TNSDA archaeologists and a four-member team of trained divers from the Indian Maritime University took part in the survey, which was carried out off the coast between Thirumullaivasal and Neithavasal. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) has concluded the first phase of an underwater archaeological survey off the … Read more
The survey taken up by the Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission is aimed at measuring social, educational and economic status of all communities. It will help the State government frame better policies for social welfare that will lead to all-round development of the State. No one should object to it, Minister Santosh Lad said in … Read more
Officials interact with a family during the social and educational survey (caste survey) in Hubballi, Karnataka on September 23, 2025. The Kodava community appears to be in a dilemma over how to record their identity in the ongoing Social and Educational Survey being conducted by the government of Karnataka. At the heart of the debate … Read more
The Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission caste census sticker at a residence, in Bengaluru on September 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Karnataka will hold its second socio-economic survey from Monday (September 22, 2025). The Congress government set aside the report of the first survey, conducted in 2015, as well as the recommendations … Read more
A division bench comprising Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Rajesh Rai. K passed the order on petitions filed by Rajya Vokkaliga Sangha, Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Maha Sabha, advocate K.N. Subba Reddy and others, on September 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: File photo The High Court of Karnataka ordered issue of notices to the State and … Read more
The final report of the survey conducted in the city under the Kozhikode Corporation’s ‘Samanvaya’ project will be published within two months. Welfare Standing Committee chairperson P. Divakaran said on Saturday (August 16) that the second phase of the survey, aimed at plugging any loopholes, is already under way. Meanwhile, benefits based on the survey … Read more
H.N. Nagamohan Das | Photo Credit: The H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission spearheading the Scheduled Castes survey across the State to provide internal reservation, has extended the exercise till July 6, only in Bengaluru, both in the city’s civic body limits and Bengaluru Urban district. After multiple extensions, the survey concluded on June 30, with 91.84% … Read more
Getty Images Young people under the age of 18 are more aware of nicotine pouches, new data suggests. According to a survey commissioned by charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), the percentage of 11-17 year olds who said they knew of the pouches grew from 38% in 2024 to 43% this year. The survey … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: File photo Close on the heels of Congress central leaders asking Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar to undertake a fresh survey of Karnataka’s population, the Cabinet on June 12 decided to hold … Read more
In this image posted by @RailMinIndia via X on April 16, 2025, a bridge that erected as part of the Sivok-Rangpo Rail Project, in Sikkim. Eight out of 13 major bridges have now been completed. | Photo Credit: X@RailMinIndia via PTI GUWAHATI The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned a final location survey for a new … Read more