New Delhi: A recent survey of 5,169 rural youths across India reveals significant employment and gender disparities. While nearly half of rural men aged 18 to 25 are employed, only a quarter of women in the same age group hold jobs, highlighting a substantial gender gap in rural employment. The “State of Rural Youth Employment…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday approved the budget estimates for expenditure contained in the demands for grants for different ministries after applying a guillotine. The guillotine was applied after the House discussed demands for grants of 4 ministries — Railways, Education, Health and Fisheries. The House also passed the Appropriation Bill 2024, which…
Chennai: DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday admitted that the clamour within his party has grown stronger to elevate his son and Sports Minister, Udhayanidhi as his deputy but indicated the time is yet to come. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his official programmes here, Stalin, when…
New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday issued a “high alert” across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country, officials said. BSF director general (acting) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior commanders have landed in Kolkata to review the security situation, they…
Kurukshetra: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday announced the procurement of all crops in the state at minimum support price and the waiving of Rs 133 crore in outstanding canal water irrigation charges, as the BJP launched its assembly election campaign in the state. After the ruling party suffered a setback in the…
New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed western and central parts of India on Sunday while a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir led to the closure of the arterial Srinagar-Leh national highway, cutting off the Kashmir Valley from Ladakh and rendering the Baltal base camp for the Amarnath Yatra inaccessible. Five people died in rain-related incidents in…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday attacked the Centre over the implementation of the PM-KUSUM initiative, launched in 2019 to increase the agricultural use of solar energy across the country, and said the Modi government cannot persist with such “cavalier” implementation of schemes. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the Ministry of New…
New Delhi: In a move likely to spark heated debates and become a significant political issue for the Opposition, the Modi government is reportedly preparing to introduce a Bill in Parliament proposing 40 amendments to the Waqf Act. The proposed amendments received the NDA-III government’s nod during a late evening meeting of the Union Cabinet…
Ramanagara (Karnataka): Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said he will work together with the leaders and workers of the BJP and JD(S) to bring back an NDA government in the state. There is no question of his party joining hands with the Congress once again, the JD(S) state president said. The JD(S) had…
Thrissur: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday appreciated the valiant efforts of the police and the fire force in the wake of the recent devastating landslides that rocked Wayanad district and said it was the biggest disaster in the history of the state. Addressing the passing out parade of the Kerala police here, Vijayan…
