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An all-party consensus marked the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament in 2023. The Act reserves 33% of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. A special sitting of Parliament is due this month to fast-track its implementation. But the candidates' lists of major political parties in the four states and one Union territory going to the polls this month tell a different story: None of the main parties in the fray -- the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congr ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is likely to undertake a day-long visit to Odisha's Rourkela and attend several programmes in the steel city, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said on Tuesday. Oram, a Lok Sabha MP from Sundergarh, which includes Rourkela city, was speaking to reporters after holding a discussion with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lok Seva Bhawan here. "I held a discussion with the CM on three issues, and one of those was the proposed visit of the President o ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 7 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu is likely to undertake a day-long visit to Odisha's Rourkela and attend several programmes in the steel city, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said on Tuesday. Oram, a Lok Sabha MP from Sundergarh, which includes Rourkela city, was speaking to reporters after holding a discussion with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lok Seva Bhawan here. "I held a discussion with the CM on three issues, and one of those was the proposed visit of the ...Read More >
Assam Assembly Elections 2026: Nazira sees a tight contest as Debabrata Saikia faces BJP Mayur Borgohain and CPI Kanak Gogoi, with BJP rising in this former Congress stronghold Nazira constituency in Assam, located in Sivasagar district, is one of the 126 assembly seats in the state. The seat has historically been a Congress bastion but is now witnessing a sharp electoral contest this time with the BJP trying to make inroads. Nazira Consituency Candidates The Congress has fielded three-time M ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 7 (PTI) Leader of Opposition BJP in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said the results of the bypolls in Davanagere South and Bagalkote assembly constituencies will decide the future of the ruling Congress in the state. The bypolls were necessitated following the demise of sitting Congress MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti, who represented Davanagere South and Bagalkote constituencies respectively. The ruling Congress has fielded Shamanur Shivashankarappa's grandson and ...Read More >
Baramati: Speculation that the Baramati by-election would be unopposed has ended, as multiple candidates have entered the race against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) nominee and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar. A total of 55 candidates have filed 68 nomination papers, according to Election Officer Swapnil Rawade. Sunetra Pawar is also the wife of the late leader and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Ajit Pawar's death in January prompted a by-election to th ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday invited applications for scholarships from SC, ST and OBC categories students for the academic year 2025-26, according to an official notice. The notice said five state-funded schemes and several centrally sponsored schemes are open for eligible students studying in schools, colleges and universities in Delhi. The last date for submission of applications is April 30 and applications can be submitted through the e-district portal. Among the key schemes, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised serious concerns over the inclusion of Dalit, Adivasi, and Other Backward Class (OBC) entrepreneurs in India's public works and infrastructure contracts. Posting on Facebook, he asked, "Last year, out of Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts, how many contracts were awarded to Dalit, Adivasi, and backward class businesses? Their response was deeply worrying -- the government does not maintain any data on this." The issue stems from a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Modi government of perpetuating a system of exclusion through its policies and asked why 'Bahujan' entrepreneurs are being excluded from the country's largest public contracts. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said he asked the government in Parliament that out of the Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts awarded last year, how many were secured by businesses owned by Dalits, Adivasis, and Backward Cla ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The recent decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Odisha to expand reservation in higher education is far more than an administrative correction -- it is a politically consequential intervention that could recalibrate the state's electoral landscape.At a structural level, the reform addresses a long-standing mismatch between demographic realities and quota allocation. By raising reservation for Scheduled Tribes to 22.5 per cent and for Scheduled Castes to 16.25 per cen ...Read More >
Chennai: For the first time in 35 years of Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, neither the DMK nor the AIADMK has announced a single candidate from the Brahmin community. Even the BJP, which secured 27 constituencies as part of the AIADMK-led NDA alliance, has not fielded any Brahmin candidate in this election. AIADMK breaks from Jayalalithaa era During the era of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who herself belonged to the Brahmin community, opportunities were consistently provided to members o ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A fresh political debate has emerged over the implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Budget Session of Parliament has been extended to facilitate its rollout. The law, enacted in 2023, provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures, but is currently linked to delimitation and is expected to come into effect by 2029. Leaders from the Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena(UBT) on Monday welcomed the mov ...Read More >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) As Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar is slated to file her nomination for the Baramati bypoll, NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Monday urged other aspirants not to file their papers and appealed for the by-election to be held unopposed. The April 23 bypoll for the Baramati assembly seat was necessitated following the death of then Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. According to party sources, Sunetra Pawar will file her nomination at ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday said "India deserves data-driven justice, not designed inequality," as he cornered the Centre ahead of the assembly elections, alleging a "hidden agenda" behind the timeline of the Women's Reservation Bill and its linkage with the Census and delimitation process. In a post on X, Tagore said the Narendra Modi-led government had initially linked the implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill to a structured process involv ...Read More >
While college managements termed the HC order as a historic move the students' union, Opposition party leaders and the students want the government to release the dues and resolve the issue The 'interim measure' of the Telangana High Court permitting private colleges to collect tuition fees directly from students covered under the State's Reimbursement of Tuition Fee (RTF) scheme has triggered concern among students and parents, particularly those from economically weaker backgrounds, for whom ...Read More >
