Dehradun, Dec 29 (IANS) Acting on the directions of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, immediate financial assistance was sanctioned on Monday to Tarun Prasad Chakma, the father of Tripura student Angel Chakma, who was brutally assaulted in Dehradun and later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, officials said.An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that an amount of Rs 4,12,500 has been released as the first instalment, and the cheque has already been dispatch…
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New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Political parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trying to consolidate vote banks for the 2026 Assembly polls are wary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s (JMM) apparent foray in the tribal-dominated constituencies. Added to their concerns is the silence of Badruddin Ajmal – the businessman heading All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) – on a possible realignment with the Congress-led Mahajot for the 2026 Assam Assembly polls.JMM, the principal constit…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court has ruled that alleged caste-based abuses hurled over the telephone, and not in any place within public view, would not prima facie attract the stringent provisions of the SC/ST Act. While disposing of an application for anticipatory bail, a single judge Bench of Justice Jay Sengupta observed that since the allegations in the FIR pertained to abuses allegedly made over a phone call, the essential ingredients of Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the …
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Caste census and the move to enhance reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) dominated Telangana politics in 2025. Sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs), two Cabinet expansions, the Congress party’s victory in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll, and its strong showing in the recently conducted Gram Panchayat elections were among the other major political developments of the year.The Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey, launc…