Having once pointedly chosen leaders from non-dominant castes in states as its chief ministers, the BJP appears to have had a change of heart. Ahead of several Assembly elections, it has brought in new CMs in recent days who hew to the safe, time-tested strategy of caste balancing. After Uttarakhand and Karnataka,…
With the BJP gearing up for crucial elections next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers to review performance of key ministries. In the marathon meeting lasting nearly five hours — held, unusually, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s cultural centre,…
Attorney General K K Venugopal on Monday granted consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Ajeet Bharti, editor of the newsportal dopolitics.in, over a video critical of the Supreme Court and judges. “I find that the contents of the video which has been watched by about 1.7 lakh viewers are…
The family has kept the ashes of the 19-year-old in a small urn in a corner of a room. Her sewing machine and clothes lie on a shelf. The Dalit family in Hathras has decided they will not perform her last rites until they get justice from the court. A year ago, on September 14, 2020, the 19-year-old was allegedly…
THE MINISTRY of Women and Child Development will soon issue a notification to facilitate inter-country adoption under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA). According to the new regulation, families adopting under this Act can receive a no-objection certificate from Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA),…
Jharkhand recorded 322 human deaths and 882 animal deaths due to lightning strikes in 2020-21 – the highest in the last three financial years according to data released in the state Assembly in a response to a question by a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA Sudivya Kumar. This is the first time that the state has released…
Aam Aadmi Party Uttarakhand chief SS Kaler resigned from the post on Tuesday ahead of the Assembly polls scheduled next year. Soon after, the party announced three working state chiefs — one each for Kumaon, Garhwal and Terai regions. Announcing his resignation, Kaler said that the party has asked him to contest…
US SPECIAL Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on Tuesday said that while India has not made any commitment to raise ambition ahead of the conference in Glasgow later this year during his meetings with Indian ministers and officials, he expects the country to make an announcement “on one thing or the other”…
Kerala unit general secretary K P Anil Kumar Tuesday quit the party as a fallout of the discontent over the appointment of district committee chiefs in the state. Immediately after announcing his exit from the Congress, Kumar joined CPI (M). A leader from Kozhikode district, Kumar is the third prominent Congress leader…
Hyderabad: A man who allegedly raped and murdered his six-year-old neighbour in Hyderabad last week is yet to be caught, though Telangana Minister KT Ramarao had tweeted about his arrest “within hours”. Amid rising public anger, the minister has retracted the tweet and the police have released a photo…