NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to provide comprehensive data regarding the social and economic backwardness of the 77 castes included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list. The Court also sought details on the inadequate representation of these castes in public sector jobs.The top court’s order came as…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, accusing the ruling party of politicizing the Ayodhya rape case for electoral gain. Yadav alleged that the BJP is orchestrating a conspiracy to tarnish his party’s reputation with an undemocratic and unconstitutional approach.“The Bharatiya Janata…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of the deaths of three civil service aspirants due to flooding of a coaching centre basement in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar last month. The bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, issued notices to the Centre and Delhi government and sought responses from…
NEW DELHI: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that she was placed under house arrest on the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti said that the party office had been locked amid heightened security measures. “I have been placed under house arrest while the PDP…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday upheld Delhi lieutenant governor’s decision to nominate 10 ‘aldermen’ to the municipal corporation of Delhi, without consulting the state cabinet.In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government, a bench of CJ D Y Chandrachud, and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala ruled that the…
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday increased security measures in anticipation of the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.According to officials, patrolling has been intensified in the Akhnoor LoC area with the establishment of checkposts at various locations. Vehicles and documents are also being thoroughly checked.A police…
PATNA/BHILWARA/JAIPUR: A medical student from Rajasthan was arrested by CBI in Patna on Saturday in connection with the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak case. He is the eighth MBBS student to be nabbed so far.Sandeep Kumar Bishnoi, a first year MBBS student of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia (RVRS) Medical College in Bhilwara, was called to Patna…
GUWAHATI: Assam will introduce “within the next two months” a domicile policy aimed at making only those born in the state eligible for state government jobs, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sunday.“The state government has recruited over 97,000 people in a transparent manner since May 2021, creating an ecosystem that builds trust,” Sarma said on…
GUWAHATI: Assam will introduce “within the next two months” a domicile policy aimed at making only those born in the state eligible for state government jobs, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sunday.“The state government has recruited over 97,000 people in a transparent manner since May 2021, creating an ecosystem that builds trust,” Sarma said on…
KOZHIKODE: A four-member forest team spent several hours trekking through 8km of rocky terrain to rescue a tribal family of six, including four minor children, from a cave in Attamala area of Wayanad‘s Chooralmala on Thursday.The team, led by Kalpetta forest range officer K Ashif, had found Santha, a woman belonging to the Paniya community,…