The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi here. "While the quota for the ST students is raised from 12 per cent to 22.50 per cent, it has been enhanced from 8 per cent to 16.25 per cent for SCs. The state government has introduced an 11.25 per cent quota for OBC students, who are known as SEBC in Odisha," Majhi told reporters after the meeting. He said this new reservation system will be implemented across universities, their affiliated colleges ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday described the Mohan Charan Majhi cabinet's decision to extend reservation in medical, technical and profession courses in higher education as a historic step towards inclusive education promoting social justice. Pradhan said the decision will help realise the aspirations of talented students from the most marginalised sections of society by ensuring greater access to higher education in fields such as medical, engineering, agriculture and ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Differences have surfaced within the BJD following the state government's decision to grant 11.25 per cent reservation to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs) in medical, engineering and other higher educational institutions. While former minister Ranendra Pratap Swain welcomed the move and thanked Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, party colleague Arun Sahoo argued that the quota should be proportionate to the SEBC population in the state. Swain said in an importan ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Modi said that Southern states wouldn't lose seats in the upcoming delimitation exercise, Congress whip in Lok Sabha and Tamil Nadu MP Manickam Tagore warned that the move could skew political representation and sideline key democratic processes. The Centre's apparent shift towards advancing delimitation could be a strategic move to sidestep demands for OBC representation in the women's quota based on data from the proposed 2027 caste census, said Tagore. ...Read More >
Responding to a question by journalists in Bihar's capital Patna about the release of TMC's manifesto in Urdu, Owaisi said, "Mamata Banerjee operates with a dual face (towards Muslims). While her party has released its manifesto in Urdu, the representation of Muslims in West Bengal (government sector) remains unsatisfactory." Muslims are almost 29 per cent of the population in West Bengal, but "only seven per cent have government jobs", he said. The AIMIM chief, whose party has forged an allian ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha cabinet gave its nod to increase reservation for marginalised students in medical and technical educational institutions, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that the decision was a historic step towards empowering talented youth from such sections of society.As per the cabinet decision on Saturday, students belonging to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs) will receive 11.25% reservation in medical and technical education ...Read More >
Patna: Amid continuing suspense over CM Nitish Kumar's next move, Bihar BJP president Sanjay Saraogi on Sunday said the JD(U) president would take oath as a Rajya Sabha member on April 10, setting the stage for a major political transition in Bihar."After his oath in the Parliament, the BJP's central leadership and NDA allies will sit together and take a decision over the next CM of Bihar," Saraogi said. The development is expected to bring an end to Kumar's record-breaking tenure as Bihar's lon ...Read More >
Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has appealed to all political parties to support Sunetra Pawar and ensure that the election is held unopposed. Speaking to the media , Shinde said that there has been a tradition in Maharashtra of conducting by-elections unopposed in such circumstances, and urged parties to uphold that spirit. He reiterated that the MahaYuti stands firmly behind Sunetra Pawar. MahaYuti Candidate The ruling MahaYuti alliance has fielded Sunetra Pawar as its candidate ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has announced a new reservation policy for higher education, increasing quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and introducing a new category for Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBCs) in medical and engineering courses. However, concerns have been raised regarding the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota, as the government has not clarified whether the existing 10% EWS reservation will be retained. According to the new pol ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 5 (PTI) The BJD and Congress on Sunday demanded provision of reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) students on the basis of their population ratio in Odisha and not just 11.25 per cent as announced by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The CM on Saturday announced that the state cabinet has approved a proposal to raise the quotas for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students and introduced reservation for OBC, known as SEBC in Odisha, i ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: In a significant policy shift aimed at aligning affirmative action with demographic realities, the Odisha government has enhanced reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) while introducing, for the first time, a quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) -- officially termed Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBCs) -- in higher education. The decision was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday evening. U ...Read More >
KVS 2026 Balvatika And Class 1 Admissions Close Today ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Admissions for KVS Balvatika 1 to 3 and Class 1 close on April 1, 2026 * Provisional admission lists for Balvatika release April 8 and 9 for Class 1 * Polling delays list release to April 10 in Assam, Kerala, and Pondicherry Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Admissions for Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) 2026 Balvatika 1 to 3 and Class 1 academic ...Read More >
UP TET 2026: The application process for the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test 2026 has commenced. Students can apply for UP TET 2026 until April 26. Candidates aspiring to become government teachers may apply for this examination within the stipulated dates through the official website of the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission: upessc.up.gov.in. OTR Mandatory Before Applying To apply for the UP TET examination, you must complete a One-Time Registration (OTR). Therefore, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on Saturday said it has recorded its highest-ever expenditure of Rs 11,810.82 crore in 2025-26, nearly 14 per cent higher than the Rs 10,409 crore spent in the previous financial year. According to an official statement, the expenditure was incurred by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment under the ministry and reflects a focus on timely utilisation of funds for welfare schemes. The department has also recorded t ...Read More >
Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, on Saturday (April 4) condemned Pratap Simha, BJP leader and former MP, over the latter's "vile remark" against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bagalkot, saying it once again exposes the BJP's "despicable politics". Mr. Simha had allegedly made some intemperate and communal remarks aimed at the Chief Minister in the course of the bypoll campaign. Stating that Mr. Simha's outburst against the Chief Minister stemmed from desp ...Read More >
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