New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking implementation of the “creamy layer” principle within reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).A Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant, and comprising Justices R. Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the Union government as well as state governments and Union Territory (UT) administrations in the matter, and tagged…
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Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) The issues of increasing the retirement age of government employees and filling long-pending backlog vacancies dominated discussions in the Jharkhand Assembly on Saturday.Clarifying the government’s position, Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore said there is no proposal under consideration to raise the retirement age of state employees. At the same time, he assured the House that backlog vacancies would be filled on a priority basis through a transparent recruitment pr…
Bhopal, Feb 19 (IANS) Congress legislators staged a striking symbolic protest inside the Madhya Pradesh Assembly premises on the fourth day of the ongoing session, targeting the BJP-led state government for what they called a series of “hollow announcements” and “unkept” promises. Led by Leader of the Opposition Umang Singhar, the MLAs gathered in front of the Gandhi statue holding empty plates in their hands. They raised slogans condemning the “khyayli pulao” being served to the people of Madhy…
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…
Jammu, Feb 11 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday tabled data in the Legislative Assembly showing a disparity in the issuance of reserved category certificates between Jammu Division and the Kashmir Valley.Official figures presented by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the Assembly revealed a significant regional imbalance in the issuance of reserved category certificates between the Jammu and Kashmir divisions.The data was tabled in response to a cut motion moved by Peoples C…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Delhi Social Welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh on Saturday lauded the Union Budget 2026–27, saying that the enhanced allocation for social justice and welfare sectors will help take both the nation and Delhi to new heights.He highlighted that provisions for sectors related to social justice and welfare have been increased by approximately 12.5 per cent to around Rs 14,800 crore, which will strengthen efforts for the upliftment of weaker and disadvantaged sections.T…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, said on Friday that as many as 116 women judges are currently serving in the Higher Judiciary which has a working strength of 814, with Punjab and Haryana High Court having the maximum number of 18. Replying to a query in the Lok Sabha, MoS Meghwal shared data on the working strength and number of women judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts showing that at present, of the 33 Supreme Court judges, only o…
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Sunday, flayed the budget proposals for the financial year 2026-27 presented by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the floor of the Parliament earlier in the day on grounds that budgetary expenditure allocation for crucial sectors have been curtailed in the budget proposals. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on the other hand, had countered that Trinamool Congress does not hold the moral stand of giving suggestions on handling the countr…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) When a regulation vests wide discretionary power in authorities without clear guardrails, it stops being reformist and begins to look coercive. That is precisely how the University Grants Commission’s latest equity regulations have been perceived across campuses and beyond. The backlash they triggered was not against the principle of equality or social justice, but against the architecture of the rules themselves — marked by vague definitions, sweeping mandates and an en…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Sunday, criticised the Union Budget 2026-27 for reflecting the government’s lack of policy vision and failure to offer solutions to key socio-economic challenges, including jobs, manufacturing, private investment, infrastructure and social security. Pointing to “tariff risks and slowdown” in exports and trade, Kharge said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman offered “no response to export slump, tariff risks, trade deficit, shrinki…