Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Sukhadeo Thorat, the Chairman of the State Education Policy Commission, submitted a 2,197-page report to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday. The Commission has recommended the introduction of comprehensive sex education among the programmes designed for pre-university students (Classes 11 and 12).Key recommendations include providing full financial support to all students from the Muslim community in higher education and taking measures to increase enrolment …

Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, backing Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, has raised serious concerns over the neutrality of the Election Commission, alleging that its conduct has changed ever since a Union Minister was included in the committee for selecting the Chief Election Commissioner.Gehlot said the credibility of the Commission was once so high that other countries sought its expertise to conduct their elections. “Today, the people of India are looki…

Imphal, Aug 8 (IANS) The newly appointed Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel on Friday said that the main focus of the government is to resettle violence-affected internally displaced persons (IDP) at their villages and homes, peacefully and securely.The Chief Secretary, accompanied by Arun Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, visited Ngahmun Pre-Fabricated relief camp at Champhai Sub-Divisions and Mandop Relief Camp in Kangpokpi district. During an interaction with both relief c…

Bhopal, Aug 8 (IANS) Targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) of vote theft, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday that the Congress have questioned the credibility of every institution in the country, whether it is the Army, judiciary or the Prime Minister. Without naming Rahul Gandhi directly, Scindia, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2020, ending his long association with Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, asked “who rem…

Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) BJP MP M. Raghunandan Rao received threat call once again on Friday. An unknown person called the Lok Sabha member saying he is in Hyderabad and will kill him by the evening.The MP from Medak constituency lodged a complaint with the police. He shared the number from which the call was made. Police have taken up investigation to identify the man who threatened the BJP leader.This is the sixth threat call received by the MP in recent months. Raghunandan Rao had got threat c…

Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) The Kota Police in Rajasthan have dismantled a major online betting racket linked to the Mahadev Satta network and arrested six people involved in running illegal betting operations worth crores of rupees. The gang operated through multiple fake websites and gaming panels, including the Mahadev Satta app. Police have seized accounts showing transactions of nearly Rs 18 crore.Kota City Superintendent of Police Tejaswani Gautam said that on Thursday, August 7, Anantpura Police…

Imphal, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism, Suresh Gopi, on Friday reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a transformed Northeast and stressed that a new and improved Manipur could emerge if people embraced innovative ideas across different sectors. The Union Minister, focusing on the tourism sector, while holding a series of meetings in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, acknowledged the immense potential of the tourism sector and underline…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (IANS) A POCSO court here on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old minor girl in Tamando area of Bhubaneswar in February 2021. The convict was identified as Rabindra Behera of Rambha area in Ganjam district. As per reports, the victim along with her twin brothers was playing inside the house on February 25, 2021. The victim’s mother, who was busy in conversation with some neighbours outside the house, spot…

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) A delegation of Congress leaders, led by party’s Karnataka unit President D.K. Shivakumar who is also the Deputy Chief Minister, on Friday submitted a complaint to the Karnataka State Election Commission office here regarding ‘electoral fraud’ in Mahadevapura and several other constituencies. The office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, in reply to the representation, asked the Congress party to submit the documents related to the complaint along with the declara…

Amaravati, Aug 8 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will attend the International Tribal Day celebrations in Paderu in Alluri Sitarama Raju on Saturday.This year, the United Nations has called for the observance of International Tribal Day with the theme “Indigenous Peoples and Artificial Intelligence – Defending Rights, Shaping the Future.” The Chief Minister will interact with tribal families to understand their challenges first hand. Later, he will engage with coffee …