Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday claimed in the Assembly that the BJP-led alliance has made significant electoral gains among tea tribe communities and secured overwhelming support in reserved constituencies across the state.Participating in a discussion in the House, Sarma said the BJP, along with its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), has emerged victorious in almost every constituency dominated by tea garden commun…
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Kochi, May 26 (IANS) In a major setback to expelled Congress councillor M.A. Prashob, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to grant him anticipatory bail in a rape case involving allegations of sexual exploitation of a Dalit woman on the promise of employment and lifelong support.Justice A. Badharudeen upheld the earlier order of the Special SC/ST Court, which had rejected the former councillor’s plea for pre-arrest bail after finding that a prima facie case existed against him.The case, r…
Chennai, May 24 (IANS) The AIADMK suffered another political setback on Sunday after former Lok Sabha member Dr P. Venugopal, a two-time MP from Tiruvallur constituency and one of the party’s senior Scheduled Caste leaders, announced his resignation from the party. His exit comes at a time when the party is grappling with internal dissent, repeated electoral setbacks, and an increasingly visible leadership crisis.Dr Venugopal, who had been associated with the AIADMK for several years and held …
Gandhinagar, May 19 (IANS) The Gujarat government has substantially increased financial assistance for the purchase of “Sanedo” agricultural vehicles under the ‘Kisan Parivahan Yojana’, in a move aimed at reducing transport costs for farmers and improving the movement of agricultural produce, particularly in rural and remote areas of the state. Announcing the decision on Tuesday, State Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said the increase in subsidy was approved after repeated representati…
Gandhinagar, May 19 (IANS) The Gujarat government has approved a Rs 18 crore scholarship scheme to extend Post Matric Scholarship benefits to Scheduled Caste male students from middle-income families, widening eligibility criteria and bringing an estimated 3,000 additional students under financial assistance for the 2026–27 academic year.The scheme already exists for Scheduled Caste female students.The approval has been granted under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and the leade…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Government e Marketplace (GeM) observed its Incorporation Day 2026 on Saturday, marking its continued role in supporting India’s public procurement by enhancing transparency, efficiency and technology-driven governance, an official statement said.The portal now hosts over 1.36 lakh government buyers and nearly 25 lakh sellers and service providers, with nearly 72 per cent of active sellers comprising micro and small enterprises, the statement from the Ministry of Commerc…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The West Bengal Backward Class Development Department had directed District Magistrates to re-verify all Backward Class certificates, including Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) documents issued in their respective districts in the last 15 years from 2011 to 2026, that is the three terms of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state.Insiders from the current state secretariat of Nabanna said that cle…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Money under the state government’s ‘Annapurna Bhandar’ scheme will start flowing into women’s bank accounts from June 1, a state government official said on Monday. During the Assembly election campaign, PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah repeatedly promised to implement the Annapurna Bhandar social welfare scheme for women in the state.Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari began fulfilling those promises on the first working day of the new government, Monda…
Patna, May 8 (IANS) A massive demonstration by job aspirants took place in Patna on Friday, protesting the delay in announcing the date for the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Teachers Recruitment Examination-4 (TRE) 4.0. The protesters called for the prompt issuance of the advertisement.The protest turned tense near JP Golambar when police resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse the crowd after demonstrators allegedly attempted to breach barricades.Several students reportedly sustained in…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) historic hat-trick victory in Assam and the unprecedented mandate in West Bengal Assembly elections is being seen and analysed as an outcome of its Hindutva politics and “anti-minority” poll plank, however, the real answer, experts argue, lies in its increasing connect with the grassroots level and overwhelming support from the downtrodden and Dalit communities. Amidst the political sparring over TMC’s connect with Bengali culture …