Bhubaneswar, June 24 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale reviewed the implementation of various welfare schemes being carried out by the state government for vulnerable sections of society. According to an official statement, the state government informed that during his one-day visit to Odisha, the Union Minister held a review meeting with senior officials from different departments, including the Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Per…
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Bengaluru, March 18 (IANS) The Karnataka government tabled the “Iva Nammava Iva Nammava (He is ours, he is ours)’ Bill in the Assembly on Wednesday, which aims to curb “honour killings” and violence arising from caste-based objections to inter-caste or inter-community marriages.It may be noted that the government decided to introduce the Bill following the rising incidents of violence related to inter-caste marriages, particularly the brutal killing of a pregnant woman, Manya Patil, by her…
Bengaluru, March 18 (IANS) The Karnataka Congress government will table the “Iva Nammava Iva Nammava (He is ours, he is ours)’ Bill in the Assembly on Wednesday, which aims to curb “honour killings” and violence arising from caste-based objections to inter-caste or inter-community marriages.It may be noted that the government decided to introduce the Bill following the rising incidents of violence related to inter-caste marriages, particularly the brutal killing of a pregnant woman, Manya …
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) It was an unexpected exchange between two otherwise composed senior women professionals in their mid-fifties that briefly cut through the din of the bustling newsroom. And the argument seemed to rival the drama of the flash shirtless protest by the Youth Congress workers during the AI Summit.While the newsroom was absorbed in covering developments at the summit on February 20, another story quietly emerged from Gujarat. The state government proposed to amend the Gujarat …