New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government, alleging that the 2011 census is being used to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill, rather than the current caste-based census that is being conducted in the country.”What the government is proposing now has nothing to do with women’s reservation. This amendment is an attempted power grab using delimitation and gerrymandering”, Gandhi …
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Davanagere, April 2 (IANS) BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra has said that the party’s victory is certain in both constituencies where by-elections are being held. He also claimed that the Chief Minister is nervous. Responding to media queries on Thursday, he said how the BJP’s victory would impact others is their internal matter and asked people to wait and watch the political developments that would follow.Replying to a question about Basangouda Patil Yatnal campaigning for the B…
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislators staged a protest near Telangana Assembly building on Monday, demanding the immediate release of fee reimbursement funds.Before the commencement of the day’s proceedings in the Legislative Assembly and Council, BRS MLAs and MLCs gathered at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial, Gun Park.Displaying placards, the legislators of the main Opposition party demanded that the government immediately release funds for pending fee reimbursement…
Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) The Karnataka Budget 2026–27 has placed Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the centre of the State’s strategy for technological advancement, inclusive growth and improved governance, with a range of initiatives aimed at integrating AI across agriculture, education, public services and skill development, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said this on Friday while presenting the budget.While presenting the Budget, CM Siddaramaiah highlighted Karnataka’s growing prominence in…
Chennai, Feb 26 (IANS) In a significant move aimed at promoting inclusivity in the education sector, the Tamil Nadu government has reduced the minimum qualifying marks for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) Papers I and II from 50 per cent to 40 per cent. With this revision, PwD candidates will now be placed on par with applicants from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Caste Arunthathiyars (SCA) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), who are also required to s…
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Thursday wrote an open letter to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, seeking allocations in the state budget for implementing the poll promises of the Congress.He said though the Congress has been in power in the state for almost half its term, 95 percent of the promises made by it were yet to be fulfilled.Stating that no allocation was made in two previous budgets, the BRS leader said the people of …
Hyderabad, Feb 18 (IANS) Backward Classes have won more than 61 per cent seats in the recently held municipal elections in Telangana. Though the 28.22 per cent of wards in municipalities and 35.25 per cent divisions in municipal corporations were reserved for, BCs secured 61 per cent wards and divisions.BC Commission Chairman G. Niranjan and members Rapolu Jayaprakash, Tirumalagiri Surender, and Balalakshmi Rangu expressed happiness over the fact that BCs won a big number of seats. They said tha…
Belagavi, Feb 12 (IANS) BJP’s Karnataka unit President B. Y. Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that the Congress-led government in Karnataka has completely neglected Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.Discussions have begun among the poor, farmers, backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes that they were misled by the Congress and are being subjected to injustice, he claimed.Speaking to the media here, he said the Congress-led government has been in power fo…
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Telangana Jagruthi President K. Kavitha on Friday announced that she will announce a new political party within three months.She told media persons here that she is waiting for a good ‘mahuratam’ (auspicious time) to launch the political party.Kavitha, daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), quit the BRS last year after she was suspended from it for anti-party activities.The former MP announced that Tela…
Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS) Criticising the Union Budget for 2026–27 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it resembling a municipality corporate budget and termed it the most disappointing budget he has seen in his political career. The Chief Minister said that in the 2025–26 budget, Union Finance Minister Sitharaman had promised an allocation of Rs 5.41 lakh crore for centrally sponsored schemes. “However, in the current bu…