CHANDIGARH: Speculation is growing that the Punjab assembly elections, currently scheduled for February 2027, could be advanced to November 2026 due to concerns over a clash with two major national exercises early next year — the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand and the second phase of the national census.According to sources, discussions on the possibility of…
Margao/Canacona: The opposition to state govt’s proposed political reservation for Scheduled Tribes (ST) widened on Sunday, with the Bahujan Samaj joining the Maratha community, in demanding that any such exercise be deferred until the ongoing national census and delimitation process are completed.The development comes days after the Akhil Gomantak Kshatriya Maratha Samaj (AGKMS), which claims…
Nagpur: The Other Backward Classes (OBC) constitute a significant share of India’s population, but they have been consistently deprived of their rights and entitlements, necessitating a separate enumeration, ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh said.The former NCP (Sharad Pawar) MLA extended support to the OBC community’s boycott of ongoing census, demanding a separate column for OBCs…
