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HYDERABAD: For the first time since the formation of the state, political parties cutting across ideologies, including the Congress, its alliance partners CPI and CPM, the opposition BRS and BJP, and several other organisations such as employees' unions, BC organisations, and student outfits like AIOBCA, participated in the 'Telangana Bandh' on Saturday, demanding 42% reservations for BCs. While the early hours saw the shutdown of various commercial establishments, normalcy began to return by t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Barring stray incidents, the 'Telangana bandh' called by the Backward Classes' JAC (Joint Action Committee) demanding enhancement of reservation for BCs in seats and positions in local bodies was peaceful across the state on Saturday. However, many commuters faced hardships due to cancellation of bus services in Hyderabad and some of the districts until the public transportation services resumed in the afternoon. By and large, shops and establishments remained open. Diwali shopping w ...Read More >
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, calling him a "star divider" rather than a BJP star campaigner in Bihar. Yadav asserted that Bihar's people will reject "communal figures" and accused the BJP of a "divide and rule" policy due to fear of the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) vote bank. In a veiled attack on Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the Uttar Pradesh chief minister is going to B ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A late night police visit to the Jubilee Hills residence of endowments minister Konda Surekha on Wednesday has triggered a political firestorm, deepening fissures within the ruling Congress and reviving old rivalries in Warangal's volatile turf.On Wednesday night, Hyderabad police task force personnel in plain clothes tried to detain N Sumanth, Surekha's recently terminated officer on special duty (OSD). Although no FIR was registered, their unannounced entry into the minister's home ...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 >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will distribute scholarships to 4.83 lakh students, including 92,000 SC students on Friday. The CM will release Rs 126.68 crore as scholarship amounts and also hand over certificates to 10 students selected by various departments. The budget for scholarship and fee reimbursement schemes has seen a marked rise since 2017. In 2016-17, it was Rs 1,092.36 crore, which has now increased to Rs 2,825 crore.Minister of state for backward class welfare and divyangj ...Read More >
NIZAMABAD: A peaceful bandh was observed in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts on Saturday, demanding 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs). In response to the call given by the BC Joint Action Committee (JAC), the bandh was observed in Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Bodhan, Armoor, and other towns and mandals. Leaders from the Congress, BJP, BRS, and communist parties extended their support. RTC bus services were halted during the bandh, leaving bus stations deserted. Protesters visited RTC ...Read More >
Gadwal: The Uppara (Sagara) community of Aiza town extended their full support to the state-wide BC Bandh organized across Telangana on Saturday. Under the leadership of the Sagara community association, members gathered at various locations in Aiza town, including the new bus stand and major junctions, raising slogans in support of the BC (Backward Classes) movement. Sagara community leaders and members actively participated in the protest, expressing their solidarity with the ongoing struggle ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The BC bandh going on across Telangana was monitored by Panchayat Raj & Women and Child Welfare Minister Dr Danasari Anasuya Seethakka at Praja Bhavan. Along with her, ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Vakiti Srihari, MP Anil Kumar Yadav, and SATS Chairman Shivsena Reddy also participated. Later, Ministers Seethakka, Ponnam Prabhakar, Vakiti Srihari, PCC Chief Mahesh Kumar Goud, Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Yadav, MLC Nellikanti Satyam, SATS chairman Shivsena Reddy, and other leaders rea ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Road Transport Corporation buses went off the roads across Telangana while most of the shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed on Saturday as the state-wide bandh called by Backward Classes JAC and supported by all political parties evoked a near total response. The bandh called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), consisting of 136 Backward Classes associations in support of 42 per cent reservation for Backward Classes (BCs ...Read More >
Patna: Union home minister Amit Shah's remarks that NDA allies will fight the Bihar assembly elections under the leadership of JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar and a decision on who will head the next govt will be taken by the elected legislators after the polls sparked a flurry of reactions from both allies and opposition parties on Friday. Speaking on a TV show, Shah said on Thursday, "Nitish will lead our election campaign. The elected MLAs of the coalition partners will first elect their respective ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi extended heartfelt congratulations to the State's Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Department after Odisha was honoured as the Best Performing State under the Aadi Karmayogi Abhiyan. In a tweet, Majhi applauded Mayurbhanj district for being named the Best Performing District under the same scheme, and Keonjhar district for receiving the Best District Award under the Dharati Aaba Janbhagi ...Read More >
Patna: The JD(U) on Thursday announced its list of 44 candidates for the second phase of the assembly elections scheduled for Nov 11, fielding nine women, including Muslim candidate Shagufta Amin from Araria in the Seemanchal region.With this, the party has declared all 101 candidates under its share of seats in the NDA. The first list of 57 names had been released earlier for the first phase.In its latest list, the JD(U) dropped three sitting MLAs -- Dilip Kumar Ray (Sursand), Veena Bharti (Tri ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order that stayed a government order granting 42% reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. The high court had previously issued an interim stay, citing petitions that argued the increased quota breaches the 50% reservation ceiling. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a boost to Congress prospects, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday announced that his party will not contest the Nov 11 byelection to the Jubilee Hills assembly seat.Owaisi emphasised the Congress govt still has three years to implement development initiatives in a constituency, he said, that had been neglected during the 10-year tenure of the previous BRS govt.Though he stopped short of explicitly endorsing Congress candidate Naveen Yadav, Owaisi urged him ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued scholarships to over 10 lakh students on Friday. The move is significant as it marks a departure from the system of issuing scholarships to almost 60 lakh students in one go, which was usually delayed as govt used to wait for details of all students to be verified before disbursing the funds. From next year, govt aims to complete the distribution in two phases, giving out funds as and when a significant number of verifications is completed.Govt issu ...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 >
