Hyderabad, Aug 19 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday alleged that the Central government was discriminating against Telangana by failing to supply urea as per the state’s actual needs. He urged the Centre to immediately supply urea to the farmers of Telangana under their sanctioned requirements.He said that Members of Parliament from Telangana had already raised the issue with Union Ministers, highlighting the problems arising from the inadequate supply of urea to the …

Bengaluru, Aug 19 (IANS) The Greater Bengaluru Governance (Amendment) Bill 2025 was passed in the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday. Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar presented the Bill in the House. After discussions with opposition leaders and legislators, it was approved. The bill intends to divide the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) into five municipal corporations. Despite stiff opposition from the BJP and JD (S), the Congress-led government is a…

Patna, Aug 19 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday handed over appointment letters to 5,353 candidates selected on compassionate grounds in a special program organised at Samvad hall of his official residence in Patna. The appointments include 4,835 school clerks and 518 school attendants for secondary and higher secondary schools.Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Education Minister Sunil Kumar, Water Resource Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Additional…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 4 p.m. on Tuesday following intense disruptions by Opposition members during a scheduled special discussion on India’s space achievements. The uproar began shortly after the House reassembled at 2 p.m., with Krishan Prasad Tenneti presiding over the session.The proceedings opened with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhry laying Notification No. 35/2025-Customs on the Table of the House. The notification, published in the Gazett…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The absence of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi during the special discussion in Parliament on Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s historic mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has sparked political sparring. The BJP on Tuesday termed it “unfortunate” and accused the MP of habitual absenteeism during important national events, and the Congress cited his participation in the ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar as the reas…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Supreme Court’s Justice (Retd) B. Sudershan Reddy, the Opposition’s candidate for the Vice President election next month, has a long and illustrious legal career known for his progressive and socially-conscious approach to justice, access to education and judicial independence.During his stint in the apex court from January 2007 to July 2011, while serving as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court and working as a Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice …

Gandhinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) The Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT) has launched state-wide training for all Class 3 to 8 teachers on the use of the newly-developed ‘Teacher Edition’.The training, which began on August 18, will run until September 29, 2025, in a blended format, both online and offline, at taluka-level centres, as per official information.The ‘Teacher Edition’ has been designed to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Curriculum F…

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) challenging the position that a minor Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice after attaining puberty. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan questioned the locus standi of the child rights body in filing the special leave petition (SLP) against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that had held that a Muslim girl can marry a person …

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Minutes before the Opposition announced its candidate for the election to the post of Vice President of India, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to MPs from all parties to support NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan.“Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been speaking to MPs and we want a unanimous candidate to be elected to the post of Vice President,” said Rijiju, while talking to media persons…

Bengaluru, Aug 19 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has appealed to the Siddaramaiah government to ensure justice for all 101 castes, which come under the Scheduled Castes category.The appeal comes as the Congress-led government will be holding a special cabinet meeting to discuss the report on the “Internal Reservation” provided by the Justice (Retired) H.N. Nagamohan Das Commission.Speaking to the media at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Tuesday, BJP state president and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra urged the Chi…