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Agartala (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, at the inauguration of the Takajala Mandal office, warned against divisive politics, vowed legal action against violence on Wednesday. During the event, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha stated that some individuals are still pursuing a politics of division and conspiracy in the style of the communists; however, he declared that attempting to mislead the Janajati community would be of no use. Also Read | Dar ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], October 23 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, at the inauguration of the Takajala Mandal office, warned against divisive politics and vowed to take legal action against violence on Wednesday. During the event, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha stated that some individuals are still pursuing a politics of division and conspiracy in the style of the communists; however, he declared that attempting to mislead the Janajati community would be of no use. Saha furth ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], October 23 (ANI): Tripura Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu welcomed Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai upon his arrival in Agartala on Wednesday evening. According to Rajbhawan, the visiting Goa Governor was received with traditional hospitality at the Raj Bhavan. The officials from the Governor's Secretariat and senior state government representatives were also present during the welcome ceremony. Also Read | Darjeeling Road Accident: 4 Killed, 16 Injured As Vehicle ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], October 23 (ANI): Tripura Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu welcomed Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai upon his arrival in Agartala on Wednesday evening. According to Rajbhawan, the visiting Goa Governor was received with traditional hospitality at the Raj Bhavan. The officials from the Governor's Secretariat and senior state government representatives were also present during the welcome ceremony. The Rajbhawan said that both governors are expected to discuss matters ...Read More >
Agartala, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said that some people are still pursuing the politics of division and conspiracy in the style of the communists but trying to mislead the Janajati (tribal) community will not be of any use. Chief Minister Saha, also a senior BJP leader, was speaking while inaugurating the Takajala party office in Sepahijala district. He said that the people of Tripura believe in peace, development, and democracy, and the present st ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Tribal Welfare Department has proposed standardising and simplifying scholarship schemes across departments. The proposal includes cutting eligibility categories from three to two and increasing scholarships for select groups. It has already made a presentation before the Chief Secretary in this regard. The current eligibility categories for scholarships are: annual income up to Rs 2.50 lakh, between Rs 2.50 lakh and Rs 8 lakh, and over Rs 8 lakh. The Department pro ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya attacked the opposition Mahagathbandhan following the arrest of an RJD candidate on dacoity charges and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's withdrawal from the Bihar elections. Maurya expressed confidence in the NDA's victory, stating the Mahagathbandhan is 'destroyed'. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the opposition Mahagathbandhan after Sasaram RJD candidate Satendra Sah was arreste ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 21 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma offered prayers at the Bhootnath Mandir in Guwahati on Tuesday. Taking to social media platform X, the Chief Minister wrote, "Jai Maa Kali. Prayed at the Bhootnath Mandir, Guwahati." A day earlier, the Chief Minister announced a three per cent reservation for the Tea and Adivasi communities in government jobs, and said a bill will also be introduced in the Assembly in November to grant ownership of land in tea ...Read More >
Ranchi (PTI): Jharkhand's ruling JMM on Monday announced that it would not contest the assembly elections in neighbouring Bihar, claiming that the decision was taken in the wake of a "political conspiracy" by its allies RJD and Congress, which deprived it of seats as part of the Mahagathbandhan. Speaking to reporters, senior JMM leader Sudivya Kumar said his party will "review" the alliance with the Congress and RJD in Jharkhand, and give a befitting reply to the "snub". The announcement came ...Read More >
India is nearing the end of Naxal-Maoist terror. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that over 100 districts are now free from this threat. This marks a significant achievement for security forces. Previously, 125 districts were affected, but this number has reduced drastically. People in these liberated areas can now celebrate Diwali with dignity. India is on the verge of eradicating Naxalism-Maoist terror and more than 100 districts freed from this scourge will celebrate Diwali with dignit ...Read More >