Jaipur: BJP Friday announced the name of Morpal Suman, a local leader and close aide of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, as its candidate for the Anta Assembly bypoll in Baran district. The decision, made after prolonged internal deliberations, underscores the party's attempt to balance local influence and caste equations in the constituency.Suman's candidature has set the tone for an 'insider vs outsider' contest, with his main rivals -- Congress nominee and former minister Pramod Jain Bh ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Friday announced a hike in monthly old age pension for elderly persons from existing Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,200, in the state. Saini made the announcement at a state-level function organised in Panchkula near here, to mark the completion of one year of his government; The said pension was Rs 1,000 when the BJP govt came to power in Haryana for first time in 2014; it is BJP's third consecutive term while Saini - who is from Other Backward Classes (OBCs ...Read More >
Nizamabad: BC organisations are making arrangements for a Nizamabad district bandh on October 18, demanding 42 per cent reservation in local and urban body elections. The bandh will be observed across the state, including Nizamabad. The organisations have called for its successful implementation. Interestingly, the ruling Congress and Opposition parties, BJP, BRS, and Telugu Desam, have all declared their support for the bandh. BJP district president K. Dinesh said the party fully supports the ...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 >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 17 (ANI): Gujarat's newly constituted Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, was sworn in on Friday. The ceremony saw the induction of 21 new ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi. This comes after the Gujarat Cabinet had undergone a significant reshuffle, with all 16 ministers, except Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, resigning on Thursday. The Cabinet includes several new faces, such as Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of Indian crickete ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday asked the government and the State Election Commission (SEC) when will be the rural local body elections would be conducted, and gave them two weeks to reply with regard to the revised poll schedule. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin was hearing a petition filed by Renka Surender, advocate from Mancherial district, who challenged the SEC's notification dated October 9, which put the local body e ...Read More >
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp critique against the RJD for choosing Osama Shahab, the son of infamous gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin, as its candidate. In his address, he expressed his belief that the NDA is poised for a remarkable win in Bihar's elections, commending Nitish Kumar's administration for restoring order and reducing emigration. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a swipe at the opposition RJD for giving a ticket to late gangster-turned-politician Mohammad ...Read More >
Mysuru, October 17: Responding to Infosys founders Narayan Murthy and his wife Sudha Murty submitting a declaration that they would not provide information for the ongoing controversial socio-economic and academic survey, commonly known as caste census, saying that they do not belong to the backward classes, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday that Narayan Murthy is mistaken if he thinks that this is a survey only reserved for the backward classes. Speaking to the media in Mysu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Following the Telangana Backward Class Joint Action Committee (BC JAC) call for a statewide bandh on October 18 over the High Court's stay on the 42% BC reservation in local body elections, several schools in the state have reportedly announced holidays. However, no official directive has been issued regarding school closures. The bandh has received support from multiple political parties, including the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Telangana Jagruthi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The 'Telangana BC JAC' led by R. Krishnaiah has appealed to all political parties and organisations to extend their support to the 'Bandh for Justice', being observed in demand for increasing reservations for Backward Classes (BCs). Responding positively to the appeal, Telangana Jagruti President Kalvakuntla Kavitha announced her organisation's complete support for the bandh scheduled for Saturday. Kavitha strongly criticised both the Congress and BJP, stating that neither party has ...Read More >
Lucknow: After holding an impressive rally in Lucknow on Oct 9, BSP president Mayawati will now hold the review meeting of party's UP unit on Oct 16.The party leadership is upbeat over the rally gaining a lot of traction in the state and elsewhere. Given that, those who did their job well to make it a successful show for the party may get bigger responsibilities. Similarly, those who could not match up may either get a warning or a lesson on how to keep up. The organisational rejig that the BSP ...Read More >
Lucknow, October 17: Ahead of Diwali, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave a significant boost to the student's education in Uttar Pradesh by distributing over Rs 300 crore in scholarships to 10,28,205 students via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The Chief Minister emphasized that the initiative aims to support talented students and remove financial barriers in their education, marking another milestone in the double-engine government's mission for educational empowerment under Prime Minister Nare ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Telangana Jagruthi, the social and cultural organisation led by BRS suspended leader and MLC K Kavitha, is expanding its reach into employees' associations. Kavitha is also reportedly planning a statewide yatra to gather feedback on public issues. Sources said Jagruthi is likely to announce a Telangana State Government Teachers' Association affiliated to it, aimed at fighting for teachers' rights and entitlements. Discussions are underway on whether to form separate associations for ...Read More >
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