New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have emphasised on the importance of Census 2027 which began on Wednesday, calling it necessary for government planning and policy implementation. The Congress, on its part, urged for the inclusion of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the census.Earlier, Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan said that Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases — House Listing (HLO) and Popula…
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New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, on Tuesday, welcomed the Supreme Court’s order that a person, who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria said that “no person who professes a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be regarded as a member of the Scheduled Caste”, adding that conversion to any other religi…
Raipur, March 19 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has moved to tighten laws against religious conversions carried out through coercion or inducement, introducing the Chhattisgarh Swatantraya Vidheyak 2026 (Freedom of Religion Bill 2026) in the Assembly. State Home Minister Vijay Sharma tabled the legislation, which builds upon the state’s existing Freedom of Religion Act of 1968, originally adopted from Madhya Pradesh after Chhattisgarh’s formation in 2000.The new Bill lays down clearer de…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday announced its four candidates from Maharashtra for the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections. The party has strategically focussed on organizational influence and “social engineering.”The most notable name on the list is Vinod Tawde, the BJP National General Secretary and Bihar incharge. This nomination marks Tawde’s return to active parliamentary politics after being away from the legislative fray since 2019.Alongside Tawde, the party has renomina…
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has strongly condemned the killing of a two-month-old infant during Kummera Mallanna Jatara in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district and demanded action against the perpetrators irrespective of their party affiliation. Stating that the entire Telangana society has bowed its head in grief and anguish over the inhuman tragedy, he asserted that anyone who stands by the killers of the innocent child is unquesti…
Baramati, Feb 4 (IANS) New details have emerged regarding the final moments in the tragic plane crash that claimed the life of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others. Call records, released by the NCP on Wednesday, revealed that just nine minutes before the fatal accident, he was on the phone with a dedicated party worker. His final phone call, made just before the accident, has become a poignant subject of discussion. When his last audio clip was played at the Baramati par…
Udaipur (Rajasthan), Jan 31 (IANS) The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) 2026 regulations aimed at “promoting equity” in higher education have come under sustained academic scrutiny, not only for their alleged vagueness but also for deep ‘internal inconsistencies’ that ‘risk excluding’ the very groups they claim to protect.An essay authored by IIM Udaipur professors Kunal Kamal Kumar and Gyanesh Raj argues that the regulations suffer from a serious lack of coherence — particularly in t…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s decision to stay the operation of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, on Thursday triggered political reactions from across the spectrum, with the Congress welcoming the move while the BJP said it respects the apex court’s order and will act accordingly. Speaking to IANS, Congress Uttar Pradesh President Ajay Rai thanked the Supreme Court and accused the BJP-led government of p…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The Congress on Monday directed state leaders to complete the formation of committees from the district to the booth levels as part of an intensified exercise to rejuvenate the organisation following recent political setbacks.“Held a detailed and productive meeting today at Indira Bhawan with the General Secretaries, In-charges and PCC Presidents from states where DCC Presidents have been appointed under the Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan,” party General Secretary (Organis…
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) The reservation for the post of mayors in 29 municipal corporations of Maharashtra was announced on Thursday, following a category-wise rotational basis as per the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations (Reservation of Offices of Mayors) Rules, 2006. The process came under scanner after opposition Shiv Sena – UBT leaders raised objections for putting Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) into the General category, which it had been for the last two terms. Former Mumbai mayor…