RSS affiliate seeks complete adherence to Lokur Committee criteria for inclusion of tribes to Scheduled Tribes list

RSS affiliate seeks complete adherence to Lokur Committee criteria for inclusion of tribes to Scheduled Tribes list

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: S. Thanthoni All India Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (AIVKA), an RSS affiliate that works for tribal population, in its central executive meeting held earlier this week, passed a proposal that the criteria and procedure prescribed by the law and the Lokur Committee (1965) should be strictly followed while … Read more

Steering Committee to decide on CWC election next week, say Congress sources

Steering Committee to decide on CWC election next week, say Congress sources

The outgoing Congress Steering Committee will meet on February 24 in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur to decide whether or not there should be elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), party sources said on Tuesday. According to the Congress Constitution, “The Working Committee shall consist of the President of the Congress, the Leader of the Congress … Read more

BJP constitutes a 14-member committee for byelection

BJP constitutes a 14-member committee for byelection

Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party has constituted a 14-member committee to coordinate election-related work in Erode (East) Assembly constituency, for which the byelection was announced on Wednesday. The committee included V.C. Vedanandam, secretary, Erode (South) district unit of the party, C. Saraswathi, BJP MLA from Modakurichi constituency in Erode district, and many other district-level functionaries. … Read more

House committee calls for more medical facilities for troops at forward locations

House committee calls for more medical facilities for troops at forward locations

A jawan walks with ponies carrying food supply for one of the forward posts near the Line of Control at Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. File | Photo Credit: AP The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in its 55th report on “Provisioning, procurement and issue of High Altitude Clothing, Equipment, Ration and Housing”, has said that … Read more

Madras HC declares as illegal child welfare committee having detained a schoolgirl around whose neck a teenager tied a ‘Thali’

Madras HC declares as illegal child welfare committee having detained a schoolgirl around whose neck a teenager tied a ‘Thali’

It makes sure that the girl gets handed over to her parents forthwith and calls for report on what had the police done to the boy It makes sure that the girl gets handed over to her parents forthwith and calls for report on what had the police done to the boy The Madras High … Read more

Constitute committee to study feasibility of reducing train speed between Palakkad and Podanur, HC directs Southern Railway GM

Constitute committee to study feasibility of reducing train speed between Palakkad and Podanur, HC directs Southern Railway GM

Judges also summon Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager to explain the death of two female elephants on the stretch on October 14 Judges also summon Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager to explain the death of two female elephants on the stretch on October 14 The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the General Manager of Southern Railway … Read more

New managing committee of IRCS assumes charge

New managing committee of IRCS assumes charge

Chairman A. Sridhar Reddy, vice-chairman Jaganmohan Rao re-elected Chairman A. Sridhar Reddy, vice-chairman Jaganmohan Rao re-elected Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan administered an oath to the new managing committee of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) at Raj Bhavan on Monday. The current IRCS chairman A. Sridhar Reddy (NTR District), vice-chairman Jaganmohan Rao (Srikakulam) and treasurer Venkateswara … Read more

Congress loses chairmanship of parliamentary committee on IT, Home; 6 key panels with BJP, its allies now

Congress loses chairmanship of parliamentary committee on IT, Home; 6 key panels with BJP, its allies now

The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee … Read more

Eknath Shinde faction appoints executive committee members of the Yuva Sena

Eknath Shinde faction appoints executive committee members of the Yuva Sena

Amid the controversy over which faction controls and heads ‘real’ Shiv Sena, the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday announced the appointment of executive committee members of the Yuva Sena, the party’s youth wing. Currently, former State Minister Aaditya Thackeray, son of Uddhav Thackeray who heads the other faction of the party, … Read more