Hazaribag (Jharkhand): Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district on Friday, police officials said. The encounter took place in the Batuka forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off, they said. One of the ultras killed has been identified as Sahdeo Mahto, who carried a…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the “nefarious attempt” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to link their “dangerous delimitation proposals” to women’s reservation has been decisively defeated in the Lok Sabha, and asserted that it was a win for democracy and the Constitution. The opposition party said the…
New Delhi: A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of seats of the Lok Sabha was defeated on Friday in the Lower House. While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill…
Vinay Rao At a time when cricket administration demands vision, structure and accountability, the discourse within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been reduced to something embarrassingly basic—match passes, car stickers and accreditation cards. What should have been a routine logistical exercise has spiralled into a full-blown administrative mess, exposing deeper structural flaws within the…
Hyderabad: The Reddy community in Telangana, which constitutes 4.8 per cent of the total population, owns 13.5 per cent of the land in the state, followed by the Yadava community, with a strength of 5.7 per cent in population, holds 8.7 per cent of the total land, according to the caste survey conducted by the…
New Delhi: Delimitation will turn out to be “political demonetisation”, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday while slamming the government for linking women’s reservation with the expansion of Parliament. Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments in the women’s quota law and setting up a…
New Delhi/Ludhiana: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches at the premises of Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora, his son, and some others as part of a foreign exchange violation probe linked to alleged insider trading in stock markets and round-tripping of betting funds from the UAE to India, officials said. A total of 13…
New Delhi: DMK leader Kanimozhi on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘kala tika’ swipe at her party’s protest over the women’s quota law amendment, saying black is the colour of goddess Kali and that the ruling party of Tamil Nadu will protest over the issue till the end. Intervening in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Harivansh on being elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman for the third time. Harivansh, a nominated member of the House, was elected unopposed. Congress President and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge also congratulated Harivansh. Speaking in the Upper House, Prime Minister Modi said that being…
New Delhi: The Women Reservation Act 2023, which gives 33 per cent quota to women in legislatures, came into force on Thursday to operationalise the proposed amendment being discussed in Parliament. An official explained that bringing the law into force was essential as its proposed amendment will not have come into effect without that. The…
