New Delhi, 8/2: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the legal question whether a state government is empowered to make a sub-classification in scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for grant of reservation in admissions and public jobs. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard submissions from Attorney…
Bhubaneswar, 8/2:In preparation for the success of the inaugural auction of Critical and Strategic Minerals, launched by Shri Pralhad Joshi, Hon’ble Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, on November 29, 2023, a roadshow was organized by the Ministry of Mines, Govt of India, for the regional engagement with the prospective bidders at Bhubaneswar…
New Delhi, 8/2:In a sarcastic jibe at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for coming out with a ‘black paper’ against his government and referred to it as ‘kaala teeka’ (to ward off the evil eye) in the midst of good work done by his government. Kharge released a…
Chennai, 8/2: A few private schools here received a bomb threat through email on Thursday, police said, and appealed to the public not to panic. The incident, however, coerced parents to rush to schools to pick up their children. Claiming that efforts were on to trace the culprit responsible for issuing the email threat to…
Thiruvananthapuram, 8/2: A democracy envisaged as a union of states is being “crippled” by the Centre’s “undemocratic Union over States” mentality, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in New Delhi on Thursday, as he led a protest against the Centre’s alleged neglect towards the southern state on finaSpearheading the ruling Left’s protest, Vijayan criticised the…
Biramitrapur, 8/2: Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born in the OBC category and would therefore never allow the caste census to be conducted in his life. Speaking during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Rahul noted “PM Modi was not born in the OBC category. He was born Teli…
New Delhi, 8/2: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday released the ‘Black Paper’ outlining the Modi government’s “flaws” in governance since 2014. His move comes on a day when it is expected that the NDA government will present the ‘White Paper’, mentioned by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the interim budget, in the Parliament….
Uttarakhand, 7/2: The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, which may serve as template for other BJP-run states to enact similar legislation. The Bill, which was passed by voice vote, was introduced in the BJP-majority assembly a day earlier and the opposition had suggested that it should be sent to a…
Bhubaneswar 6/1:In a shocking development, amidst the Opposition ruckus in Odisha Assembly; BJP MLA Nauri Nayak climbs atop Speaker’s podium and breaks mic.The huse adjourned for 1 hour.
Balochistan, 7/2: At least 25 people were killed and 42 others injured on Wednesday in two devastating bomb blasts targeting election offices in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, a day before the general elections in the coup-prone country. In the first incident, a powerful blast outside the office of independent candidate Asfandyar Khan Kakar in Pishin…
