New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday questioned suggestions that the Karnataka government is mulling four percent reservation for Muslims, saying it is contrary to constitutional provisions. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar recently suggested making changes to the Constitution to facilitate reservations to Muslims in government contracts. The issue resonated in the…
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Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has endorsed the concerns raised by civil society activists regarding the alleged misuse of Minority Welfare Funds by the Telangana government. The Bharatiya Janata Party strongly opposed the allocation of these funds for hosting an Iftar party ahead of Ramzan. Addressing the media, BJP’s Chief Spokesperson, N.V. Subash, urged…
Nagpur: Civic authorities on Monday demolished the house of Fahim Khan, a leader of the Minority Democratic Party (MDP) who has been booked for sedition in the Nagpur violence case. At around 10.30 am on Monday, three JCB machines of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation started demolishing the house, located at Sanjay Bagh Colony in Yashodhara Nagar…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority has forecasted heat waves in 29 mandals across the state on Monday. Similarly, the agency has forecasted severe heat waves in the Chinturu and Kunavaram mandals of the Alluri Seetharamaraju district of the southern state. Out of the 29 mandals, three mandals each in Vizianagaram, East Godavari,…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh, once considered a laggard state, has now become India’s engine of economic progress, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference in Lucknow to mark eight years of the National Democratic Alliance government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, he credited “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies of service,…
In defense of the accused Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Khanna, now you see Akhilesh Yadav, has come. He says that perhaps the judge might have taken ‘udhar’ (hand loan). How low the Opposition leaders can go is evident from this ‘udhar’ theory. Even if that is true, then why don’t a man of judge…
Some private hospitals are indeed performing unnecessary caesareans for more profits, but it would not be fair to blame everyone. The solution requires awareness among women, the moral responsibility of doctors, and government regulations. There are some questions whose answers need to be found together. Has it increased according to the need of women, or…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday held a meeting with Leader of the House J P Nadda and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for a structured discussion in the Upper House of Parliament on the issue of judicial accountability and the NJAC Act. The two leaders held closed-door consultations with Dhankhar…
Ahmedabad: A segmental launching gantry used for construction at a bullet train project site near Ahmedabad accidentally skid from its position and affected the adjoining railway line, disrupting the movement of several trains, officials said on Monday. No casualty was reported in the incident, which took place around 11 pm on Sunday at Vatva near…
