[ad_1] CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission has removed 57 Christian sub-castes from the socio-educational survey beginning Monday, following objections from ministers, protests by SC/ST and OBC groups, and a suggestion by governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot.The decision means the survey questionnaire will not list sub-castes. Enumerators using a mobile app between…
[ad_1] Union minister Jitendra Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh said Saturday that administrative members had to be allowed to head Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) benches as not many retired judges and senior judicial officers were keen to accept post-retirement assignments in the tribunal. Addressing the 10th All India Conference of CAT,…
[ad_1] BENGALURU: Congress government in Karnataka Saturday constituted an SIT to probe allegations of large-scale deletion of voter names from the electoral rolls in Kalaburagi district’s Aland assembly constituency during the 2023 state election.The SIT was formed after Aland Congress MLA B R Patil lodged a police complaint alleging that the names of 6,670 voters…
[ad_1] KOLKATA/KHARAGPUR: A 27-year-old PhD scholar from mechanical engineering department at IIT-Kharagpur was found dead in his room Saturday. This is the fifth unnatural death on campus this year, and sixth in the past 12 months.Harsh Kumar Pandey from Ranchi had taken admission in the PhD programme in Jan. Police suspect he died by suicide,…
[ad_1] A 25-year-old man was caught Friday making Instagram reels in a special Pocso court in Etah during trial proceedings in a gang-rape case. Terming the act “inexcusable”, the judge sentenced him to 15 days of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000. The man claimed his phone “automatically started making videos”. The…
[ad_1] With some trepidation about how social media would project his statement, Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Saturday said some administrative members of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) — the first quasi-judicial forum for central govt employees’ to raise service related grievances — are averse to passing orders against the Centre.Addressing the 10th…
[ad_1] Governor of Manipur Ajay Kumar Bhalla paid respects to two Assam Rifles jawans, who laid their lives on the line duty following a terrorist attack in Bishnupur (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Two suspects were detained on Saturday in connection with an ambush on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur that killed two personnel and…
[ad_1] Homage to Major Apraant Raunaq Singh (Image posted by Chinar Corps on X) SRINAGAR: An Army officer posted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district died in the line of duty, the Army said. The major did not die in combat.The Army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps, also called Chinar Corps,…
[ad_1] When 20-year-old Nikita Dhawan heard of Shankar’s death on Wednesday, it felt as if she had lost a close family member. For years, she had fought for the rescue of Delhi’s only African elephant, kept in solitary confinement at the city zoo. Now, she hopes Shankar’s passing will prevent a similar fate for Rambo,…
[ad_1] Randeep Surjewala (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the appreciable jump in states’ debt highlighted by the CAG, Congress said the public debt of states has tripled in the last decade, rising from Rs 17.57 lakh crore in 2013 to Rs 59.60 lakh crore in 2022. The party said the states are…