Margao: A day after state BJP president Damodar Naik warned social welfare minister Subhash Phal Dessai of disciplinary action for his political overtures in Curchorem constituency, the Sanguem MLA hit back on Sunday, questioning why he alone was being singled out even as, he claimed, several other BJP MLAs had been indulging in similar constituency-hopping…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh information and public relations minister Nyato Dukam on Sunday withdrew his earlier remarks on the contentious 80:20 job reservation policy, saying they were made in good faith and out of concern for safeguarding constitutional provisions benefiting the state’s students and youth.Dukam, who chairs the state govt-appointed committee examining the demand for abolition…
Voting during last time’s panchayat elections on Bhubaneswar outskirts Bhubaneswar: State Election Commission (SEC) is planning to hold Odisha’s three-tier panchayat elections in April-May 2027, around two to three months later than the usual schedule, with officials citing the nationwide Census exercise as the primary reason for the delay.Santosh Kumar Dash, SEC secretary, says that…
CM Pramod Sawant (left) met Union home minister Amit Shah (centre) along with North Goa MP Shripad Naik and MLAs from the ST community Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday urged Union home minister Amit Shah that Centre should reserve assembly seats for the ST community before the next assembly elections in 2027.Sawant met…
Yogesh Meena, a first-year student at Sri Ram College of Commerce, is currently lodged in Luksar jail Noida: A Delhi University law student arrested in connection with the April 13 industrial unrest in Noida missed his end-semester examination despite court permission allowing him to write the papers on June 2.Yogesh Meena, a first-year student at…
Panaji: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said reservation for Scheduled Tribes should be in proportion to their population in the state. He added that the issue of ST political reservation in Goa is under consideration and will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha.Athawale chaired a review…
