File Image: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray (Photo: PTI) With the lead of Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate falling to less than 7,000 in Worli in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the MNS senses an opportunity and is likely to field Sandeep Deshpande from this assembly seat currently held by…
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Youth, women, economists and farmers, representatives of various communities like refugees, displaced, SCs, STs, OBCs, Paharis among others will be contacted as part of its outreach. | File Photo: PTI The assembly election manifesto committee of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP met at a party headquarters here on…
She also reiterated her party’s demand of caste census. | Photo: PTI Union Minister Anupriya Patel on Sunday reiterated her demand of implementing reservation in fourth-class jobs in the private sector. “Reservation is not followed in appointments done in fourth-class posts via outsourcing in the private sector. The people of…
File Image: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (Photo: PTI) A key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, who has decided to embark on a state-wide tour to highlight alleged failures of the NDA government. Senior JD (U) leader and state minister Ashok Choudhary on…
A lady farmer raising a crop of onions using organic farming techniques. (Representational Photo) Union Minister Ramnath Thakur said on Saturday that the Centre is focusing on limiting the use of chemical fertilisers in agriculture and promoting organic farming, especially in the northeastern states. He maintained that budgetary allocation for…
Kerala CM said various offers have come from the global community to provide land and construct houses. | Photo: X@PinarayiVijayan The Kerala government on Saturday announced that a township will be established in a secure area to rehabilitate those displaced by the catastrophic landslide that occurred in the Mundakkai region…
An official said that the latest draft is much more detailed and that “there are no major changes in terms of total area”. (Photo: Reuters) The Congress on Friday accused the Centre of delay in declaring the ecologically sensitive area’ tag for a portion of the Western Ghats and claimed…
New Delhi: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw arrives during the Monsoon session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 26, 2024. (Photo: PTI) The Centre is best suited to determine whether a particular fact related to it is correct or wrong, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday while making…
RJD leader Misa Bharti said that the protest is aimed at seeking protection of the increased quota from the Centre. (Photo: PTI) Rashtriya Janata Dal and Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) have raised the demand for inclusion of Bihar’s increased 65 per cent reservation quota for the Scheduled Castes (SCs),…
Thakur’s comments on Gandhi were an insult to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and OBC communities, said Congress Congress in Maharashtra on Thursday held state-wide protests against the BJP. (Photo: ANI) Press Trust of India Mumbai The Congress in Maharashtra on Thursday held state-wide protests against the BJP over…
In a fresh indication that assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir are imminent, the Election Commission on Wednesday asked the Union Territory administration to transfer out officers posted in their home districts, an exercise it holds ahead of conducting elections. The commission has been following a consistent policy that officers…
Congress on Thursday slammed the Centre over the issue of “deteriorating air quality”. (Photo: ANI) The Congress on Thursday slammed the Centre over the issue of “deteriorating air quality”, alleging that this government denies there is a real problem, underfunds programmes targeted at mitigating pollution and fails to utilise the…
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during an interactive session with industry leaders and businessmen on the Union Budget 2024, in Bengaluru, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Photo: PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the controversial Agniveer scheme will help to keep the armed forces of India…
Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha chairman defended RSS in the Upper House. (File Photo) Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar, took umbrage at Samajwadi Party lawmaker Ramji Suman’s remarks over Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the Upper House on Wednesday (July 31). Defending the…
File Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, smarting from setbacks in the April-June general election, is now being berated for last week’s budget by the country’s swing voters, the middle class, putting his party on the defensive ahead of polls in three states and…