The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations.

Mr. Joshi said that the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it. New Delhi: On Sunday which is a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation... The post appeared first on .

Mr. Joshi said that the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it. New Delhi: On Sunday which is a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation... The post appeared first on .

Mr. Joshi said that the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it. New Delhi: On Sunday which is a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation... The post appeared first on .

Mr. Joshi said that the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it. New Delhi: On Sunday which is a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation... The post appeared first on .

Mr. Joshi said that the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it. New Delhi: On Sunday which is a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation... The post appeared first on .

Mr. Joshi said that the government had invited around 45 parties to the all-party meeting, of which 36 attended it. New Delhi: On Sunday which is a day before the start of the monsoon session of Parliament, the government said 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation... The post appeared first on .

Guwahati Mar 23 PTI Elections to the 60 wards of Guwahati Municipal Corporation GMC will be held on April 19 Assam State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar said here on Wednesday The last date for filing of nominations is March 30 while scrutiny of the documents will be conducted on April 1 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is April 4 The counting of votes will take place on April 21 he told reporters A total of 796829 people including 396891 men 399911 women and 27 of the third gender are eligible to exercise their franchise in 789 polling stations spread across the 60 wards Electronic Voting Machines EVMs will be used in all the polling stations All steps will be taken to ensure smooth conduct of the polls he said Two wards each are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Castes Women one ward for Scheduled Tribes and two for Scheduled Tribes Women while 26 wards are reserved for general women and the remaining are open for all A candidate can spend a maximum of Rs 25 lakh on campaigning he said The number of star campaigners has been fixed at 30 for recognised national parties 25 for recognised state political parties and 15 for registered unrecognised parties Contesting candidates and their political parties must publish the details of criminal cases against the nominees in one vernacular newspaper once by the candidate and again by the party between the last date of withdrawal of nominations and up to two days before the poll the commissioner said COVID appropriate behaviour must be followed during the conduct of poll including wearing of masks using sanitiser and maintaining social distancing The Model Code of Conduct comes into force with immediate effect in the areas under the GMC and there shall be no campaigning between 9 PM and 6 AM Kumar added PTI DG ACD ACD

Chennai Mar 19 PTI Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene to expeditiously include the nomadic tribal group Narikoravan-Kuruvikkaran communities of Tamil Nadu in the list of Scheduled Tribes in the state Pointing to delay on inclusion of the group Stalin in a letter to Modi said that based on the recommendations of the state the Ministry of Tribal Affairs had informed in 2013 that the Registrar General of India had also agreed to the proposal for their inclusion in the list of STs in Tamil Nadu Expert bodies like the Lokur Committee and the Joint Committee of Parliament had also recommended their inclusion in 1965 and 1967 respectively the Chief Minister notedThe Narikoravars are one of the most deprived and vulnerable communities in Tamil Nadu and they deserve all Constitutional protection and welfare measures Though this has been the case and several representations have been made in this regard the inclusion of this community in the list is pending for a very long time Therefore I request you to kindly intervene in this matter to expeditiously include Narikoravan Kuruvikkaran communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in the State of Tamil Nadu PTI VGN SS SS

New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the removal of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, as many as 890 central laws have become applicable in the union territory.