Presently, the fee structure for nursing students stands at ₹10,000 under government quota, ₹1 lakh under management quota, and ₹1.4 lakh for non-Karnataka students. | Photo Credit: File photo Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has said that a fee regulatory committee has been formed to monitor and regulate the fee structure in nursing colleges … Read more
Actor Mohanlal speaks during a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on August 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Claiming that the arrows of criticism after the publication of the Hema Committee report are being directed solely at the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), actor and former AMMA president Mohanlal on Saturday (August … Read more