VCK urges T.N. govt to ensure entry of all communities into temples

VCK urges T.N. govt to ensure entry of all communities into temples

Thol. Thirumavalavan. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj A meeting of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)‘s high-level committee has adopted a resolution urging the Tamil Nadu government to take steps to ensure the rights of all communities to worship in temples across the State and demanded action against those preventing such entry. VCK founder … Read more

L.A. Zoo to ink pact with Bihar govt., Wildlife Trust of India for Gharial conservation

L.A. Zoo to ink pact with Bihar govt., Wildlife Trust of India for Gharial conservation

Gharials are critically endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Species. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Buoyed by Gharial recovery efforts in West Champaran district’s Gandak river, the Bihar government, Los Angeles Zoo and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have agreed to strengthen conservation efforts of the reptiles … Read more

Around 42 lakh women can travel free in govt. buses from 1 p.m. today in State

Around 42 lakh women can travel free in govt. buses from 1 p.m. today in State

The Shakti scheme was one of the guarantees given by the Congress before the Assembly elections. | Photo Credit: File photo The Congress government is all set to launch Shakti, the free bus travel scheme for women, one of the party’s five poll guarantees, in Bengaluru on Sunday. Women are eligible to travel for free … Read more

State govt. to urge Centre to set up AIIMS in Kalyana Karnataka region, especially Kalaburagi

State govt. to urge Centre to set up AIIMS in Kalyana Karnataka region, especially Kalaburagi

Minister Sharan Prakash Patil says that the AIIMS can start functioning in the ESIC Hospital which is spread over around 50 acres of land in Kalaburagi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has said that the State government will urge the Union government to establish the All India Institute of … Read more

Union govt. considering equal property rights to Scheduled Tribe women: Minister informs MP

Union govt. considering equal property rights to Scheduled Tribe women: Minister informs MP

Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Union government was examining whether to issue notification under the Hindu Succession Act to apply beneficial provisions to Scheduled Tribe (ST) women, who profess Hinduism, to enable them to inherit equal share over properties of father/ Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), … Read more

Regulate high-powered bikes, put up speed breakers to prevent accidents, KHRC tells govt., police

Regulate high-powered bikes, put up speed breakers to prevent accidents, KHRC tells govt., police

The Kerala Human Rights Commission (KHRC) on Monday issued a slew of directions, such as regulating the use of motorbikes with high-capacity engines, installing speed breakers and increasing police patrolling, to prevent speeding and the resulting accidents on roads in the State. KHRC chairman Justice Antony Dominic also directed the State government and the police … Read more

Centre considering testing drugs at govt. laboratories before exporting

Centre considering testing drugs at govt. laboratories before exporting

Illustration photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid quality issues being raised globally for the cough syrups exported by Indian firms, the Centre is actively considering a proposal of testing drugs at government laboratories before they are dispatched to other countries. The apex drug regulatory authority, the Central … Read more

BJP to observe week-long protest against State govt.

BJP to observe week-long protest against State govt.

People are struggling to find their day-to-day subsistence as the Left government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan enters its eighth year, the State President of BJP, K. Surendran, said. BJP will lead a popular agitation against the State government and observe one week’s protest, he said Administrative collapse and anarchy are the only contributions … Read more

Maharashtra govt. constitutes SIT to probe Nashik temple incident

Maharashtra govt. constitutes SIT to probe Nashik temple incident

The Maharashtra government has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe a recent incident in which a group of people from the minority community allegedly attempted to ‘forcibly’ enter the Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik. A statement issued by the office of Deputy Chief Minister and State Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that … Read more

D K Shivakumar will be in Delhi Tuesday for discussion on Karnataka govt formation, says his MP-brother

D K Shivakumar will be in Delhi Tuesday for discussion on Karnataka govt formation, says his MP-brother

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar speaks to the media on his Delhi visit, in Bengaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI Karnataka state Congress president D K Shivakumar will reach Delhi on Tuesday for discussion with the party leadership on the government formation in the state, his brother and party MP D K Suresh said. … Read more