Finance department Special Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao is all set to take charge as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana on April 30 evening. The 1991-batch officer has worked in various capacities in the united Andhra Pradesh State and was made the Finance Secretary after the formation of separate Telangana. He continued in the … Read more
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA Basant Soren holds a rally ahead of party’s establishment day, in Dumka on February 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) celebrated its 46th foundation day on Sunday (February 2, 2025) at Gandhi Maidan in Dumka. Chief Minister Hemant Soren reached Dumka by charter plane to participate … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks in the State Assembly in Kolkata on December 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Discontent and anger against the government do not necessarily result in the electorate voting against the ruling party. This has become quite evident over the past few years in West Bengal politics, the latest … Read more
To motivate its workforce to work more efficiently to reduce the cost of coal production, the management of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) organised a two-day awareness campaign in all its 40 coal mines and different departments across the State’s coal belt on Thursday and Friday. The campaign christened “Ujwala Singareni – The … Read more
The event comes at a time when the BJP is also expanding its tribal outreach across India through various programmes. Photo Credits: Facebook/Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram As part of its ongoing annual meet, the Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, the tribal wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Saturday organised an event at Samalkha … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Supreme Court has held that States cannot tinker with the Scheduled Castes List notified under Article 341 of the Constitution. “Any inclusion or exclusion of any caste, race or tribe or part of or group within the … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. Amidst the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, the COCOMI on June 28 took out a mass rally from Imphal West’s Thau Ground, calling for the integrity of the State to be maintained. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Amidst the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar address a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some State BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meeting, sources said … Read more
Amid a water crisis in the national capital, the Delhi Congress, under the leadership of its chief Devender Yadav, held ‘matka phod’ protests across the city on Saturday with its members smashing earthen pots to the ground. The protests began around 10 am in all 280 blocks in Delhi. Carrying earthen pots on their heads … Read more
Newly-appointed Pakistan white-ball coach Gary Kirsten held the first meeting with the men’s national team on Saturday, May 4, ahead of their packed T20I schedule. Notably, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently appointed Kirsten and Jason Gillespie as their new head coaches for the white-ball and red-ball formats respectively. With a packed T20 schedule approaching … Read more