The forum for safeguarding reservation for Scheduled Castes of Karnataka, on Thursday, demanded the State government to implement internal reservation among the Scheduled Castes, in view of the recent Supreme Court’s judgement. The forum conducted a State-level seminar on the issue at Ambedkar Bhavan in Shivamogga. The participants in the events stated that the untouchables … Read more
Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam has directed officials to deploy teams of the State disaster response force to areas vulnerable to flooding before the onset of the northeast monsoon. The Chief Secretary, who chaired a meeting on Saturday to prepare the State machinery for the monsoon, stressed the need to issue area-wise weather reports. “Equipment, water … Read more
Minister P. Rajeev inaugurating session with representatives from multinational companies in the FMCG sector in Kochi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The government will help develop retail sales sector in different regions in the State and efforts are being made to attract more FMCG producers to the State, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said. He … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin with a child of St. Anne’s Primary School at Keezhacheri in Tiruvallur district during the expansion of Tamil Nadu government’s flagship Chief Minister’s breakfast scheme, on July 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: DIPR Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on July 15 questioned whether the BJP-led Union government would come … Read more
Minister V. Abdurahiman says the number of coaches in the second Vande Bharat train plying through Kerala will be increased to 16. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kerala government will submit a calendar this month (July) to the Railways for allocation of special trains to Kerala from major cities during festival seasons, Minister for Sports … Read more
Ernakulam accounted for around 30% of the confirmed dengue cases reported in Kerala over the past two weeks, according to official estimates. Of the total 1,285 confirmed cases reported since June 15, 402 were reported in the district, indicating the spike in the number of dengue cases. Around 160 confirmed cases were recorded in Ernakulam … Read more
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Assam Secretariat on June 16 became the country’s first green State government headquarters with the inauguration of a 2.5 MW solar power project on its campus, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Installed at a cost of ₹12.5 crore, the grid-connected rooftop solar … Read more
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin after the INDIA bloc leaders meeting at Mr. Kharge’s residence in New Delhi on June 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) swept the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, bagging all 40 seats. While this … Read more
Jaipur: Health services in Rajasthan will be made more robust and patient-friendly using innovations in medical science and artificial intelligence-based technologies, officials said on Wednesday. For this, a team of officials of the Medical Education Department will visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on June 6 and June 7 … Read more
People thronging the market near Char Minar in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: ANI Just days before the deadline of June 2, 2024, the day when Hyderabad will cease to be the joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the political class in residual Andhra Pradesh maintains a stoic silence on the issue of choosing a … Read more