Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Thursday announced a state-wide protest over deaths due to consumption of illicit liquor in the Kallakurichi district. As per reports, at least 34 people have lost their lives, while over 100 others are hospitalized — five of them in critical condition. A total of 107 people have…
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP on Thursday held “Cycle Jatha” here, as part of its state-wide protest against the Congress government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices. BJP workers and leaders led by its state President B Y Vijayendra sought to mark their protest by riding bicycles from the party’s state office ‘Jagannath Bhavan’ to ‘Vidhana…
Patna: The Patna High Court on Thursday struck down the increase in reservations effected in Bihar last year when quotas were raised from 50 to 65 per cent for Dalits, backward classes and tribals in government jobs and educational institutions. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the order on a…
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by 5.35 per cent to Rs 2,300 per quintal for the 2024-25 kharif marketing season, a move that comes ahead of key state assembly polls. The Rs 117 per quintal hike in paddy support price comes despite the government grappling with…
New Delhi: The Education Ministry on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of UGC-NET conducted by the National Testing Agency following inputs that the integrity of the examination may have been compromised and the matter has been handed over to the CBI for a thorough investigation, officials said. The decision by the Ministry comes amid a massive…
Chennai: The ruling DMK’s student wing on Wednesday said it would stage a protest here on June 24 seeking the President’s assent for a Tamil Nadu Bill that envisages exemption from NEET for the state. Secretary of the Dravidian party’s students wing CVMP Ezhilarasan alleged that NEET itself “is fraudulent” and therefore it has being…
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and another accused Vinod Chauhan till July 3 in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise policy. Judge Nyay Bindu extended the judicial custody of both the accused after hearing the submissions of Special Public…
Bengaluru: Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the state is at the forefront of innovation, contributing 22 per cent to global R&D, and is leading in areas such as technology services. The state government is striving to make not just Karnataka but India a skilled nation, research and manufacturing destination, innovation capital and…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP MM Abdulla has complained to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar over some security personnel allegedly asking the purpose of his visit to the Parliament. In a letter to the Chairman, copies of which were also sent to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and the Rajya Sabha Secretary General, Abdulla, a…
New Delhi: Birthday wishes poured in for Rahul Gandhi as he turned 54 on Wednesday with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge saying that his qualities of unwavering commitment to the values espoused in the Constitution and his emphatic compassion for the millions of unheard voices set him apart. Gandhi, a former Congress president and MP from…