Patna: The Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan), Bihar's principal Opposition bloc, appears headed for "friendly fights" in several seats, as its constituent parties have failed to finalise a seat-sharing agreement. The situation has been further complicated by announcements from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) on Sunday that they will contest the upcoming Assembly elections independently -- drawing sharp criticism from the BJP. The Mahagathbandhan, which ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been honoured with an award for its outstanding contribution towards the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PMJANMAN). Anil Malik, Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, received the award on behalf of the Ministry from President Droupadi Murmu. Also Read | Ranchi Shocker: Customer Guns Down Restaurant Owner After Being Served Non-Veg Biryani Instead of ...Read More >
Jorhat (Assam) [India], October 19 (ANI): Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced a three per cent reservation for the Tea and Adivasi communities in government jobs, and said a bill will also be introduced in the Assembly in November to grant ownership of land in tea garden lines to the workers. He said that the government will provide three per cent reservation for tea garden youths in Class I and Class II State government jobs, including the Assam Civil Service (ACS) and Assam ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Activating more than 2,000 Anganwadi Centres in tribal areas has earned the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) an award for outstanding contribution to Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN), an official said on Sunday. Making the Anganwadi Centres functional in the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) areas has empowered communities at the last mile, said the WCD Ministry in a post on X. The award was received by Ani ...Read More >
Bihar assembly election 2025: the RJD and Congress, two biggest parties in INDIA bloc have been having issues on seat-sharing, reports said. Bihar Elections 2025: With no clarity yet on the seat-sharing of the Mahagathbandhan alliance of the opposition parties, the Congress on Wednesday announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. As October 17 deadline for filing nominations for the first phase neared, the grand-old party raced to end the suspense on its c ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old pregnant woman Rani from the ST community was allegedly murdered by her father-in-law, Satyanarayana in Gerri village of Dahegaon mandal, Kumarambheem Asifabad district, on Saturday. The woman, who was nine months pregnant, had reportedly faced family opposition following her marriage.While the accused's family belongs to the BC community, the victim's family is from the ST community. Her father-in-law, unhappy that his son had married her without consent, had been insis ...Read More >
ADILABAD: A 20-year-old woman, eight months pregnant, was hacked to death by her father-in-law at Gerre village in Dahegaon mandal of Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday, in what police described as a suspected case of honour killing. The victim, Thalandi Shravani alias Rani, had married Shivarla Shekhar, a driver, in October 2024. The marriage, an inter-caste union between a Pardhan (ST) woman and a Besta (BC) man, had taken place against the wishes of Shekhar's family. According to pol ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The 'Bandh for Justice', called by the JAC of BC associations demanding 42% reservation for backward classes, saw full support of all political parties and BC bodies, both in urban and rural areas on Saturday.Though the three main parties -- the ruling Congress, the BRS and the BJP -- participated in dharnas, they used the platform to blame each other and leaders of big and smaller parties. While the Congress blamed the BJP govt at the Centre and its party leaders in the state for blo ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tensions within the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) surfaced ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) announced it would contest independently. Disgruntled over its marginalisation in seat-sharing talks, the JMM declared that it will field candidates in six constituencies -- Chakai, Dhamdha, Katoria (ST), Manihari (ST), Jamui, and Pirpainti -- all of which go to polls in the second phase on November 11. These constituencie ...Read More >
Twenty-seven Naxalites, including 10 women and several high-value targets, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. They cited disillusionment with Maoist ideology and the growing influence of security forces. The surrender follows a similar event in Maharashtra and aligns with the government's goal to eradicate Naxalism by March 2026. Sukma (Chhattisgarh): As many as 27 Naxalites, 16 of them carrying a collective bounty of Rs 50 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Wednes ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The directorate of school education has released over Rs 54 crore under the midday meal scheme for government schools in Telangana, pending since April, June and July. Under the Poshan programme, Rs 25.64 crore has been sanctioned for the supply of eggs for Classes I to VIII, and Rs 28.43 crore for cooking costs for Classes IX and X. This includes Rs 18.88 crore for the general category, Rs 5.84 crore for SC students and Rs 3.70 crore for ST students. Karimnagar received Rs 147 lakh ...Read More >
