RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh high court has held that individuals migrating from one state to another cannot carry their caste status along, even if they are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (ST) in both states. The ruling came from Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, who highlighted that the recognition of a caste as an ST or OBC is…
BHOPAL: BJP MLA from Guna, Pannalal Shakya, has triggered a controversy by telling students that college degrees are of no use and they should rather open “motorcycle puncture repair shops”. Ironically, Shakya’s ‘advice’ came at the inauguration of a PM College of Excellence in Guna on Sunday – on the same day that Union home…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan filed a special leave petition in Supreme Court Monday, asking to be made party to a case pertaining to the constitutional validity of marital rape being treated as an exception under Section 375 of the IPC. The BJP govt’s petition cites a heap of marital-rape cases in the desert state as the reason…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Callousness at Thiruvananthapuram‘s Medical College Hospital hit bizarre heights when a patient visiting the outpatient OP wing of the govt-run facility got trapped inside a lift and went unnoticed for two days.A lift operator who came for duty Monday noticed Raveendran Nair unconscious inside the lift, stuck between the first and second floor of…
GUWAHATI: Assam has had just eight applicants for citizenship under CAA to date and six of them are still to report for interviews, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday, contradicting projections by some organisations that the state’s population could potentially swell by up to 50 lakh because of this provision.“When I contacted some Hindu Bengali…
BENGALURU: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah acknowledged Monday a scam of Rs 89.6 crore in the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki ST Development Corporation, contradicting opposition’s claim of Rs 187 crore. The admission came during a heated debate initiated by LoP R Ashoka of BJP in the legislative assembly.Siddaramaiah, whose admission came when he intervened in Ashoka’s opening remarks,…
India has the second highest number of kids who did not receive any vaccine at all in 2023, 1.6 million, just after Nigeria with 2.1 million “zero dose children“, according to Unicef. This 2023 report of WHO/Unicef estimates of National Immunisation Coverage (WUENIC) was based on member states reporting to WHO and Unicef up to…
More than 200 former Lok Sabha MPs, who are yet to vacate their official accommodation in Lutyens’ Delhi, have been issued eviction notices. They have been asked to surrender their bungalows at the earliest so that allotments to new members can be expedited, sources said. Former MPs are required to vacate their official houses within…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects, with a total outlay of Rs7453 crore.“The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects at a total…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a comprehensive development plan for Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport in Varanasi, with a projected cost of Rs 2869.65 crore. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will oversee the project, which aims to significantly enhance the airport’s passenger handling capacity from…
