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Cyberabad police, GHMC draft joint roadmap to tackle congestion, safety and pending roadworks

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Cyberabad police, GHMC draft joint roadmap to tackle congestion, safety and pending roadworks

Cyberabad Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Gajarao Bhupal and GHMC Zonal Commissioner Bhorkhade Hemant Sahadeorao at a meeting on Thursday. A multi-agency strategy to address mounting traffic congestion, infrastructure delays and pedestrian safety in Cyberabad took centre stage on Thursday as the Cyberabad police and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials jointly identified priority junctions, … Read more

Opposition up in arms over alleged discrepancies in draft electoral rolls

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Opposition up in arms over alleged discrepancies in draft electoral rolls

The Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are up in arms over the alleged discrepancies in the draft electoral rolls for the Kochi Corporation and the larger Ernakulam district published by the State Election Commission. This, they alleged, was a concerted effort in connivance with officials to set the ground … Read more

Punjab Assembly rejects draft of National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing

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Punjab Assembly rejects draft of National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks on the resolution against the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing in the State Legislative Assembly, in Chandigarh, on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Punjab State Assembly on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) rejected the draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural … Read more

CPI(M)‘s clarification note to State units on draft political resolution triggers a row

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CPI(M)‘s clarification note to State units on draft political resolution triggers a row

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] ‘s latest clarification note to its cadres on its month-old draft political resolution ahead of the party’s 24th national conference in Madurai in April has triggered a political row in Kerala. The note discusses the perils of the Central government’s “Hindutva corporate authoritarianism” evolving into neo-fascism if the … Read more

Draft action plan prepared for a safe holy dip for eight crore devotees in Godavari Pushkarams-2027

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Draft action plan prepared for a safe holy dip for eight crore devotees in Godavari Pushkarams-2027

Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh (centre), MP D. Purandeswari (right) East Godavari District Collector P. Prasanthi at a meeting on Godavari Pushkarams-2027 in Rajamahendravaram City on Tuesday (October 29). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh here on Tuesday announced that a draft action plan was prepared … Read more

Advocacy groups challenge FSSAI’s draft notification on removing warning labels from iron-fortified food products

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Advocacy groups challenge FSSAI’s draft notification on removing warning labels from iron-fortified food products

A file photo of normal and fortified rice. According to advocacy groups, all food products must carry warning labels so that vulnerable groups can avoid fortified foods. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) draft notification on an amendment to remove crucial warning labels on iron-fortified food products for individuals with thalassemia and … Read more

Draft policy bans breeding of cold climate dogs, places restrictions on ‘in-breeding’

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Draft policy bans breeding of cold climate dogs, places restrictions on ‘in-breeding’

The draft Tamil Nadu Dog Breeding Policy has strictly prohibited the breeding of at least nine cold climate dog breeds, which it says cannot withstand the weather in the country. It has said that female dogs “shall not be mated after the age of eight”. Though it allows ‘out-breeding and line-breeding’, the policy restricts ‘in-breeding’. … Read more

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

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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

CAA final draft likely to be ready by March 30, 2024: Union Minister Ajay Mishra

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CAA final draft likely to be ready by March 30, 2024: Union Minister Ajay Mishra

Ajay Kumar Mishra at an event of the Matua community in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Sunday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said that the final draft of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is expected to be ready by March 30 next year. The BJP … Read more