Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, March 25 (IANS) The Odisha Assembly witnessed massive disruptions again on Tuesday, as legislators from the opposition parties, Biju Janata Dal and Congress, continued to hold noisy protests in the House over “rising” crime against women, caste census and reservation for the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST). … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi while speaking on the delimitation issue on Saturday, emphasised that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s attempt to turn delimitation into a political issue is unwise and there should be no political agenda. However, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Amaravati, March 20 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government will implement Scheduled Castes reservation sub-categorisation after the 2026 census, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu told the Assembly on Thursday. Naidu announced that sub-categorisation will be implemented district-wise once the census data is available. He assured the House that the TDP-led government … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 18 (IANS) The Puthiya Tamilagam (PT), a political party representing the Dalit-Devendra Kula Vellalar community, has demanded a caste-based census among the Scheduled Caste (SC) communities of Tamil Nadu to ensure a fair distribution of reservations. In a statement, PT leader and former MLA Dr K. Krishnasamy announced … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) BJP leader G. V. L. Narasimha Rao sharply criticised the Congress-led Telangana government and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, for involving French economist Thomas Piketty in the state’s caste census study. Rao accused Congress of endangering India’s sensitive demographic data and … Read more
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) Tamil superstar and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President Vijay, on Wednesday called for the indefinite freezing of Lok Sabha seats based on the 1971 Census. In a statement, he emphasised that any delimitation exercise based on new population data would disproportionately disadvantage southern states. Vijay pointed out that the 84th Constitutional … Read more
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to given an assurance in Parliament that any future delimitation of parliamentary constituencies from 2026 onwards would be based on the 1971 population census and remain so for the next 30 years. An all-party meeting convened by the Tamil … Read more
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) A two-day synchronised vulture census has commenced in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, covering 106 locations across the three states. The survey aims to monitor vulture populations in seven protected areas where these birds are known to exist. According to a statement from the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned the necessity of spending $21 million on voter turnout in India through USAID, insinuating that it was part of a broader agenda by the previous Biden administration to “get somebody else elected.” These comments have led to a fresh political slugfest, with the … Read more
