Watch:  As Muharram begins, Srinagar youth distribute water, food

Watch:  As Muharram begins, Srinagar youth distribute water, food

Watch: As Muharram begins, Srinagar youth distribute water, food | Video Credit: PTI Preparations are in full swing as Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, has commenced in Srinagar, with people in the city hoisting black banners and flags. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Muharram, which marks the arrival of the new … Read more

Youth held on charge of posting pictures of students with obscene content on social media pages

Youth held on charge of posting pictures of students with obscene content on social media pages

A youth was arrested by the Kalady police on charge of posting pictures of women in social media groups with obscene content. The arrested is a 24-year-old from Mattoor. Later, he was released on bail. He allegedly obtained pictures of college students without their permission and posted them to Facebook with obscene materials. However, the … Read more

Youth, farming hold key to country’s growth as super economy: Governor

Youth, farming hold key to country’s growth as super economy: Governor

A student receiving her degree at the hands of Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan as TNAU V-C Geethalakshmi and SKLTSHU V-C B. Neeraja Prabhakar look on at the horticultural university’s convocation on Tuesday. Telangana Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan has stated that India has ample scope and opportunities to grow to a $30 trillion GDP by 2047 and it … Read more

Budgam youth held, was planning to join ISIS-inspired terror group: J&K Police

Budgam youth held, was planning to join ISIS-inspired terror group: J&K Police

The J&K Police arrested a local youth from Budgam, who was about to join terrorist ranks on the motivation of some Pakistani based terrorist handlers. Representative image | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The J&K Police on Thursday said it arrested a local youth from Budgam, “who was about to join terrorist ranks on the motivation of some … Read more

Former Haritha leaders get key posts in Muslim Youth League

Former Haritha leaders get key posts in Muslim Youth League

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has given key posts to the erstwhile functionaries of Haritha, the women’s forum of its students’ wing, the Muslim Students Federation (MSF), and some other MSF leaders, who were earlier removed from the organisation after they fell out of the party leadership. K. Fathima Thahiliya, former national vice-president of … Read more

Tiruppur youth falls on Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore, succumbs to injuries

Tiruppur youth falls on Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore, succumbs to injuries

B. Veerakumar of Tiruppur, who died after a fall from the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore while on a trek for a pilgrimage | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 31-year-old man from Tiruppur, who suffered injuries after falling from a steep portion of the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore on April 19, died on Monday, April 22. … Read more

Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge

Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday reacted to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Narendra Modi government was open to making changes in the Agniveer scheme for the armed forces, if required. Agniveers are the new recruits under the Agnipath Scheme where 25% … Read more

Is unemployment a major factor in shaping the vote choice of the youth?

Is unemployment a major factor in shaping the vote choice of the youth?

For the upcoming Lok Sabha elections of 2024, Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have strategically crafted their narrative around four key pillars: the poor, the youth, women, and farmers, referring to them as the ‘chaar jatiyan‘ (four castes). This rhetoric is a departure from traditional caste politics in India, emphasising development and … Read more

Congress promises ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ for youth below 25-years of age 

Congress promises ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ for youth below 25-years of age 

File photo of Praveen Chakravarty | Photo Credit: The Hindu   With the tagline “Pehli Naukri Pakki” (first job is assured), the “right to apprenticeship” is one of the marquees promises in the Congress’s election manifesto, putting the issue of unemployment at the centre of their campaign against the Narendra Modi government.    The party proposes … Read more