Women planting paddy seedlings in an agricultural field in Nagaon district of Assam. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar On March 11, Bahutva Karnataka, a forum for concerned citizens and organisations, released a report titled ‘Employment, Wages and Inequality’, at the Press Club, Bengaluru. The report analyses the progress in various employment-related indicators in the … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Saturday, February 17, 2024, said the State government would grant life-time recognition to minority educational institutions in Tamil Nadu. Addressing a meeting of the Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare Board, he said this had been a long-pending demand … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Congress president Y.S. Sharmila. File photo: By Arrangement. APCC president Y.S. Sharmila has demanded that the government hold a discussion on the floor of the Assembly on “the betrayal of the people of Andhra Pradesh by the BJP Government at the Centre in last 10 years”, pass a resolution on the “Rights of … Read more
Delhi police flag march in Chand Bagh-Karawal Nagar (north east Delhi) after the days of violence, in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The prosecution concluded its arguments on September 22 against the applications filed by some of the people accused of hatching the conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast … Read more
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences (I/C) Jitendra Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Minister Jitendra Singh on May 8 discussed the issue of rationalising awards given to scientists to avoid duplicity and bring transparency and reviewed the status of the creation of a Science Media Communication Cell (SMCC). … Read more
File picture of Kannada actor Chetan Kumar Ahimsa, whose OCI status was cancelled | Photo Credit: Twitter/@ChetanAhimsa The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) status of actor Chetan Kumar has been cancelled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The actor has been critical of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been arrested twice for … Read more
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) will now take less than two hours to complete instead of three hours and the candidates will be able to see their official score release date upon completion of the test, according to the Educational … Read more
The Women and Child Development department, under the umbrella of the district panchayat, is set to conduct ‘Penadayalangal,’ a status study of women to understand women’s status, problems and requirements at the local self-government level and make the local bodies gender-friendly. The study, which will examine women’s social, financial, emotional, physical, and health status, will … Read more
The matter of according to SC status to Dalits who have converted to Christianity or Islam over the years has been pending in the Supreme Court since at least 2004. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union government on Tuesday said that it had not formed a Commission to study providing Scheduled Caste status … Read more
HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, 19/11/2022: Telangana BJP Chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar meeting with Nizamabad MP D. Aravind at his residence in Banjara Hills after TRS workers vandalised his home in Hyderabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar has demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao give … Read more