Raipur, 18 Oct (SocialNews.XYZ) In a historic breakthrough, the PM Modi government has dealt a decisive blow to Maoist insurgency, with mass surrenders and a dramatic fall in violence across former hotspots. Once the epicentre of red terror, the Red Corridor is now crumbling -- proof that India's dual strategy of security and development is delivering lasting impact. In a historic breakthrough, over 200 Maoist cadres, including a Central Committee member and senior leader Rupesh, surrendered e ...Read More >
Pune: A total of 3,079 public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be up and running in different parts of the state by Nov this year, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik told TOI.However, with Maharashtra being second highest in the country for EV registrations, only behind Uttar Pradesh, the number of charging stations is still very low and a constant reason for concern among those owning EVs, highlighted experts."At present, state govt has set up 1,180 high-speed EV charging stati ...Read More >
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday met the family of Hariom Valmiki, a Dalit villager lynched by villagers in Raebareli, and said the brutal murder has "shaken the conscience of the entire nation." He accused the Uttar Pradesh government of attempting to intimidate the victim's family and criticised what he called the administration's failure to protect Dalits. Rahul spent about 25 minutes with the family in Fatehpur district, speaking with Hariom's father Gangadeen, brother Shivam, and si ...Read More >
Nagpur: During interrogation, surrendered Maoist top gun Bhupathi, alias Sonu or Abhay, revealed fractures within Communist Party of India (Maoist) and a secret collusion between a faction of the guerrillas and some Telangana politicians.The seniormost politburo member detailed how the once-formidable Maoist organisation is disintegrating due to internal strife, declining public support, and opportunistic ties with govt authorities. These revelations are part of Bhupathi's statement to interroga ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Noting that 303 Naxalites have surrendered in the last 75 hours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the day is not far when the country will be completely free from Naxalism and that the festivities of Diwali are going to be something truly special in the areas liberated from Maoist terrorism. Addressing the NDTV World Summit 2025 here, PM Modi said Naxalism has been loosely used by some people but "in reality, it is Maoist terrorism". He said ...Read More >
RANCHI: Tribal organizations across Jharkhand are preparing to launch a strong protest against the Kurmi community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. A massive 'Hunkar Rally' has been scheduled for October 17 at Dhurwa Prabhat Tara Ground in Ranchi, where thousands of Sarna followers and tribal members from across the state are expected to participate. According to tribal leader Sanjay Pahan, the movement is vital for the protection of tribal identity and existence. Speaking to media du ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: The Bhupendra Patel ministry in Gujarat on Friday inducted 19 new members, taking its strength to 26. Governor Acharya Devavrat administered oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers. On Thursday, all the members of the cabinet except for the chief minister had submitted their resignations. Patel accepted 10 of those resignations. On Friday, former minister of state for home and Majura MLA Harsh Sanghavi took oath as deputy chief minister, along with five other cabinet minis ...Read More >
Ranchi: Thousands of tribal community members, led by the Adivasi Bachao Morcha, gathered at Prabhat Tara Maidan in Dhurwa on Friday to oppose the ongoing demand of the Kurmi community for its inclusion into the scheduled tribe (ST) list.People from all age groups from 24 districts of Jharkhand gathered at the state capital carrying their traditional flags, weapons such as arrows and bows, and other cultural paraphernalia to assert their identity and raise anguish against the rising demand by th ...Read More >
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Actor-director Rishab Shetty, who is basking in the success of 'Kantara: Chapter 1', visited Varanasi on Friday and attended the Ganga aarti there. He also performed puja at the ghat. On paying a sacred visit to Varanasi, Rishab told ANI, "This is my second visit here. The first time, I came with my family. When we began working on Kantara, we had made a promise to ourselves that we would come here one day to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva."' ...Read More >
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