The Maharashtra government has taken an important step by announcing that marathas who can prove kunbi lineage will be given kunbi certificates , making them eligible for reservations under the other backward classes (OBC) .
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan, 67, a veteran BJP leader and lifelong RSS swayamsevak, is poised to become India’s Vice-President making him the third Tamil Nadu-born leader to occupy the nation’s second-highest constitutional office. He follows in the footsteps of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952–57) and R Venkataraman (1984–87), both of whom later rose to the presidency.
In Karnataka, Gandhi alleged that over one lakh votes were fraudulently cast in the Mahadevapura Assembly constituency out of a total of 6.5 lakh. “There was ‘vote chori’ of over one lakh votes,” he said, further alleging that the Congress research team had found large numbers of duplicate voters, invalid addresses, and bulk entries in that constituency.
The Maharashtra government has rolled back seven major decisions in the past six months, mostly related to education. These U-turns, many coming after strong public criticism, have raised questions about the government’s planning and decision-making.
Quoting a recent report of internationally acclaimed Human Rights Watch, West Bengal chief minister slammed BJP-led Centre for harassment of Bengalis tagging them with Bangladeshis. She referred the HRW findings in her X handle post reports of harassment of Bengalis in Haryana.
Abdul Wahid Shaikh, the sole acquitted person by special court, demanded a re-investigation for the 2015 Mumbai train bomb blast. This Tuesday, Abdul Wahid demanded the formation of SIT headed by High Court judge to re-investigated the case
A law is soon to be implemented amid the rising beef smuggling case in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra government will soon bring a law to curb this beef smuggling cases. Minister of State, Home (Rural) Pankaj Bhoyar said, the repeat offender will be slapped with the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
What was a popular picnic spot, turned into a nightmare for tourists when an aging iron footbridge over the Indrayani River in Kundmala collapsed in Pune’s Maval taluka. Although eye witness accounts claim higher numbers, at least four casualties have been reported with over 30 injured, among which 6 critical.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday intensified his demand for electoral transparency, urging the Election Commission (EC) to announce a clear timeline for sharing voter data in a machine-readable format after the central poll body agreed to hand over the voter rolls.
